A Standard History


OF


Fulton County, Ohio


An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with an Extended Survey of

Modern Developments in the Progress of Town

and County.


Under the Editorial Supervision of

FRANK H. REIGHARD


Assisted by a Board of Advisory Editors


VOL. I & II


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1920




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CONTENTS


CHAPTER I

FULTON COUNTY ANTIQUITIES

1

CHAPTER II

EARLY JURISDICTION

6

CHAPTER III

THE BOUNDARY DISPUTE

47

CHAPTER IV

SETTLEMENT AND ORGANIZATION

53

CHAPTER V

FULTON COUNTY'S WAR RECORD

85

CHAPTER VI

FARM AND FARM INDUSTRIES

136

CHAPTER VII

THE SCHOOLS, 1835-1920

141

CHAPTER VIII

THE BANKS OF FULTON COUNTY

155

CHAPTER IX

INSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF FULTON COUNTY

164

CHAPTER X

>THE PRESS OF FULTON COUNTY

177

CHAPTER XI

THE HISTORY OF CLINTON TOWNSHIP, INCLUDING THAT OF WAUSEON, THE COUNTY SEAT

190

CHAPTER XII

HISTORY OF CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP  

262

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CHAPTER XIII

HISTORY OF GERMAN TOWNSHIP

280

CHAPTER XIV

HISTORY OF AMBOY TOWNSHIP

312

CHAPTER XV

HISTORY OF ROYALTON TOWNSHIP

325

CHAPTER XVI

HISTORY OF DOVER TOWNSHIP

337

CHAPTER XVII

HISTORY OF PIKE TOWNSHIP

362

CHAPTER XVIII

HISTORY OF YORK TOWNSHIP 

380

CHAPTER XIX

HISTORY OF GORHAM TOWNSHIP

406

CHAPTER XX

HISTORY OF FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP

433

CHAPTER XXI

HISTORY OF FULTON TOWNSHIP

446

CHAPTER XXII

HISTORY OF SWAN CREEK TOWNSHIP

464

CHAPTER XXIII

THE BENCH AND BAR OF FULTON COUNTY

495

CHAPTER XXIV

MEDICAL HISTORY 

500

CHAPTER XXV

CHURCH HISTORY

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INDEX


Ackley, Calvin, I, 410.

Adler, (Jonathan) Manuscript, I, 31.

Aeschliman, Theophilus, II, 206.

Agsten-Elton-Eckhart Post, No. 373, Delta, I, 135.

Ai (village), I, 458.

"Air Line," I, 81.

Air Line Railroad, I, 211.

Aldrich, Anson M., I, 416.

Aldrich; Benjamin F., II, 329.

Aldrich, Joseph D., II, 327.

Aldrich, Julia C., II, 327.

Allegwi Indians, I, 6.

Allen, Arthur, I; 156; II, 325.

Allen, Charles L., I, 419; II, 249.

Allen Family, I, 416.

Altstetter, M. L., I, 237.

Amboy-Fulton Special District, I, 462.

Amboy Township, I, 53; I, 312; organization of, I, 56; cheese factory, I, 319; schools, I, 320; churches, I, 321; societies, 1, 323; population, 1, 324.

American Legion Posts, I, 135.

Amsbaugh, Relmon D., II, 150. Anderson, John, I, 44.

Andre, Peter, I, .439.

Angola and Maumee Road, I, 65.

Angola Road, I, 61.

Antiquities, I, 1.

Apostolic Christian Church, Archbold, I, 309.

Arcade, Wauseon (illustration) I, 241.

Archbold, I, 296; banks, I, 159; first election, I, 297; mayoral succession, I, 298; banks, I, 299; jail, I, 300; water system, I, 300; cemetery, I, 301; fire department, I, 302; public library, I, 302; schools, I, 303; population, I, 303; churches, I, 305.

"Archbold Buckeye," I, 188.

Archbold Farmers and Merchants Bank, (illustration) I, 296.

"Archbold Herald," I, 187.

Armistice, signing of, I, 135.

Arnold, George E., II, 338.

Aton, David M., II, 245.

Aton, Lewis G., II, 285.

Attack upon official surveying party, I, 51.

Auditors, I, 82.

Aungst, Artie G., II, 160.

Aurora Chapter, No. 75, Delta O. E. S., I, 397.

Ayers, Moses, I, 342.


Babcock, Joseph, I, 453.

Babylon, Elvan R., II, 292.

Bachman, James L., II, 412.

Bad Creek, I, 80.

Badgley, Adelia A., II, 436.

Badgley, Arthur L., II, 436.

Bailey, William, I, 500.

Baker (A. D.) plant, I, 485.

Baker, Abner D., II, 198.

Baker, James, I, 409.

Baker Machine shops, Swanton, tornado results, (illustration) I, 484.

Baldwin, Earl N., II, 125. Baldwin, William, II, 513.

Banks, I, 155; Archbold, I, 299; Fayette, I, 422.

Bank of Fayette, I, 155, 156.

Bank of Wauseon, I, 155.

Barber, Allen M., I, 498; II, 6.

Barber, Epaphras L., I, 76; I, 156; I, 209; I, 228.

Barber, Fred A., II, 464.

Barber's Bank, Wauseon, I, 155.

Barnard, William V., II, 335.

Barnes, Ashabel A., II, 78.

Barnes, Jonathan, I, 288.

Barnes, Oliver P., II, 74.

Barnes, Robert H., II, 525.

Barnum, Orrin O., II, 25.

Bartlett, Hiram, I, 314.

Bartlett, Justin, II, 95.

Bartlett, William, II, 360.

Bartlett's Corners, I, 320.

Batdorf, John, I, 384.

Batdorf, Merlin A., II, 356.

Batdorff, Quimby, II, 351.

Bates, Charles R., II, 172.

Bates, Joseph, I, 53; I, 434; I, 465.

Battles of the Maumee, I, 26.

Baxer Post No. 238 (Lyons), G. A. R., I, 109.

Bayes, H. B., I, 183.

Bayes, Thomas, I, 191.

Bayes, Thomas, Sr., I, 195.

Bayes, William W., I, 198.

Bean Creek, I, 80; I, 433.

Bears, I, 313; I, 365.

Bear trap, (illustration) I, 316.

Beatty, Elizer, B., II, 451.

Beaver, (illustration) I, 378.

Bechstein, Henry, II, 325.

Bechstein, Jacob, II, 557.

Bechstein, John M., II., 519.

Beebe, Lyman L., I, 270.


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Belding, Amos, I, 414.

Belknap, Clarence W., II, 428.

Bench and Bar, I, 495.

Bennett, Charles E. II, 231.

Berkebile, George E., II, 281.

Bernath, Robert I., II, 59.

Berry, Daniel Q., I, 448.

Berry, Mark, I, 384.

Biddle, A. P., I, 259.

Biddle Family, I, 384.

Biddle, Frank T., II, 171.

Biddle, William A., II, 380.

Bielharz Family, I, 414.

Biery, C. J. I, 237.

Biery, Elmer M., II, 547.

Binder, Jacob, I, 281; I, 435.

Binns, Jonathan W., II, 323.

Bird, Asher, I, 437.

Bird, Henry, I, 18.

Birdseye view of Wauseon, 1881, (illustration) I, 255.

Bissonette, Robert J., I, 187. Bixler, Orlando, II, 72. 

Black bear, I, 192; (illustration) I, 278.

Black, George, I, 448.

Black snakes,. (illustration) I, 191.

Black swamp, reclamation of; (illustration) I, 78.

Blaine, Charles, II, 251.

Blaine, Robert, II, 260.

Blair, Robert S., II, 74.

Blake, Arthur S., II, 230.

Blake, Eugene S., I, 258.

Blake, Ora, I, 471.

Blake, Wesley A., II, 171.

Blazed trails, I, 208.

Blue Creek, I, 80.

Blue Jacket, I, 25.

B-L-W Post, No. 311, Archbold, I, 135.

Boger, Guy H., II, 514.

Bollinger, Fred J., I, 258.

Bonded issue, first, Wauseon, I, 220.

Boone, William S., II, 59.

Born, David, I, 453.

Born, James J., II, 187.

Borton, Asa, II, 426.

Borton, B. M., II, 131.

Borton Family, I, 439.

Borton, John, I, 443.

Boundaries of Fulton County, I, 67.

Boundary dispute, origin of, I, 47; settlement of, I, 52.

Bourquin, Emerson E., II, 386.

Bourquin, Ira O., II, 212.

Bower, Amos, II, 194.

Bowerman, Edwin J., II, 277.

Bowman, Baxter, I, 52.

Bowser, John, I, 438.

Boyd, Alexander, I, 448.

Boyers, Dealton A., II, 431.

Boyes, John S., II, 98.

Boynton, Jacob, I, 267.

Bradley, Archer A., II, 455.

Brailey Family I, 469.

Bradley, James S., I, 257.

Brailey, Moses R., I, 469.

Bratton, George, II, 544.

Bratton, John H., II, 242.

Brehm, Henry, II, 510.

Brick house, first, I, 201.

Briggs, Alanson, I, 265.

Briggs, Erastus, I, 198.

Briggs, Rufus, I, 193.

Brigham, Clarence E., I, 260.

Brigham, J. H., I, 259.

Brigham, Joel, I, 229.

Brindley, C. J., I, 473.

Brindley, Charles J., II, 373.

Brindley, Eva A., II, 373.

Brink, Cornelius; I, 416.

Brinkman, George W., II, 228.

Broadsword, Peter, I, 449.

Brodbeck, Frank E., II, 97.

Brodbeck, Fred E., II, 486.

Brown, Daniel, II, 449.

Brown, George C., II, 227.

Brown, Levi W., I, 440.

"Brown's Gazetteer," I, 394.

Brush Creek, I, 80.

Buck, Frank, II, 250.

Ruck, Randall O., II, 36.

Buckeye Camp, No. 3902 (Wauseon) M. W. of A., I, 248.

Buckwheat, I, 137.

Buehrer, Edward A., II, 210.

Buffalo, (illustration) I, 11.

Burgess, Harry L., II, 70.

Burgess, William, II, 70.

Burkey, Horatio, II, 352.

Burlington, I, 284; I, 296.

Butler, Alonzo H., I, 338.

Butler, Asa, I, 410.

Butler, Harlow, I, 267.

Butler, John, I, 63; I, 262.

Butler, John S., I, 178; I, 267.

Butler, Martin H., I, 383.

Butler, Mary E., II, 447.

Buttermore, Eugene, II, 49.

Buzzell, Orrin, I, 221.


Caddell, Walter W., II, 291.

Campbell, Clair S., II, 31.

Campbell, William L., II, 305.

Campbell, Woodson T., II, 336.

Camp Skeels, No. 106, G. A. R., I, 107.

Cane mill, Franklin Township, I, 443.

Canfield, Clyde L., II, 53.

Canfield Family, I, 455.

Canfield, Herman A., I, 269.

Cannon, (illustration) I, 74.

Canoes, Indian, (illustration) I, 7.

Caragher, I, 322.

Carpenter, Eugene, II, 515.

Carpenter, L. K., I, 501.

Carpenter, Robert P. II, 99.

Carpenter, Wayne, II, 91.

Carroll, Daniel E., II, 200.

Carter, Allen B., II, 293.

Carter, L'Near E., II, 511.

Cartier, I, 10.


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Cass, Lewis, I, .58.

Cately, Socrates H., I, 468.

Catholic Church, German Township, I, 307.

Catholic Church of St. Mary's Assumption,

Caragher, I, 322.

Catholics, I, 508.

Cayuga Indians, I, 7.

Celeron, I, 13.

Cemeteries, Wauseon, I, 220; Chesterfield Township, I, 276; Archbold, I, 301; Dover Township, I, 357; Royalton Township, I, 332; Gorham Township, I, 431.

Census of 1798, I, 35.

Centerville, I, 479.

Centerville Methodist Episcopal Church, I, 492.

Centre Mound, Wauseon Cemetery, (illustration) I, 230.

Cessions of territory by the Red Men, 1, 45.

Chaffee, Stephen, I, 410.

Chamberlin, John M., II, 523.

Champlain, I, 10.

Chase, Reuben E., II, 101.

Chaubert de Joncaire, Charles F., I, 35.

Cheadle, Gilman, I, 382.

Cheese Factory, Amboy Township, I, 319.

Chesterfield Centralized School, (illustration) I, 274.

Chesterfield Grange, No. 367, I, 169.

Chesterfield Township, I, 53; I, 262; organization of, I, 56; population in 1910, I, 262; first white child born in, I, 271; first storekeeper, I, 271; first cheese factory, I, 271; first marriage, I, 271; first election, I, 272: .school history, I, 273; cemeteries, I, 276; population, I, 279.

Chicago and Canana Southern Railroad, I, 421.

Chief Wi-na-meg, I, 2.

Christian Church, I, 508.

Christian Science Society, Wauseon, I, 245.

Christman, Daniel P., II, 342.

Church of Christ, Dover Township, I, 357; Delta, I, 401; Fayette, I, 431.

Church of God, Wauseon, I, 245.

Churches, I, 504; first in Clinton Township, I, 206; Wauseon, I, 238; first building, Wauseon, I, 240; German Township, I, 305; Amboy Township, I, 321; Royalton Township, I, 333; Dover Township, I, 357; Pike Township, I, 367; Delta, I, 397; Gorham Township, I, 429; Fayette, I, 429; Franklin Township, I, 442; Fulton Township early history, I, 462; Swanton, I, 483; Swan Creek Township, I, 492.

Cider Mill, Franklin Township, I, 443.

City Hall, Wauseon, I, 227.

Civil List, I, 82; I, 497.

Civil War, I, 85; relief committee, I, 105; Gorham Township and Fayette records, I, 424; Swan Creek Township record, I, 477.

Clark, Amaziah, II, 445.

Clark, Cyrus, I, 453.

Clark, Ebenezer, I, 203.

Clark, Hiram, I, 453.

Clark, Walter J., II, 271.

Clark, Walter P., II, 434.

Clark, William R., II, 30.

Clearing land, (illustration) I, 286.

Cleghorn, DeWitt C., II, 98.

Clement, George S., I, 157.

Clemons, Chesterfield, I, 177; I, 262; I, 265.

Clendenin, John R., II, 89.

Clerks of court, I, 498.

Clifton, William D., II, 203.

Clingaman, Daniel, II, 168.

Clinton House, Wauseon, I, 256.

Clinton Township, I, 53; I, 190; organization of, I, 56; organized, I, 190; first election, I, 194; first frame house, I, 206; first physician, I, 206; first church, I, 206; northeast part, (map) I, 207; first road in, I, 208; schools, I, 238; officials, I, 260; population, I, 261.

Close, Ellen, II, 416.

Cochran, William H., II, 443.

Coffin, Freeman, I, 408.

Cole, C. A., II, 395.

Cole, Edward G., II, 32.

Cole, Pertly, II, 203.

Coleman, Abijah, I, 407.

'Collins, Franklin P., II, 416.

,Collins, George J., II, 13.

Collins, Mary, II, 416.

Commissioners, I, 82.

Commissioners appointed to locate County Seat, I, 68.

Common Pleas Court, I, 497.

Company G, Sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, members of, I, 112.

Compton, Delbert, I, 316.

Cone, Nehemiah, I, 267.

Connell, Lewis E., II, 340.

Conrad, William H., I, 414.

Cook, William B., II, 85.

Cooking on a spit, (illustration) I, 204.

Corn, I, 137; (illustration) I, 328.

Corn in the shock, (illustration) I, 295.

Cornell, Charles W., I, 200; I, 233.

Cornell, Charley, I, 211.

Cornell, James, I, 200.

Cornell, Jonathan, C., I, 201.

Coroners, I, 83.

Cosgrove, Louie E., II, 316.

Cottrell Family, I, 408.

Cottrell, Gorham, I, 408.

Cottrell's Corners, I, 419.

Council Elm, at Maumee, (illustration) I, 29.


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Council Oak, I, 376; 377.

Council records, Wauseon, I, 217.

County Fair, I, 164; first, I, 164.

County Fair Grounds, Race Track, (illustration) I, 165.

County jail, I, 78.

County officials, first, I, 68.

County Seat, Maumee City, I, 66; commissioners appointed to locate, I, 68; locating of, I, 71; first Ottokee, I, 71; changed to Wauseon, I, 76.

County superintendent of schools, report of, I, 154.

County's first detachment for National

Army, 1917, (illustration) I, 115.

County's second detachment for National Army, 1917, (illustration) I, 123.

County's third detachment for National Army, 1917, (illustration) I, 125.

Court, first held in county, I, 69.

Court House, first, I,. 71; building of I, 71; destruction of, I, 75; building of, I, 76; Wauseon, (illustration) I, 77; destroyed by fire, I, 496.

Court House in Pike Township, I, 366. Court of Common Pleas, I, 497. Coureur de Bois, (illustration) I, 8. Cowan, William P., I, 374.

Cows, (illustration) I, 139.

Cox, Charles W., II, 71.

Coy, Cyrus, I, 200.

Coy, Isaac L., II, 458.

Craig, James A., II, 346.

Crane, George H., II, 332.

Crawford, (Colonel) I, 469.

Crawford, (Colonel) being tortured by the Indians, (illustration) I, 469.

Crawford, William, I. 18.

Crockett; Willard, II, 81.

Crop yield, I, 137.

Crout, George W., II, 154.

Culver, Hezekiah, I, 316.

Culver's Hotel, I, 482.

Cupp, George W., II, 261.

Curtis, George, I, 466.

Dailey, Edward G., II, 178.

Dairy farm, (illustration) I, 139.

Dairy herd, (illustration) I, 330.

Dairy interests, I, 139.

Dalrymple, Charles M., II, 551.

Darby, F. L. S., _II, 272.

Darby, Samuel B., I, 288; I, 439.

Daughters of American Revolution, I, 132; I, 174.

Davis, Samuel K., II, 238.

Davoll, Edward S., II, 143.

Davoll, George R., II, 142.

Davoll School. Amboy Township, I, 320.

Day, Isaac, I, 449.

Dean, James S., I, 270.

Deer, I, 197; I, 313; I, 341; I, 365; I, 372.

de Joncaire, Charles F. C., I, 35.

de La Mare, Alfred, II, 348.

Delta, I, 390; bank, I, 159; council records, I, 391; fire department, I, 392; town hall, I, 392; lighting, I, 393; remuneration to officials, I, 393; in 1867, I, 394; great fire, I, 395; hotels, I, 396; fraternal organizations, I, 396; churches, I, 397; early residents, I, 404; industries, I, 404.

"Delta Atlas," I, 186.

"Delta Avalanche," I, 185.

"Delta Independent Press," I, 182.

Delta, Milk condensing plant, (illustration) I, 138.

Delta Natural Gas Company, I, 393.

Delta public school, (illustration) I, 151; I, 403.

Delta street scene, (illustration) I, 400.

DeMerrit, Addie, I, 236.

"Democrat," I, 181.

"Democratic Expositor," I, 185.

Dennis family, I, 451.

Dennis, Ira W., II, 494.

Dennis, John W., II., 398.

Denson, I, 262.

"Der Deutsche Gazette," I, 188.

Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad, I, 254.

Detwiler, Oliver W., II, 269.

Detwiler, Orren N., II, 241.

Devenport, R. A., II, 550.

DeVries, Thomas S., II, 506.

Dewey, Charles F., II, 309.

Dewey, Laurin, I, 68.

Deyo, Albert, I, 260; I, 271.

Dickson, James, II, 409.

Dimke, Herbert F., II, 534.

Dinius, Laura, II, 500.

Dinius, Theodore, II, 500.

Disbrow, James H., II, 3.65.

Disbrow, Walter E., II, 275.

Disciples, I, 508; Dover Township, I, 357.

Ditch draining, I, 80.

Ditching, I, 363.

Ditto, George, I, 296.

Doane, Myron F., II. 62.

Dodge, Luther, I, 455.

Dolf, Henry, I, 259.

Dominique, Henry, II, 375.

Domitio, Christ, I, 259.

Domitio, William C., II, 478.

Donaldson, James, I; 384.

Dover Township,. I, 53; I, 337; organization of, I, 56; pioneer settlers, I, 339; first election, I, 347; schools, I, 355; cemeteries, I,.357; churches, I, 357: fraternal societies, T. 361: pottery, I, 361; population, I, 361.

Dowling, Henry J., II, 397.

Dowling, Samuel, I, 456. (illustration) I,


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Downer, Cyrus, II, 68.

Drainage, I, 78.

Dredging, I, 78.

Drennan, Robert, II, 18.

Driskell, Willard M., II, 70.

Dudley, George C., II, 144.

Dunbar, James, I, 205.

Durbin, John E., II, 499.

Durgin, Samuel, I, 454.

Duvall, Job, I, 315.

Dyer, John, I, 310.


Eager House, Wauseon, I, 256.

Early jurisdiction, I, 6.

Early ordinances of Wauseon, I, 223. Early polities; I, 81.

Early residents of Delta, I, 404.

Early school teachers, I, 151.

Early schools, I, 232.

Early settlers, I, 34.

Early taverns, Pike Township, I, 368.

East Church in Christ, Chesterfield Township, I, 276.

Eastern Star, Wauseon, I, 247.

Eckert, Gottlieb, II, 284.

Eckert, Margaret, II, 284.

Edgar, Elmer, II, 69.

Eicher, Peter, II, 112.

Eighty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, I, 102.

Eighty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, I, 102.

Eighty-sixth Infantry, I, 88.

Elections, first, I, 69; I, 194; in Chesterfield Township, I, 272; in Dover Township. I, 347.

Elliott, Matthew, I, 16.

Ellsworth, Martin E., II, 320.

Elton, Thomas, I, 471.

Ely family, I, 438.

Ely, Joseph, I, 414.

Emerick Family, I, 412.

Emerling, Valentine, I, 387.

Emigrant wagon. (illustration) I, 263.

Emmons, Van, II, 67.

English preachers, first in German Township, I, 290.

Epidemic, first, Wauseon, I, 226.

Erehart, John W., II, 326.

Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad Company, I, 63.

Essex, I, 369.

Establishment of County of Wayne, I, 35.

Estel, John F., II, 185.

Estelle Hotel, I, 213; I, 254; site of, (illustration) I, 213.

Estep, Timothy F., II, 169.

Evangelical Lutheran St. Martin's-Church, Archbold, I, 308.

Evers, George F., II, 75. Evers, Warren S., II, 487.

Exception clause in first constitution, I, 48.


Fagley, Henry J., II, 217.

Falor, Harvey B., II, 522.

Falor, Nelson, II, 299.

Fankhauser, Frederick, II, 545.

Farm and farm industries, I, 136.

Farm Bureau, I, 171.

Farm home, (illustration) I, 137.

Farmers & Merchants Bank, Archbold, (illustration) I, 296.

Farmers and Merchants Bank, Metamora, I, 160.

Farmers and Merchants Deposit Company, Swanton, I, 159.

Farmers and Merchants State Bank, Archbold, I, 159.

Farmers' Hotel, Wauseon, I, 256.

Farmers' Institute, I, 171.

Farmers State Bank, Fayette, I, 163; I, 422.

Farmers 'State Savings Bank, Delta, I, 159.

Farwell, Hiram, I, 406.

Fauble, Edward, II, 182.

Fauble, Isaac, I, 455.

Fauver, Heiro A., II, 167.

Fayette, I, 419; Bank, I, 155; in 1866, I, 420; T. & W. Depot, (illustration) I, 422.

Fayette Chapter, No. 77, O. E. S., I, 426.

Fayette High School, (illustration) I, 146.

Fayette Lodge, No. 431, I. O. O. F., I, 426.

Fayette Normal University Building, (illustration) I, 146.

Fayette public school, (illustration) I, 428.

"Fayette Record," I, 186.

Fayette "Review," I, 186; I, 426.

Fayette State Savings Bank, I, 162; I, 422.

Fayette street scene, (illustration) I, 409; I, 416; I, 425.

Fewless, William, I, 466.

Fields, Nettie Myers, II, 180.

Finney, Samuel B., II, 425.

Fire, Delta, I, 395.

Fire company, first, Wauseon, I, 224.

Fire departments, Archbold, I, 302; Delta, I, 392; Swanton, I, 486.

Fire Lands. I, 37

Fireplace, (illustration) I, 196.

First Baptist Church, Wauseon, I, 242.

First brick house, I, 201.

First Christian Church, Wauseon, I, 242.

First Church, Clinton Township, I, 206.

First Congregational Church, Wauseon, 'I, 240.

First constitution, exception clause in, I, 48.

First County Fair, I, 164. First county officials, I, 68.


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First county seat, Ottokee, I, 71.

First court held in county, I, 69.

First Court House, I, 71.

First detachment for National Army, 1917, (illustration) I, 115.

First election, I, 69; I, 194.

First epidemic, Wauseon, I, 226.

First family of Wauseon, I, 209.

First fire, Wauseon, I, 225.

First fire company, Wauseon, I, 224.

First grist mill in Wauseon, I, 201.

First hotel in Wauseon, I, 213.

First mail carrier, I, 480.

First mill, German Township, I, 288.

First National Bank, Wauseon, I, 160; (illustration) I, 161.

First passenger train to enter Wauseon, (illustration) I, 212.

First physician, Clinton Township, I, 206.

First road in Clinton Township, I, 208.

First school established in Fulton county, I, 149.

First school house in Chesterfield Township, I, 273.

First school, Wauseon, I, 232.

First steam engine, I, 64; (illustration) I, 64.

First Territorial Legislature of Ohio, I, 35.

First trading post, I, 364.

First transfer of land, I, 199.

Fisher, A. W., I, 54.

Five Nation tribes, I, 7.

Flax brake, (illustration) I, 198.

Fleming, Fred L., II, 17.

Flickinger Family, I, 415.

Flory, Frank S., II, 375.

Fluhart, Henry, I, 384.

Ford, Ansel L., I, 410; II, 386.

Ford, Daniel, II, 65.

Ford, William O.. II, 152.

Fort Adams, I, 22.

Fort Defiance, I, 25; as restored, (illustration) I, 28.

Fort Greenville, I, 20.

Fort Industry, I, 37.

Fort Meigs, I, 44; attack on, I, 42; 1812, (illustration) I, 41.

Fort Meigs Monument, (illustration) I, 59.

Fort Miami, I, 10; I, 13; I, 15; I, 22; evacuation of, I, 37; rear of, (illustration) I, 39; present view, (illustration) I, 40.

Fort Recovery, I, 22.

Fort Sandoski, I, 12; I, 13.

Fort Winchester, I, 39.

Forty-fourth Illinois Infantry, I, 95.

Forty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, I, 98.

Fountain City Hotel, Wauseon, I, 256.

Fourteenth Volunteer Infantry, I, 94.

Fourth of July celebration; Ottokee, I,

74; first in Pike Township, I, 369.

Fouty, Dora O. R., II, 407.

Fouty, Norval D., II, 406.

Fowler, Frederick B., II, 29.

Fox, I, 365; (illustration) I, 365.

Fraas, August, II, 110.

Fraker, Charles I., II, 353.

Fraker, William, I, 202.

Franklin Township, I, 53; I. 433; organization of, I. 56; records. I, 440;, early settlers, I, 434; schools, I, 441; churches, I, 442; industries, I, 443; population, I, 445; whisky still, I, 443.

Frantz, Edwin S., II, 73.

Fraternal organizations, Wauseon, I, 245; Amboy Township, I, 323; Royalton Township, I, 335; Dover Township, 1, 361; Fayette, I, 423.

Frogley, Harry C., II, 315.

Fulton Centralized School district, I, 462.

Fulton County; territory, I, 45; shown in map of 1834 as partly in Lenawee County, Michigan, I, 49; organized, I, 53; township organization of, I, 53; boundaries, I, 67; named in honor of Robert Fulton, I, 67; topography of, I, 80; geological conditions of, I, 80; banks, I, 155; granges, I, 169; bench and bar, I, 495; courthouse destroyed by fire, I, 496; civil list, I, 497.

Fulton County Agricultural Society, I, 164; I, 169.

Fulton County Court House, Wauseon, (illustration) I, 77.

"Fulton County Democrat," I, 181, 182.

Fulton County Fair, I, 164.

Fulton County Farm Bureau, I, 171.

Fulton County Holstein-Friesian Association, I, 140.

Fulton County Home, (illustration) I, 172.

Fulton County Humane Society, I, 171.

Fulton County Infirmary, I, 172.

Fulton County Medical Society, I, 503.

Fulton County Pioneer and Historical Association, I, 171.

Fulton County Pomona Grange, I, 169.

Fulton County Soldiers and Sailors

Memorial and Monument Association, I, 175.

"Fulton County Tribune," I, 184; I, 187.

"Fulton County Union," I, 183.

Fulton County War Chest Association, I, 134.

Fulton Grange No. 217, I, 169.

Fulton, John A., I, 49.

Fulton Line, I, 49.

Fulton Lodge, No. 248, F. & A. M., I, 396.

Fulton (Robert), County named in honor of, I, 67.

Fulton Street, Wauseon, (illustration) I, 239.


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Fulton Street, Wauseon, looking south, (illustration) I, 247.

Fulton Township, I, 53; I, 446; organization of, I, 56; first mill, I, 288; 447; early industries, I, 457; saw mill, I, 458; first school house in, I, 459; schools, I, 462; churches, I, 462; population I, 463.

Funk, Elza D., II, 489.

Funk, Jacob, I, 203.

Funkhouser, Otto E., II, 528.

Furs, I, 365.


Gamber Family, I, 415.

Gamble, Edward, I, 414.

Gamble, Frances A. P., II, 173.

Gamble, Richard, Sr., II, 174.

Gamble, William, II, 173.

Gearig, Joel, II, 334.

Geer, Oscar S., II, 363.

Geesey, Frank A., II, 490.

Geesey, John C., II, 283.

Geological conditions of county, I, 80.

George, Oliver R., II, 390.

German Township, I, 53; I, 280; organization of, I, 56; first mill, I, 288; natural gas, I, 289; first marriage, I, 290; first stores, I, 290; first English preachers, I, 290; first township election, I, 291; schools, I, 303; first school in, I, 303.

Geyser, William, I, 472.

Gill, Arthur, II, 301.

Gillett, John, I, 409.

Gillis, Samuel, I, 498.

Girty, Simon, I,.16; I, 18.

Gist, Christopher, I, 14.

Glacial period, I, 1.

Gorham Lodge, No. 381, F. & A. M., I, 426.

Gorham Township, I, 53; I, 406; organization of, I, 56; records, I, 418; great fire at Fayette, I, 418; first justice of the peace, I, 418; first store, I, 418; pioneer physician, I, 418; mills, I, 421; schools, I; 421; railway, I, 421; banks, I, 422; fraternal organizations, I, 423; Civil War record, I, 424; newspaper, I, 426; lodges, I, 426; schools, I, 426; churches, I, 429; cemeteries, I, 431; population, I, 432.

Gorsuch, David, I, 205.

Gorsuch, David W., II, 359.

Gorsuch, George E., II, 164.

Gorsuch, Nathaniel, I, 205.

Gottschalk, Ezra J., II, 501.

Graedel, Frederick, II, 399.

Grand Army of the Republic, I, 107; Camp Skeels, No. 106, I, 107; Losure Post, No. 35, I, 107; Post No. 106, I, 107; Stout Post, I, 108; Quiggle Post, No. 289, (Swanton) I, 108; Baxer Post No. 238, (Lyons) I, 109; McQuillan Post, (Delta) I, 109; Fayette, I. 423.

Granges, I, 169.

Gray, Charles, I, 383.

Green, Albert V., II, 243.

Green, George D., II, 43.

Greenleaf, Charles C., I, 157.

Greenough, E. F., I, 228.

Greenville treaty, I, 32; signatures to, (illustration) I, 33.

Grey, John, I, 45; I, 53; I, 362.

Grey (John) cabin, Pike Township,

built in 1824, (illustration) I, 53.

Griesinger, John, II, 489.

Griffin, Carver S., II, 313.

Griffin, Frank A., II, 312.

Griffin, George W., II, 125.

Griffin, Horace R., II, 105.

Griffin, William, I, 410.

Grimm, Mathilda, II, 67.

Grisier, Charles P., II, 548.

Grisier, James, I, 141; II, 39.

Grist mills; first in Wauseon, I, 201; Franklin Township, I, 443; Fulton Township, I, 457; Swanton, I, 483. Grover, Bradley E., II, 522.

Guild, Francis E., II, 290.

Guilford C. E., I, 260.

Guilford, Frank R., II, 22.


Haas, Jacob F., II, 163.

Habel, Adam, II, 195.

liable, Jacob W., II, 252.

Hable, John S., II, 315.

Hackett, Lewis S., I, 320.

Hahn, Edward Daniel, II, 132.

Hall, Lawrence, I, 497.

Hall, William, I, 209.

Hallauer, George J., II, 283.

Halsey, Lewis C., II, 468.

Halsey, Thomas J., II, 253.

Ham, E. J., II, 453.

Ham, Frank S., II, 44.

Hamilton County, 1792, (map) I, 22.

Hamilton, Henry, I, 16.

Hamp, Jacob, I, 452.

Hamtramck, I, 35.

Hancock, Robert F., II, 135.

Handy, Michael, I, 257.

Handy. Wm. H., I, 1; I, 73; I, 339; I, 372.

Hanson, Ernest F., II, 94.

Hanson, Katherine, II, 95.

Hardenburg Hotel, Fayette, I, 419.

Harmar, (General) I, 19.

Harmon, Amos, II, 256.

Harmon, Lucelia T., II, 256.

Harms, Michael W., II, 205.

Harper, Frank R., II, 525.

Harper, William J., II, 147.

Harriman, Henry, I, 343.

Harris, William., I, 48.

Harris, William H., I, 453.

Harris, W. B., II, 460.

Harrison, Eugene H., I, 258.

Harrison, John, I, 385.


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Harrison, William H., I, 36; (illustration) I, 38.

Hart, Andrew J., II, 298.

Hartell, John F., II, 96.

Harter, John W., I, 447; I, 457.

Hartman, George B., II, 100.

Hartman, John C., I 202.

Hartmann, George W., II, 28..

Haumesser, George, I, 259.

Hay, I, 137.

Hayes, E. L., I, 209; I, 229.

Haynes, George H., II, 248.

Heffron; Charles H. N. II, 549.

Heise, George B., I, 259.

Heist, Ervin F., II, 130.

Helvetia Milk Condensing Company, I, 137; receiving station, (illustration) I, 138.

Henry County, I, 45.

Herman Tappan farm, I, 45.

Herr, Joseph M., II, 84.

Hettinger, Christian, I, 417.

Hettinger, John F., II, 300.

Hibard, Mary R., I, 71.

Hibbard, (Carrie) poem by, I, 106.

Hibbard, Elisha, I, 66; I, 341; I, 354.

Hibbard Family, I, 340; II, 480.

Hibbard, Marie A., II, 481.

Hibbard, Mortimer D., I, 58; I, 341.

Hicker, Frank, II, 156.

High School, Wauseon, (illustration) I, 153.

Hill, Earl H., II, 164.

Hill, Harley S., II, 132.

Hill, Michael R., II, 161.

Hill, William E., II, 508.

Hinderer, Adolph W., II, 273.

Hinderer, Emil C., II, 274.

Hinkle, Herbert H., II, 517.

Hinkle, Melvin E., II, 88.

Hinkle, Stephen. E., II, 262.

Historical Association, I, 171.

Hite, Rosetta, II, 493.

Hoadly, Jared, I, 313.

Hobart, David, I, 365.

Hoffman, Charles F., II, 8.

Hoffman Family, I, 412.

Hoffmire, Colenzo H., II, 12.

Hoffmire, John R., II, 11.

Hogeboom, James, I, 212; I, 234.

Hogs, (illustration) I, 136.

Holland, Ezekiel U., II, '286.

Holland, William, I, 501.

Hollister, D. W., I, 206.

Holmes, (Ensign) I, 15.

Holt, Charles C., II, 76.

Homan, John H., II, 477.

Home Savings Bank, Metamora, I, 160.

Hospital, Wauseon, I, 503.

Hotel Blair, Wauseon, I, 254.

Hotel Lincoln, Delta, (illustration) I, 396.

Hotels, first in Wauseon, I, 213; Wauseon, I, 254; first in Royalton Township, I, 331; first in Ottokee, I, 349.

Houge, William A., II, 318.

Hough, Alfred C., I, 68; I, 269; I, 495.

Hough, Harry H., II, 16.

Howard, Dresden. W. H., I, 2; I, 56.

Howard, Edward; I, 56.

Howard Family Colonial Residence, (illustration) I, 57.

Howard, Mary B., I, 59.

Howard, Robert A., I, 365.

Hoyt, Francis J., II, 344.

Huffman, Clayton H., II, 533.

Humane Society, I, 171.

Humphrey, Rensselaer S., I, 419.

Humphrey, Vernie E., II, 123.

Humphreys, Charles A., II, 104.

Hunter, John J., I, 183.

Huntington, Anson, I, 228.

Huntington, Elisha, I, 191; I, 195; I, 199.

Huth, Jacob, II, 416.

Illustrations: Old Indian Mission, I, 6; Indian canoes, I, 7; Coureur de Bois, I, 8; Buffalo, I, 11; Portage from. Fort Miami 'to the Wabash, I, 13; Pontiac, I, 14; Major-General Anthony. Wayne, I, 23; Little Turtle, I, 27; Fort Defiance, as restored, I, 28; Elm at Maumee, under which the Council of Indian Chiefs was held prior to the Battle of Fallen Timbers, 1794, I, 29; Turkey Foot Rock, I, 32; Signatures to the Greenville Treaty, I, 33; Edward Tiffin, first Governor of Ohio, I, 36; William H. Harrison, I, 38; Rear of Fort Miami, I, 39; As it appears today, I, 40; Fort Meigs, 1812, I, 41; Tecumseh, I, 43; Old Lock on the Miami and Erie Canal, I, 50; John Grey's cabin, I, 53; Rattlesnakes, I, 55; Howard Family colonial residence, I, 57; Fort Meigs Monument, I, 59; "Walk-in-theWater," I, 63; First steam engine, I, 64; Open fireplace, I, 70; Cannon, I, 74; Fulton County court house, Wauseon, I, 77; Reclamation of Black Swamp, I, 78; Destruction at Swanton by tornado, I, 79; U. S. Prison Quarters, Johnson's Island, 100; Wauseon in 1867, I, 108; County's. first detachment for National Army, I, 115; County's second detachment for National Army, I, 123; County's third detachment for National Army, I, 125; Hogs, I, 136; Typical farm home, I, 137; Receiving Station at Helvetia Milk Condensing Company's Plant at Delta, I, 138; Dairy farm, I, 139; Pioneer school house, I, 142;. Swanton school house, I, 143; Fayette High School, I, 146; Wauseon graded school, I,


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149; Public school, Delta, I, 151: Wauseon High School, I, 153; Peoples State Bank, Wauseon, I, 157; First National Bank, Wauseon, I, 161; Race Track, County Fair Grounds, I, 165; Fulton County Home, I, 172; Wolf, I, .179; Black snakes, I, 191; Spinning wheel, I, 192; Fireplace, I, 196; Flax brake, I, 198; Maumee river, below Waterville, I, 199; Departure of Indians, I, 201; Cooking on a spit, I, 204; Wauseon in 1857, I, 211; First passenger train to enter Wauseon, I, 212; Site of Estelle Hotel, I, 213; Centre Mound, Wauseon Cemetery, I, 230; Old Normal School building, Wauseon, I, 235; Little White School House, I, 236; Fulton Street, Wauseon, looking north, I, 239; The Arcade, Wauseon, I, 241; Fulton Street, Wauseon, looking south, I, 247; Wauseon Plant of Van Camp Packing Co., I, 251; Superior Iron Works, Wauseon, I, 252; Wauseon (N. Y. Central) Station, I, 254; Birdseye view of Wauseon, 1881, I, 255; A shady spot, I, 258; Emigrant wagon, I, 263; Chesterfield Centralized School, I, 274; Bear, I, 278; Maumee river, I, 283; Clearing land, I, 286; Corn in the shock, I, 295; Farmers & Merchants Bank. Archbold, I, 296; Peoples Bank, Archbold, I, 299; Town Hall, Archbold, I, 301; Wild cat, I, 313; Spinning wheel, warming oven, etc., I, 315; Bear trap, I, 316; Wide thoroughfare, Metamora, I, 319; Metamora High School, I, 321; Pioneer log cabin,, I, 327; Corn, I, 328; Dairy herd, I, 330; Spinning wheel, I, 341; Indian relics. I, 347; Stage coach, I, 349; Indian village, I, 354; Pike Township sheep country, I, 364; Fox, I, 365; Snakes, I, 372; Historic Council Oak at Winameg, I, 377; Beaver, I, 378; Rail fence, I, 382; Ox yoke, I, 385; Postoffice, Delta, I, 389; Town Hall, Delta, I, 393; Hotel Lincoln, Delta, I, 396: Street scene, Delta, I, 400; Public school, Delta, I, 403; Street scene, Fayette, I, 409; Street scene, Fayette, I, 416; T. & W. Depot, Fayette, I, 422; Fayette public school, I, 428; West Main street, Fayette, I, 425; Colonel Crawford tortured by the Indians, I, 469; Threshing machinery, I, 474; Street scene, Swanton, I, 478; Tornado destruction of Baker Machine shops at Swanton, I, 484; Oddfellows Hall, Swanton. damaged by tornado, 1920, I, 487; Public school, Swanton, I, 492.

Incorporation of Wauseon, I, 216. Indian camp, I, 378.

Indian canoes, (illustration) I, 7.

Indian Mission, (illustration) I, 6.

Indian relics, (illustration) I, 347.

Indian reminiscence, I, 370.

Indian reservations, I, 37.

Indian scare, I, 266.

Indian traders, I, 11.

Indian trails, I, 61.

Indian treaties, I, 37.

Indian village, I, 56; (illustration), I, 354.

Indians; tribes, I, 6; confederacy, I, 16; wars, I, 16; removal of, I, 58; (Pottawatomie), last of, in Maumee Valley, I, 60; leaving "old hunting grounds," (illustration) I, 201; passing of the, I, 346.

Indians torturing Colonel Crawford, (illustration) I, 469.

Industries; farm, I, 136; Wauseon, I, 252; Delta; I, 404; Franklin Township, 1, 443; Fulton Township, I, 457.

Infirmary, I, 172.

Inlet, I, 262.

Institutional history of county, I, 164.

Interstate war, I, 47.

Iron Works, Wauseon, (illustration) I, 252.

Iroquois Confederacy, I, 7.

Iroquois Indians, I, 6.

Ives, Charles J., II, 40.


Jails, I, 78; first, Wauseon, I, 222; Archbold, I, 300.

Jaqua, Seth, II, 410.

Jerome, Jonathan H., I, 52.

Jesuit Fathers, I, 10.

Jewell, N. W., I, 218; I, 228.

John Dale Post, No. 143, Fayette, I, 135.

Johnson, Amanda M. P., II, 264.

Johnson, Charles, II, 264.

Johnson, Davis B., II. 60.

.Johnson, Emery E., II, 68.

Johnson, Mary D., II, 68.

Johnson, P. S., I, 237.

Joliet, I, 10.

Joncaire, Charles F., Chaubert de, I, 35.

Jones, Bayard F., II, 438.

Jones, Jeremiah, II, 435.

Jones, Sherman A., II, 322.

Jones, William, I, 200; I, 338; I, 343; I, 380.

Jordan, Charles H., II, 56.

Jordan, Edward H., II, 56.

Junction Railroad, I, 81.

Jurisdiction, early, I, 6.


Kahle, Samuel, II, 311.

Keener, Albert F., II, 186.

Keiser, Charles H., II, 488.


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Kendall, John, I, 68; I, 412; I, 495; I, 501.

Kester, Richard S., II, 124.

Kibbler, George, I, 443.

King Family, II, 278.

King, Harvey, II, 103.

King, William, I, 381.

Kleck, Harmon, II, 376.

Klein, Jacob, II, 400.

Kline, Albert J., II, 394.

Knapp, A. J., I, 228.

Knapp, Cortland A., II, 484.

Knight, Dorr S., II, 552.

Knight, Wesley, I, 471.

Knights of Phythias, I, 247; I, 426.

Krauss, Charles W., II, 317.

Krauss, Clarence R., II, 501.

Krauss, Harmon A., II, 34.

Krontz, Henry, I, 199.

Kutzli, Albert, II, 366.

Kutzli, William G., II, 505.

LaMare, Alfred de, II, 348.


Lamb, Avery, I, 193; I, 195.

Land transfer, first, I, 199.

Lane, Ernest C., II, 367.

Lantz, Ervin, II, 138.

LaRowe, Albert B., II, 462.

LaSalle, I, 10.

Last Court at Ottokee, I, 77.

Last of Pottawatomie Indians in Maumee Valley, I, 60.

Lathrop, Arthur B., II, 351.

Lathrop, Erastus, I, 500.

Lauber's Hill, I, 281.

Laver, Grant S., II, 192.

Laver, Solomon E., II, 512.

Lee, David, I, 270.

Lee, William, I, 271.

Leggett, Nathaniel, I, 67; I, 68; I, 209; I, 219; I, 228; I, 466; I, 495.

Legislature, first Territorial, of Ohio, I, 35.

Leininger, Aaron, II, 224.

Leininger, Edward A, II, 223.

Leininger, George, II, 238.

Leininger, Jacob F., II, 496.

Leininger, William A., II, 530.

Leiska, William, II, 399.

Leist, Noah S., I, 417; II, 302.

Leitner, John J., II, 197.

Lenni, Lenapes, I, 6.

Leslie, Ben, II, 20.

Leu, Jacob C., II, 531.

Lewis, G. B., I, 390.

Lewis, Millard, II, 159.

Lewis, Palmer, I, 468.

Liberty loan campaigns, I, 133.

Library, Wauseon, I, 249.

Lilley, Daniel, II, 345.

Lillich, John, I, 200.

Lindley, Thaddeus 0., II, 165.

Lingle, Thomas, I, 191.

Lippy, John H., II, 537.

Little Turtle, I, 25; (illustration) I, 27.

"Little 'White School House," (illustration) I, 236.

Lloyd, Albert C., II, 149.

Lock on the Miami and Erie Canal, (illustration) I, 50.

Log cabin, (illustration) I, 327.

Log schoolhouses, description of early, I, 143.

Long, Michael E., II, 134.

Losure Family, I, 195.

Losure Post, No. 35, G. A. R., I, 107.

Love, N. B. C., I, 504.

Lucas County, I, 45; I, 53.

Lumbrezer, Joseph, II, 186.

Lutheran Church, Wauseon, I, 245.

Lutton, Lincoln E., II, 521.

Lutton, Sanford J., II, 180.

Lutz, William J., I, 471.

Lyon, Marcus, I, 229.

Lyons, I, 334.

Lyons Chapter, No. 175, R. A. M., I, 335.

Lyons Commercial Bank, I, 162.

"Lyons Herald," I, 188.

"Lyons Journal," I, 188.

Lyons Lodge, No. 622, I. 0. 0. F., I, 336.

Lytton, I, 458.

Mack, Harry B., II, 343.

Maddox, William H., II, 492.

Magnolia Chapter, No. 87, 0. E. S., I, 336.

Mail carrier, first, I, 480.

Malone, Charles J., II, 92.

Mann, Henry B., II, 413.

Mann, Stephen E., II, 487.

Maple Grove School, I, 274.

Maps: Military posts, forts, battlefields and Indian trails in Ohio, I, 9; United States, 1783, I, 17; Territory of the United States, Northwest of the Ohio River, 1787, I, 19; Maumee towns, destroyed by General Harmar, I, 21; Hamilton County, 1792, I, 22; General Wayne's Route Along the Maumee, I, 24; Bat= ties of the Maumee, I, 26; Ohio counties, 1799, I, 34; Wayne County, I, 35; Ohio counties, 1802, I, 37; Present Fulton County in Lenawee County, Michigan, I, 49; Northeast part of Clinton Township, I, 207.

Marks Family, I, 270.

Marks, Hezekiah, II, 385.

Masonic bodies, Wauseon, I, 246; Royalton Township, I, 335.

Masonic Hall, Wauseon, I, 247. Master's Corners, I, 442.

Mastodon, I, 1.

Mattern, Jacob, I, 414.

Mattison, Charles E., II, 27.


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Mattison, Joseph, I, 259.

Maumee and Angola road, I, 65.

Maumee City, County seat, I, 66.

Maumee Indians, I, 20.

Maumee river, (illustration) I, 283.

Maumee river below Waterville, (illustration) I, 199.

Maumee towns destroyed by General Harmar (map) I, 21.

Maumee Valley, white settlement of, I, 44; last of Pottawatomie Indians in, I, 60.

Maumee Valley Monumental Association, I, 59.

Mayoral succession, Wauseon, I, 227; I, 256.

McClarren, Agnes H., I, 61; II, 552.

McClarren, Dresden, II, 552.

McClarren, Howard, I, 61.

McClarren, Mary A. H., II, 552.

McClarren, William, I, 383.

McComb, Alton T., II, 417.

McConkey, Levi, II, 429.

McIntire Camp, No. 1197, R. N. A., Wauseon, I, 248.

McKee, Alexander, I, 16.

McLaughlin, Charles M., II, 542.

McLaughlin Family, I, 437.

McQuillan Post (Delta),. G. A. R., I, 109.

McQuillin, Frank, II, 512.

McQuillin, Herbert E., II, 364.

McQuillin, John B., II, 57.

McQuilling, James, I, 390.

Medical history, I, 500.

Medical Society, Fulton County, I, 503.

Meeker, William, I, 465.

Meintzer, Henry, II, 244.

Meister, John B., II, 127.

Mengwe Indians, I, 6.

Mennonites, I, 305; I, 507.

"Men of the West," I, 66.

Meridew, Leonard, II, 319.

Merrill Family, I, 454.

Merrill, Frank C., II, 350.

Merrill, Levi, I, 456.

Merrill, Mary F. B., II, 264.

Merrill, Naaman, I, 229.

Merrill, Roy O., II, 349.

Merrill, Samuel E., II, 263.

Metamora, I, 316; Bank, I, 160; street scene, (illustration) I, 319. Metamora High School, (illustration) I, 321.

Metamora Methodist Episcopal Church, 321.

"Metamora Record," I, 188.

Metcalf, Benjamin F., I, 497.

Methodism, I, 504.

Methodist Episcopal Churches, Wauseon, I, 239; German Township, I, 306; Ottokee, I, 359; Spring Hill, I, 359; Delta, I, 397; Gorham Township, I, 429.

Miami County, I, 38.

Miami Indians, I, 9.

Mikesell, George, I, 196.

Mikesell, John, I, 197.

Mikesell, Thomas, I, 54; I, 197.

Miles, Hector L., II, 422.

Miley, Clair D., II, 115.

Miley, John, I, 206.

Military posts, forts, battlefields and Indian trails in Ohio, Map showing, I, 9.

Mill Creek, I, 80.

Miller, Christopher K., II, 229.

Miller, Daniel T., II, 82.

Miller, Harley J., II, 204.

Miller, Henrietta P., II, 285.

Miller, Jay H., II, 33.

Miller, John, II, 545.

Miller, John H., II, 370.

Miller, Joseph H., H., I, 467.

Miller, Robert D., II, 196.

Miller, Rolla E., II, 285.

Miller, Warren T., II, 178.

Miller, William F., II, 310.

Miller, William H., II, 376.

Mills, Corwin F., II, 189.

Mills, first in German Township, I, 288; Franklin Township, I, 443;

Fulton Township, I, 457; Swanton, I, 483.

Mink, I, 365.

Mizer, Romeo D., II, 87.

Mockler, David J., II, 109.

Mohawk Indians, I, 7.

Mohr, William, II, 193.

Moine, Louis G., II, 504.

Montgomery, Alexander Y., II, 265.

Montgomery County, I, 38.

Moog, George J., II, 270.

Moore, James, I, 212.

Moore, Robert A., I, 502.

Morey, William L., II, 219.

Morgan, Garnett Q., II, 103.

Mormon advent, I, 9.

Morningstar, David, II, 538.

Moseley, Hiram L., I, 259.

Mosquitos, I, 284.

Mound builders, I, 2, 3, 4.

Mounds, Winameg, I, 1; description of, I, 2.

Moyer, Fred H., II, 133.

Munroe, John, II, 113.

Murbach, C. F., II, 216.

Murbach, Edwin A., II, 214.

Murphy, Linne M., I, 257.

Murray, Robert N., II, 246.

Murray, Thomas, I, 383.

Murray, Thomas C., II, 175.

Myers, George W., II, 179.

Myers, Peter, II, 515.


Natural gas, I, 289.

Nay, Eccles, I, 466.

Newcomer, J. S., I, 260.


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Newcomer, John, I, 203.

New York Central Railroad, I, 254.

N. Y. Central Station, Wauseon, (illustration) I, 254.

Nichols, Mathias H., I, 68.

Nixon, Shubal, I, 452.

Nobbs, James, I, 450.

Nobbs, James H., II, 226.

Nobbs, John, I, 450.

Noble, Augustus, II, 77.

Nofzinger, Solomon C., II, 546.

Normal College, Fayette, I, 429.

Normal School Building, Wauseon, (illustration) I, 235.

Northeast part of Clinton Township, (map) I, 207.

North Star Grange, I, 169.

"North-Western Republican," I, 183.

Northwest Territory, I, 35.

Nutt, William E., II, 280.


Oakley, George J., II, 14.

"Oak Openings," I, 433.

Oak Shade, I, 262; I, 272.

Oats, I, 137.

Octavius Waters Chapter, No. 154, R. A. M., I, 396.

Oddfellows Hall, Swanton, damaged by tornadoes, 1920, (illustration) I, 487.

Oddfellows Hall, Wauseon, I, 246.

Ohio, first territorial legislature of I, 35; admitted to statehood, I, 36. Ohio Company, I, 19.

Ohio Council of National Defense, I, 132.

Ohio counties, 1799, (map) I, 34; 1802, (map) I, 37.

Ohio Indians, I, 16.

"Old Britain," I, 14.

Old Indian Mission, (illustration) I, 6.

Old Plank Road, I, 178.

"Old Tavern," I, 419; I, 423.

"Old Times in Ottokee," I, 148.

Oldfield, Barney, II, 527.

Oldfield, Gilbert, I, 220.

O'Neal, James, II, 532.

Oneida Indians, I, 7.

O'Neil, Frank, I, 314; I, 316.

O'Neil, William, II, 554.

One Hundred and Eighty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, I, 102.

One Hundred and Eighty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, I, 99.

One Hundred and Eleventh Ohio Volunteers, I, 98.

One Hundred and Ninety-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, I, 102.

One Hundred and Thirtieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, I, 95.

One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, I, 101.

One Hundred, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, I, 97.

Onondaga Indians, I, 7.

Onweller, William, I, 267.

Open fireplace, (illustration) I, 70.

Order of Eastern Star, Wauseon, I, 247.

Ordinance of 1787, I, 35.

Ordinances, early, of Wauseon, I, 223.

Orndorff, George W., II, 382.

Orth, Carl F., II, 55.

Ottawa Indians, I, 8.

Otter, I, 365.

Ottgen, Edward A., II, 402.

Ottgen, Frank, II, 404.

Ottokee; I, 215; I, 348; first county seat, I, 71; early days, I, 73; last court at, I, 77; first merchant, I, 348; first hotel, I, 349; school, I, 351.

Ottokee "Democrat," I, 185.

Ottokee Lodge, No. 851, A. O. G. W., I, 361.

Ottokee "Monitor," I, 184.

Ox Yoke, (illustration) I, 385.


Pains and Penalties Act, I, 50.

Palmer, John C., I, 258.

Palmer, John H., I, 497.

Parmelee, William E., I, 68; I, 271.

Parsons, Nathaniel, I. 267.

Partridge, Herbert, II, 159.

Passing of the Indians, I, 346.

Patterson, Edwin H., I, 343.

Patterson, George W., I, 270.

Paxson, Josiah C., II, 5.

Pease, Horace, I, 200.

Pelton, Henry R., II, 424.

Pennington, Ephraim, I, 85.

Penny, Rezin F., II, 83.

Peoples Bank, Archbold, (illustration) I, 299.

Peoples Savings Bank Company, Delta, I, 162.

Peoples State Bank Company, Archbold, I, 163.

Peoples State Bank, Wauseon, (illustration) I, 157.

Perkins, Edwin B., II, 358.

Perkins, Jacob F., II, 471.

Perry, C. D., I, 153; I, 429.

Perry, Fred E., II, 143.

Peter, Philip H., II, 241.

Petersburgh, I, 482.

Petteys, Nelle B., II, 535.

Pettisville, origin of, I, 310.

Pettisville Post, No. 1445, I, 135.

Pettisville Savings Bank, I, 163.

Pfaff, Albert, II, 458.

Phillips Corners, I, 54; I, 334.

Phillips, Eli, I, 53; I, 326; I, 365; I, 465.

Physicians, I, 500; first in Clinton Township, I, 206; first in Royalton Township, I, 331; Pioneer in Pike Township, I, 371; Pioneer of Gorham Township, I, 418.


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Pike Family, I, 412.

Pike Township, I, 45; I, 53; I, 362; organization of, I, 56; Court house in, I, 366; church history, I, 367; schools, I, 367; early taverns, I, 368; first Fourth of July celebration, I, 369; pioneer physician, I, 371; present schools, I, 378; population, I, 379

Pike, William H., II, 439.

Pilliod, Frederick A., II, 184.

Pilliod, Louis N., II, 198.

Pioneer and Historical Association, I, 171.

Pioneer Log Cabin, raising the, on Fair Grounds, I, 166.

Pioneer school house, (illustration) I, 142.

Pioneer school system, I, 141.

Pioneer settlement, I, 53.

Pioneer settlers, Dover Township, I, 339.

Plan illustrating the Battles of the Maumee, I, 26.

Plank road, I, 65; I, 178; I, 368; I, 390; I, 478.

Pocock, Eli, I, 205.

Police force, Wauseon, I, 221.

Politics, early, I, 81.

Pontiac, (illustration) I, 14; conspiracy, I, 15; death of, I, 16.

Pontious, C. E., II, 147.

Pontious, McClellan, II, 467.

Pontious, William B., II, 255.

Poorman, Adam, I, 343; I, 436.

Poorman, W. F., II, 245.

Poplar Grove, I, 400.

Population; in 1840, I, 56; of county, I, 84; Wauseon, I, 253; Clinton Township, I, 261; Chesterfield Township in 1910, I, 262; Chesterfield Township, I, 279; German Township, I, 303; Archbold, I, 303; Amboy Township, I, 324; Royalton Township, I, 336; Dover Township, I. 361; Pike Township, I, 379; York Township, I, 405; Gorham Township, I, 432; Franklin Township, I, 445; Fulton Township, I, 463; Swan Creek Township, I, 494.

Portage from Post Miami to the Wabash, (illustration) I, 13.

Porter, Melvin, II, 38.

Post No. 106, G. A. R., I, 107.

Postoffice, Delta, (illustration) I, 389.

Postoffices, early, I, 369.

Potatoes, I, 137.

Pottawatomie Indians, I, 9; last of, in Maumee Valley, I, 60.

Potter, Morey S., I, 316.

Pottery, Dover Township, I, 361.

Powers, Asahel A., II, 201.

Powers Family, I, 415.

Prehistoric monster, I, 1.

Prehistoric pike, I, 363.

Presbyterian Church, Delta, I, 397.

Press, I, 177.

Price, Mrs. A. Q., I, 489.

Price, Aquila. II, 182.

Prickett, Lydia, II, N.

Prickett, Frank E., II, 154.

Prickitt, Daniel J., II, 79.

Pritchard, Hiram, I, 75; I, 157; I, 229.

Probate Court, I, 498.

Probeck, George H., II, 108.

Prosecuting attorneys, I, 498.

Public library, Archbold, I, 302.

Public library, Wauseon, I, 249.

Public school, Delta, (illustration) I, 151; I, 403.

Public school, Fayette, (illustration) I, 428.

Public school, Swanton, (illustration) I, 492.

Punches, William, I, 415.

Pythian Sisters, Fayette, I, 426.

Pythian Sisters of Wauseon, Temple. No. 337, I, 248.


Quiggle Post, No. 289, (Swanton) G. A. R., I, 108.


Race Track, County Fair Grounds, (illustration) I, 165.

Raccoon, I, 365.

Rail fence, (illustration) I, 382.

Railroad building, I, 80.

Railroad built to Wauseon, I, 209.

Railroad development, I, 63.

Raising the Pioneer Log Cabin, I, 166.

Raker Cemetery, I, 473.

Raker, Martin, Sr., I, 473.

Raker, Oliver P., II, 383.

Rakestraw, Y., I, 215.

Ramsay, William, I, 387; I, 502.

Randels, Frank W., II, 519.

Rashley, John M., II, 208.

Rattlesnakes, (illustration) I, 55.

Raymond, Gideon W., I, 450.

Rebekah Lodge, No. 322, Fayette, I, 426.

Rebekah Lodge, No. 658, Wauseon, I, 246.

Rebo, Peter, II, 379.

Reclamation of Black Swamp, (illustration) I, 78.

Recorders, I, 82.

Red Cross, I, 134.

Reed, Charles E., II, 372.

Reformed Church of Zion, Amboy Township, I, 322.

Reichhardt, Conrad, II, 542.

Reighard, Frank H., I, 183; II, 555.

Reighard, George, II, 554.

Reighard, Jacob, I, 467.

Relief Committee, Civil War, I, 105.

Report of county superintendent or schools, I, 154.

Revolutionary war, soldier, I, 85.

Reynolds, Ernest C., II, 42.

Reynolds, Frank B., II, 26.


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Reynolds, John, I, 286.

Rice, Otto, II, 479.

Rice, Samuel L., II, 404

Richards, Ami, I, 453.

Richards, Irvin L., II, 191.

Richards, Fred L., II, 347.

Richards, Leander E., II, 469.

Richardson, Butler, I, 327.

Riddle, James S., I, 68; I, 440.

Riddle, John Q., I, 259.

Riley, John, I, 68.

Ritchey, Joseph, I, 315.

Ritzenthaler, Daniel, I, 260.

River Raisin disaster, I, 41.

Road Map of Fulton County, I, 1.

Roads, I, 65; first in Clinton Township, I, 208.

Robasser, John E., II, 183.

Roberts, Carlos A., II, 331.

Roberts., John, H, 67.

Roberts, Mathilda G., II, 67.

Robinson, Albert M., II, 517.

Robinson, Anthony B., I, 205.

Robinson, Clark A., II, 483.

Robinson-Gibbs Post, No. 265, Wauseon, I, 135.

Robinson, T. Ralph, II, 7.

Robinson, Ward A., II, 44.

Robinson, Wesley S., II. 295.

Roedel, George C., II, 219.

Rogers, James F., I, 294.

"Rogers' Rangers, I, 15.

Roll of Honor, I, 126.

Roop, Joseph, I, 314.

Roos Family, I, 269.

Roos, G. Scott, II, 117.

Rorabeck, John G., II, 368.

Rorick, Cosper, I, 157.

Rorick, Estell H., II, 3.

Rorick, John C., I, 258.

Rorick, Mary P., II, '3.

Roseborough, J. W., I, 507.

Roth, Peter P., 1I, 225.

Royalton Township, I, 53; I, 325; organization of, I, 56; records, T, 330; cheese once main product, I, 330; notable incidents, I, 331; cemeteries, I, 332; schools, I, 332; churches, I, 333; fraternal societies, I, 335; population, I, 336.

Royalton Union. Lodge, No. 434, F. & A. M., I, 335.

Ruihley, August, II, 174.

Rupp, Edward, II, 9.

Rupp, Elmer E., II, 389,

Rupp, Emma, II, 182.

Rupp, Joel, II, 213.

Rupp, John A , II, 188.

Rupp, Michael, II, 181.

Rupp, Peter, II, 9.

Ruppert, Samuel, II, 46.

Russell, Benjamin, I, 411.

Russell, George K., II, 116.

Russell, John, I, 411.

Rychener, Clarence L., II, 308.

Rychener, Daniel, II, 307.

Rychener, Harvey H., II, 52.

Rychener, Simon, II, 49.

Sanderson, James, II, 422.

Sanders Tent, No. 421, Knights of Maccabees, I, 323.

Santee Corners, I, 320.

Sargent, Ephraim, I, 413.

Sargent, John H., I, 76; I, 209; I, 229.

Sargent, Joseph D., II, 150.

Sattler, William, II, 398.

Saw-mills: first in Royalton Township, I, 331; Fulton Township, I, 458; Franklin Township, I, 443.

Saxton, William T., II, 518.

Sayles, George W., I, 411.,

Schad, Edward D., II, 126.

Schamp, George, II, 269.

Schamp, John W., II, 408.

Schantz, Samuel C., II, 388.

Schlatter, Henry J., II, 339.

Schlatter, Samuel A., II, .377.

Schnall, John J., I, 345.

Schnetzler, John B., I, 301.

School houses: pioneer, (illustration) I, 142;

Swanton, (illustration) I, 143; description of early, I, 143.

Schools, I, 141; pioneer system, I, 141; first established in county, I, 149; early teachers, I, 151; enrollment figures, I, 154; report of county superintendent, I, 154; Wauseon, I, 232; Clinton Township, I, 238; Chesterfield. Township, I, 273; German Township, I, 303; Ottokee, I, 351; Amboy, I, 320; Royalton Township, I, 332; Dover Township, I, 355; Pike Township, I, 367; present schools Pike Township, I, 378; Gorham Township, I, 421; Fayette, I, 426; Franklin Township, I, 441; first building in Fulton Township, I, 459; Fulton Township, I, 462; Swanton, I, 483; Swan Creek Township, I, 491; York Township, I, 401.

Schrenk, Adam, II, 497.

Schrenk, Elias, II, 498.

Schuch, Charles E., II, 121.

Schug, Jacob, II, 199.

Schultz, John H., II, 502.

Scott, Ed., II, 47.

Scott, Henry, Is, 206.

Second detachment for National Army, 1917, (illustration) I, 123.

Seeley, E. A., II, 92.

Seeley, Fred A., H, 83.

Seggern, John V:, II, 145.

Segrist Family, I, 386.

Segrist, Frederick A., II, 240.

Segrist, John E., II, 302.

Segrist, William, II, 393.

Segrist, 'William H., II, 465.

Senalick, I, 60.

Seneca Indians, I, 7.


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"Sentinel," I, 183.

Settlement; first attempt by white people, I, 9; of Maumee Valley, I, 44.

Settlers, early, I, 34; pioneer of Dover Township, I, 339; Franklin Township, I, 434.

Severance, David, I, 407.

Shadle, Allen, II, 139.

Shadle, Ann, II, 139.

Shadle, Harvey, II, 136.

Shadle, Jane B., I, 341.

Shady spot, (illustration) I, 258.

Shafer, Gideon R., II, 374.

Shaffer Family, I, 438.

Shaffer, John, I, 436.

Shaffer, John P., II, 402.

Shartzer, Harriet T., II, 320.

Shartzer, Henry, II, 320.

Shaw, John, I, 448.

Shaw, Nathan, I, 411.

Shawnee Indians, I, 9.

Sheep country, (illustration) I, 364.

Sheffield, Jeremiah, I, 270.

Shelby county, I, 38; I, 45.

Sheriffs, I, 499.

Sherwood, Isaac R., I, 183.

Sherwood, James H., I, 180; I, 183.

Shetler, John W., II, 529.

Short, Peter C., II, 221.

Shreves, Charles L., II, 282.

Sibley, Solomon, I, 35.

Sidewalks, Wauseon, I, 220.

Siegel, Arthur G., II, 509.

Siegel, John, II, 496.

"Signal," I, 185.

Silver fox, I, 365.

Simon, Frank L., II, 405.

Sindel, Estill L., II, 296.

Sindel, John M., II, 274.

Sixth Cavalry, I, 102.

Sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, I, 111;

Members of Company G., I, 112.

Sixtieth Ohio Volunteer. Infantry, I, 101.

Sixty-eighth. Infantry, I, 86.

Sixty-seventh Volunteer Infantry, I, 89.

Skeels, Benjamin, I, 385.

Skeels, Fred E., II, 220.

Skeels, R. C., I, 385.

Slagle, Earl E., II, 313.

Slater, Frederick A., II, 90.

Smallman, Francis C., II, 21.

Smallman, Hiram A., II, 93.

Smith, Albert B., I, 184.

Smith, A. Holmes, I, 473.

Smith, Clarence C., II, 355.

Smith, Edwin J., II, 66.

Smith, Ira, I, 501.

Smith, Reuben A., II, 85.

Smith, Thomas W., II, 61.

Snakes, (illustration) I, 372.

Snakes, Black, (illustration) I, 191.

Sohn, H. B., I, 233.

Sohn, William H., I, 260.

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial and Monument Association, I, 175.

Soule, Glenn V., II, 45.

Spanish-American War, I, 109.

Spanish-American War veterans, post, I, 113.

Spaulding, Africa, I, 451.

Spencer, Fitch J., II, 146.

Spencer, Uriah, I, 238; I, 384.

Spengler, Walter A., II, 233.

Spengler, William J., II, 495.

Spiess, John J. II, 434.

Spinning wheel, (illustration) I, 192; I, 341.

Spinning wheel, warming oven, etc., (illustration) I, 315.

Spring Family, I, 354.

Spring Hill, I, 352.

Springer, David, I, 453.

Springer, Isaac, I, 229.

St. Caspar's Roman Catholic Church, Wauseon, I, 243.

St. Clair, (General) m I, 20.

St. John's Reformed Church, Archbold, I, 308.

St. Richard's Catholic Church, Swanton, I, 493.

Stage coach, (illustration) I, 349.

Stair, William, I, 452.

Standish, Orin, II, 14.

Standish, William H.. II, 297.

Star mail route, I, 178.

State representatives, I, 82.

Steadman, Alvah, I, 314.

Steam engine, first, I, 64; (illustration) I, 64.

Stebbins, Stephen R., I, 384.

Stedman, Thomas, II, 309.

Stern, Henry, I, 229.

Stetten, Glen D., II, 294.

Stevens, Horatio, I, 315.

Stevens, Lawrence A., II, 119.

Stevens, William W., I, 440

Stevens, Sylvanus W., II, 475.

Stine, Leonard,. II, 235.

Stiriz, Jacob G., II, 415.

Stites Family, I, 270.

Stoltz, David, II, 234.

Stoner, Jacob H., II, 323.

Storrer, Jacob, II, 503.

Stotzer, Charles F., II, 232.

Stout Post, G. A. R., I, 108.

Stow's Hotel, I, 350.

Strayer, William, II, 514.

Streams of Fulton County, I, 80.

Street improvements, Wauseon, I, 217.

Street scenes; Metamora, (illustration) I, 319; Delta, (illustration) I, 400; Fayette, (illustration) I, 409; I, 416; Swanton, (illustration) I, 478. Strong, Andrew, II, 401.

Strong, Herman E., II, 362.

Struble, Chas. W., II, 13.

Struble, Elmer H., II, 391.

Struble, James C., II, 222.

Stuller, John A., II, 236.


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Stum, Lewis W., I, 181.

Sturtevant, Charles, II, 311.

"Sun" steamboat, I, 63.

Superior Iron Works, Wauseon, (illustration) I, 252.

Surveying party, attack upon, I, 51.

Surveyors, I, 84.

Sutton, William, I, 410.

Swan Creek, I, 80; I, 464.

Swan Creek Township, I, 53; I, 464; organization of, I, 56; churches, I, 492; records, I, 475; Civil War record, I, 477; population, I, 494; schools, I, 491.

Swanton, I, 459; I, 477; banks, I, 159; destruction done by tornado, (illustration) I, 79; threshing machinery industry, I, 474; street scene, (illustration) I, 478; origin of, I, 481; grist mill, I, 483; schools, I, 483; churches, I, 483; fire company, I, 486; tornado damage to Oddfellows Hall, I, 487; forty years ago, I, 489; tornado destruction of Baker Machine shops, (illustration) I, 484.

Swanton district, I, 462.

"Swanton Enterprise," I, 188.

Swanton Post, I, 135.

Swanton public school, (illustration) I, 492.

Swanton school house, (illustration) I, 143.


T. & W. Depot, Fayette, (illustration) I, 422.

Taber, George I., II, 176.

Tappan, Erwin M., II, 365.

Tappan (Herman) farm, I, 45.

Tappan, J. H., I, 375.

Tappan, R. D., II, 366.

Tappan, Walter A., II, 287.

Taverns, early, in Pike Township, I, 368.

Taxes, early, Wauseon, I, 218.

Taylor, Lucius P., I, 374; II, 23.

Taylor, Mortimer M., II, 441.

Tecumseh, I, 38; (illustration) I, 43.

Tedrow, Elizabeth, I, 196.

Tedrow Family, I, 344.

Tedrow, Isaac, I, 196.

Tedrow, Reasin I., II. 296.

Tedrow, William, I, 344.

Teeple, John H., II, 421.

Telephone, I, 370.

Temperance Hotel, I, 480.

Templeton, James B., II, 472.

Templeton, John, I, 468; I, 469; I, 481.

Ten Mile Creek, I, 80; I, 313.

Tenth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, I, 101.

Tenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, I, 102.

Territorial Legislature, first, of Ohio, I, 35.

Territory of the United States, Northwest of the Ohio River, 1787, (map) I, 19.

Thatcher, (Judge) I, 449.

"The Mill," I, 421.

Theobald, Albert E., II, 111.

Theobald, William G., II, 541.

Thierry, Kores, II, 380.

Third detachment for National Army, 1917, (illustration) I, 125.

Third Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, I, 100.

Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, I, 102.

Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, I, 101.

Thirty-eighth Volunteer Infantry, I, 91.

Thirty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, I, 101.

Thomas, Calvin W., I, 417.

Thorpe Family, I, 270.

Threshing machinery, (illustration) I, 474.

Tiffin, Edward, first Governor of Ohio, (illustration) I, 36.

Tiffin River, I, 80; I, 433.

Title to lands, I, 10.

Toledo and Angola road, I, 65.

Toledo and Indiana Electric railway, I, 254.

Toll gate, I, 479.

Topography of county, I, 80.

Tornado, I, 80.

Tornado of 1920, I, 485; destruction done by, at Swanton, (illustration) I, 79.

Town Hall, Archbold, (illustration) I, 301.

Town Hall, Delta, I, 392; (illustration) I, 393.

Township election, first in German Township, I, 291.

Trails, I, 208.

Transportation, I, 368.

Transportation facilities, Wauseon, I, 253.

Traut, Menno, II, 463.

Treasurers, I, 83.

Treaties with Indians, I, 37.

Treaty of Greenville, I, 32; signatures to, (illustration) I, 33.

Treaty of Paris, I, 18.

Treaty of 1783, I, 18.

Tredway, Harry R., II, 544.

Tredway, Hartwin H., II, 405.

Tremain, Charles W., II, 227.

"Tribune," I, 184.

Trinity Church of the Evangelical Association, Wauseon, I, 244.

Tripp, Norman P., II, 64.

Trondle, Julius, II, 58.

Trowbridge, Charles F., II, 420.

Trowbridge, John S., I, 380.

Trowbridge, Wallace W., II, 418.

Turkey Foot, death of, I, 32.

Turkey Foot Rock, (illustration) I, 32.


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Turpening, Charles N., II, 526.

Turpening, Elmer C., II, 326.

Tuscarora Indians, I, 7.

Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, I, 101.

Twiss, George W., II, 63.


United Brethren Churches; Wauseon, I, 244; Metamora, I, 322; Dover Township, I 359; Delta I, 399; Gorham Township, I, 430.

United States, 1783, map of, I, 17.

U. S. Prison Quarters, Johnson's Island, (illustration) I, 100.

Upp, Philemon L., II, 33.


Van Camp Packing Company plant, Wauseon, (illustration) I, 251. Vanderveer, Judson M., II, 122. Vanderveer, Laura M., II, 123.

Van Ostrand, Jacob, I, 417.

Van Pelt, George, II, 483.

Van Pelt, Harmon, II, 483.

Van Rensselaer, William D., II, 161.

Van Valkenburg Family, I, 415.

Vaughan, Alexander, I, 452.

Vaughan, Ellis H., II, 191.

Vaughan, Robert H., II, 190.

Verity, Oliver B., I, 72; I, 339; I, 245; I, 413.

Vernier, Glenn J., II, 107.

Vernier, L. P., I, 157.

Viers, John, I, 451.

Viers, John B., II, 88.

Village pound, Wauseon, I, 223.

Virginia's claim of sovereignty, I, 18.

Visger, Jacob, I, 35.

"Vistula Road," I, 65.

Von Seggern, John, II, 145.


Wabash Railroad, I, 253.

Waechter, Henry P., II, 470.

Waggoner, Clark, I, 37.

Waggoner, John, I, 475.

Waggoner, Thomas J., II, 349.

Wagner, Homer O., II, 540.

Wagoner, Simon M., II, 333.

Waidelich, Jackson, II, 494.

Waldeck, Carl, II, 520.

Waldvogel, Otto A., II, 129.

Wales, Henry O., II, 318.

"Walk-in-the-Water," (illustration) I, 63.

Walter, Louis I., II, 201.

Walters, William H., II, 350.

Wanner, Albert, II, 371.

War activities in Home Sector, I, 132.

War Chest Association, I, 134.

War of 1812, veterans of, I, 85.

War record, I, 85.

Ward, Newton H., II, 153.

Wardley, Thomas C., II, 209.

"Wa-se-on," I, 214.

Water system, Archbold, I, 300.

Water works system, Wauseon, I, 250.

Watkins, Eugene D., II, 194.

Watkins Family, I, 454.

Watkins, Kimmel K., II, 253.

Watkins, Wells, I, 467.

Wauseon, I, 190; made county seat, I, 76; court house, (illustration) I, 77; in 1867, (illustration) I, 108; graded school, (illustration) I, 149; Bank, I, 155; first grist mill in, I, 201; first resident family, I, 209; railroad built to, I, 209; in 1857, (illustration) I, 211; first passenger train to enter, (illustration) I, 212; first hotel, I, 213; how named, I, 214; incorporation of, I, 216; Council records, I, 217; street improvements, I, 217; early taxes, I, 218; sidewalks, I, 220; first bonded issue, I, 220; cemetery, I, 220; police force, I, 221; first jail, I, 222; village pound, I, 223; early ordinances, I, 223; first fire company, I, 224; first fire, I, 225; first epidemic, I, 226; City Hall, I, 227; mayoral succession, I, 227; schools, I, 232; first school, I, 232; churches, I, 238; first church building, I, 240; fraternal organizations, I, 245; Masonic bodies, I, 246; public library, I, 249; water works system, I, 250; industries, I, 252; population, I, 253; transportation facilities, I, 253; first hotel, I, 254; hotels, I, 254; birds-eye view of, 1881, (illustration) I, 255; mayoral succession, I, 256; hospital, I, 503.

Wauseon Cemetery, I, 220; Centre Mound, (illustration) I, 230.

Wauseon Chapter, Daughters of American Revolution, I, 132.

Wauseon Chapter, No. 111, R. A. M., I, 246.

Wauseon Church of the Nazarene, I, 245.

Wauseon Council, No. 68, R. & S. M., I, 246.

Wauseon Council, records, I, 217.

Wauseon First National Bank, (illustration) I, 161.

Waseon High School, (illustration) I, 153.

Wauseon Hospital Association, I, 503.

Wauseon House, I, 254.

Wauseon Lodge, No. 156, K. P., I, 247.

Wauseon Lodge, No. 349, A. F. and A. M., I, 246.

Wauseon Lodge, No. 362, I. O. O. F., I, 245.

Wauseon Normal School Building, now public elementary school, (illustration) I, 235.

Wauseon (N. Y. Central) Station, (illustration) I, 254.

Wauseon Plant of Van Camp Packing Co., (illustration) I, 251.


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Wauseon "Republican," I, 54; I, 76; I, 180; I, 182.

Wauseon Savings and Trust Company, I, 155.

Wayne, Anthony, I, 20; (illustration) I, 23; death of, I, 34.

Wayne County, establishment of, I,

35; organized 1796, (map) I, 35.

Wayne's Route along the Maumee, (map) I, 24.

Weber, Clarence G., II, 7.

Weber, C. P., II, 461.

Weber, Harry C., II, 19.

Weber, John T., II, 507.

Weber, William, II, 35.

Weber, William J., II, 51.

Welch, Charles, I, 448.

Wells, Joseph, I, 202.

Wentz, Clarence E., II, 193.

Westbrook, Leland D., II, 341.

West Swanton, I, 479; industrial, history, I„481.

Wheat, I, 137.

Whiskey still, Franklin Township, I, 443.

Whitcomb, Melvin J., II, 86.

White, David, I, 315.

Whitehorne, Myron, I, 259.

Whitesell, Frank R., II, 170.

White settlement of the Maumee Valley, I, 44:

Wild cat, (illustration) I, 313.

Wildin, Jacob G., I, 288.

Wild turkeys, I, 313; (illustration) I, 197.

Wiley, Isaac, II, 268.

Wilkins, Archibald M., II, II, 259

Wilkins, John A., II, 256.

Willcox, Abraham, I, 451.

Willcox, Ezra, I, ,451.

Willeman, Harry T., II, 100.

Willett, Garner I, 268.

Willey, Elias, I, 200.

Williams County, I, 45.

Williams, Elisha, I, 191.

Williams, Henry H., I, 260.

Williams, Isaac V., II, 474.

Williams, Jane C., II, 267.

Williams, John T., II, 536.

Williams, William A., I, 271.

Williams, William F., I, 260.

Williams, William W., II, 267.

Willson, Anson, II, 92.

Willson, Burton, II, 93.

Wilson, Emery, I, 457.

Wilson, Martin, I, 457.

Wilson, William, I, 52.

Winameg I, 56; I, 375; mounds, I, 1.

Wi-na-meg, Chief, I, 2.

Winslow, Valentine, I, 365.

Witmer, John, I, 465.

Witmer, John F., II, 289.

Wolf, Fred H., I, 498; II, 53.

Wolves, I, 178; I, 192; I, 313; (illustration) I, 179.

Woman's Relief Corps, No. 20,

Wauseon, I, 109.

Women's Club, Wauseon, I, 175.

Wood, Jonathan, I, 455.

Woodman Lodge, No. 1035, Fayette, I, 426.

Woodring, William H., II, 306.

Woolace, Amos, II, 288.

Woolace, Franklin, II, 306.

Woollace, William, I, 417.

World War, Fulton County in, I, 85, I, 113; Fulton County's first detachment, September, 1917, I, 115; Fulton County's second detachment, September, 1917, I, 123; Fulton County's third detachment, October, 1917, I, 125.

Wright, Ann P., II, 158.

Wright, Edward G., II, 97.

Wright, George G., II, 158.

Wyandotte Indians, I, 9.

Wyse, Clarence L., II, 115.

Wyse, Gideon D., II, 138.

Wyse, Romeo P., II, 106.


Yeagley, Lawrence L., II, 157.

Yoder, Joel, II, 295.

Yoder, Samuel B., II, 15.

York Center, I, 389.

York Township, I, 53; I, 380; organization of, I, 56; records, I, 387;

schools, I, 4-01; population, I, 405. Yost, Charles E., II, 157.

Young, Joshua, I, 500.


Ziegler, George M., II, 120.

Zimmerman, Albert, II, 166.

Zimmerman, Peter, I, 383.

Zink, George P., II, 457.