MEMOIRS


OF


LUCAS COUNTY


AND THE


CITY OF TOLEDO


FROM THE EARLIEST HISTORICAL TIMES DOWN TO


THE PRESENT, INCLUDING A GENEALOGICAL

AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 0F

REPRESENTATIVE FAMILIES


HARVEY SCRIBNER

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF


ILLUSTRATED


Volume I


MADISON, WISCONSIN

WESTERN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION

1910


PREFACE


It has been the aim in the preparation of these volumes to give a faithful account of the early settlements in Lucas county, to note the progress that attended the noble efforts of the pioneer citizens and their worthy descendants, and also to make the reader acquainted, by biographical mention, with many of those to whom we of the present day are indebted in no small measure for the excellent advantages we enjoy. Records of pioneer times are interesting, and they are not without their lessons of instruction. In Toledo and Lucas county only a very few of the early settlers are now living, and those who still survive are the lingering bonds between us and by gone days, transmitting the traditions of early times to the inquiring minds of the present generation.


The pioneer fathers laid a foundation upon which they and their successors have erected a magnificent structure ; the marts of trade and traffic and the workshops of the artisans are thronged ; the press is established, whence floods of light may emanate for the instruction and benefit of all ; electricity and gas now illumine the Clark places. where once the torch and the tallow candle were the only lighting agencies ; railroads have been built which bring the products of every clime and the people from afar to the confines of Lucas county, and the telegraph and the telephone, "upon the lightning's wing," carry messages far and near. As some one has said, "Let the records of the pioneers be preserved ; in after years our children and our children's children will look over them with pleasure and profit."

 

In issuing the "Memoirs of Lucas County and the City of Toledo," the publishers take the preface as a means of acknowledging obligation to many who have so cordially co-operated in their preparation. Whatever of excellence is attained by these volumes may be attributed primarily to Harvey Scribner, whose intelligent direction and courteous suggestions have been unfailing. He has

 

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personally prepared the chapter on the "Bench and Bar," and that department of the work will be of inestimable value to the members of the legal profession and also to laymen, as Mr. Scribner has given to this chapter much thought and research. C. Locke Curtis, who has edited the chapter on "The Press of the County," is a highly esteemed resident of Toledo and has devoted much of his time to journalistic work. Rollin H. Scribner, the genial treasurer of The Security Savings Bank & Trust Company. has revised and edited the chapter on "Banking and Finance," and he gave the work the same careful and intelligent consideration that characterizes his efforts in all matters claiming his attention. The chapter entitled "Agriculture and Allied Interests" has been edited by Henry J. Philipps, Jr., than whom there is none more competent, and he has given to this chapter much thought and research. Gen. Isaac R. Sherwood, than whom no braver soldier responded to his country's call in the "days that tried men's souls," has carefully revised and edited the chapter on "Military History," and last, but by no means least, the chapter on "Industries" has been under the supervision of Edwin C. Law.

 

Acknowledgments are also due to Willis F. Sewall, librarian of the public library, and his efficient assistants, for their unfailing courtesy ; and to many others are we indebted for numerous acts of kindness.

 

That the "Memoirs of Lucas County and the City of Toledo.' may prove satisfactory to our patrons is the hope of

 

THE PUBLISHERS.

 

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CHAPTER I.

 

PREHISTORIC—The Mound Builders—Their Relics — Who Were They—Opinions of Archæologists Concerning Them - 17

 

CHAPTER II.

 

THE INDIANS—Three Great Families—Algonquins — Iroquois—Mobilians — Region Inhabited by Each—Ohio Tribes—Eries—Wyndots—Miamis—Ottawas—Delawares — Shawnees — Cognate Tribes—Indian Treaties and Land Cessions—The White Man in Possession - 23

 

CHAPTER III.

 

TERRITORIAL ERA — The First White Men—Conflicting Claims —Early Trading Posts—The Ohio Company—French and Indian War—Treaty of Paris—Military Expeditions—Ohio Part of the Province of Quebec—Lord Dunmore's Wa r—T h e Revolution—Clark's Conquest of the Northwest—Treaty of 1783—Another Ohio Company—Cessions of Western Lands by the States—Ordinance of 1787—The Northwest Territory—Campaigns of Harmar, St. Clair and Wayne—Ohio Admitted as a State—War of 1812 - 31

 

CHAPTER IV.

 

THE BOUNDARY DISPUTE—Importance of the Question—The Origin of the Difficulty—Mitchell & Bradley's Map—Exception Clause in Ohio State Constitution—The Harris Line—The Fulton Line—Attack upon Surveying Party—Major Stickney and His Connection with the Boundary Dispute—Activity of Governors Lucas and Mason—Dispute Finally Settled by Congress—Legal Phases of the Question - 45

 

CHAPTER V.

 

EARLY COUNTY HISTORY—Lucas County Topography—Watercourses—Geology—First Settlers —Pioneer Incidents and Reminiscences — Fort Industry—Numerous Towns Projected—Orleans—Perrysburg—Maumee City —Port Lawrence—Vistula— Manhattan—Oregon—Marengo City —Evolution and Organization of the County - 69

 

CHAPTER VI.

 

ROADS. CANAL AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS—First Roadways—Indian Trails—Government Aid in Road Making — State Road Along Maumee River—Early Country Roads—Road Through the "Black Swamp"—Macadamizing the Roads—Present Conditions—Canals—The Miami and the Wabash & Erie—Difficulties to Overcome—First Canal Boat —Public Buildings— Removals of County Seat—P resent Court House—Jail—County Infirmary—Miami Children's Home - 89

 

CHAPTER VII.

 

POLITICS AND OFFICIAL HONORS—Political Conditions—First Election in the County—Panic of 1837—"Log Cabin and Hard Cider" Campaign—Subsequent Contests—Election Statistics—Greenback or National Party—State Officials from Lucas County—James Myers—John C. Lee—James B. Steedman—Abner L. Backus — Members of Congress, with Biographical Sketches—State Senators, with Sketches - 111

 

CHAPTER VIII.

 

LEGISLATORS AND COUNTY OFFICIALS—Representatives, with Biographical Sketches—Probate Judges, with Sketches—Clerks of Court, with Sketches—Sheriffs, with Sketches—County Auditors, with Sketches — County Treasurers, with Sketches—Recorders — Surveyors — Prosecuting Attorneys—Coroners—County Commissioners - 133

 

CHAPTER IX.

 

TOWNSHIP HISTORY—Three Original Townships—Port Lawrence, Waterville and WaynesfieldOrganizations under Michigan Jurisdiction — Creation of Port Lawrence and Sylvania Townships—Manhattan Created and Finally Abolished—Waynesfield Township and Maumee Village- Waterville, Swanton, Providence, Springfield, Oregon, Sylvania, Richfield, Washington, Spencer, Monclova, Adams and Jerusalem Townships - 153

 

CHAPTER X.

 

CITY OF TOLEDO—Pioneer Annals —The Settlement—Vistula—Rival Villages—Origin of the Name of Toledo — Extract from the Memoirs of Jessup W. Scott—Early Conditions— Reminiscences of Richard Mott—Comparison of Real Estate Values — Personal Mention of Early Settlers—Land Speculation — First Bridge in Toledo — Toledo as a City—Boundaries in 1837—Provisions of the City Charter—Present Municipal Code—Complete List

 

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of Mayors—Present Limits of the City — Labor Troubles — Public Works, Buildings, Etc.—List of Postmasters—Public Park s—Charities, Hospitals, Etc.—Fraternal and Other Societies- -Burial Places for the Dead - 205

 

CHAPTER XI.

 

PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AND UTILITIES—Toledo Hospital for the Insane—An Innovation in Such Institutions—Opened in 1888—A Model of Its Kind in America—Toledo Fire Department—First Ordinance for Regulating—Members of the Early Companies—Early Regulations of the Department—First Fire Limits—Railroads — Erie & Kalamazoo —Toledo Ranks Fourth as a Railway Center — Street Railway System—Interurban Service - 257

 

CHAPTER XII.

 

EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT—Early Schools — Description of the Primitive School houses —Old-Fashioned Spelling Schools—School Books—First Schools in Different Parts of the County—Toledo Public Schools—School Statistics — Data Concerning School Buildings—Special Work —Proposed New Buildings—Evening Schools—Toledo University—St. John's College—The Public Library—Tri-State Business College - 271

 

CHAPTER XIII.

 

CHURCH HISTORY — Early Religious Movements—First Missionary Effort—Pioneer Preachers—Methodist Episcopal Church—Congregational Churches—Baptist Churches—Christian Church (Disciples)—Protestant Episcopal Church — Roman Catholic Churches—Presbyterian Churches—Lutheran Churches—United Brethren in Christ—Evangelical and Ref o r m e d Evangelical—Other Church and Allied Religious Organizations - 291

 

CHAPTER XIV.

 

THE PRESS OF THE COUNTY—First Toledo Newspapers—Personal Mention of Editors—Other Early Publications—The Toledo Blade—Commercial — Express —Other Papers of More Recent Date—German Newspapers—Polish Periodicals—List of Present Publications—Toledo Press Club - 323

 

CHAPTER XV.

 

BANKING AND FINANCE—Antipathy to Banks — "Wild-Cat" Banking—City Bank of Brest, in Michigan—Panic of 1837—Complete Financial Ruin—"Michigan Money" in Lucas County— Bank of Manhattan — First Banking House in Toledo—Period of Sane Banking—The Commercial Bank and the Bank of Toledo—Kraus & Company—Ketcham, Berdan & Company — First National Bank—Second National Bank—Other Banking Institutions—Fine Record - 347

 

CHAPTER XVI.

 

AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED INTERESTS—Ear1y Statistics--Change in Productions—Later Statistics on Agricultural Wealth —Rise and Decline of the Sheep Industry — The Manufacture of Butter — Great Potato Growing Region — Fruit Raising — The Nursery Industry—Grapes and Wine — Lucas County Agricultural Society — Tri-State Fair Association — The Great Farm Factory - 365

 

CHAPTER XVII.

 

BENCH AND BAR—First Court in the Northwest Territory — The Old Bench and Bar—Count Coffinberry—Daniel O. Morton—Hiram Walbridge—Emery D. Potter —Morrison R. Waite—Reminiscences of the Lucas County Bar —Memorials to Deceased Lawyers—Morrison R. Waite, Charles Kent. Morgan N. Odell, John Fitch, James M. Hueston, James J. French, Ezra S. Dodd, Joseph D. Ford, William Baker, Edward Bissell, and Others - 373

 

CHAPTER XVIII.

 

THE MEDICAL PROFESSION—Afflictions of the Pioneers — The Ague in Poetry—Sickly Season of 1838—Treatment of Malaria Victims—A Scourge of Cholera—Trials and Inconveniences of Early Physicians—The First Physician in the County, and Biographical Mention of Some of His Successors—Medical Societies—Medi c a l Colleges — Homeopathy—Sketch of Dr. Bissell and other Practitioners of the Homeopathic School - 495

 

CHAPTER XIX.

 

MILITARY HISTORY — The "Patriot" War—Early Military Organizations—The Toledo Guards —The Mexican War—The Civil War Period—First Mass Meeting in Toledo —

Enlistments — The Fourteenth Infantry — Sketches of Other Regiments—Batteries of Artillery—Cavalry — Soldier organizations — Spanish-American War— Sixth Ohio Infantry—Companies from Lucas County - 519

 

CHAPTER XX.

 

INDUSTRIES—Lumber, Doors, Sash, Etc.—Mills and Milling—Furniture Factories and Dealers—Miscellaneous Manufacturing —Wholesalers and Jobbers in Shoes— Wholesale Grocery Houses—Grocers, Wholesale and Re tai 1—Hardware, Wholesale and Retail— Commission men in Fruits, Produce, Hay, Etc.—Grain Commissioners and Brokers — Miscellaneous Wholesalers—Clothing, Retail—Dry Goods and Department Stores—Coal Companies—Insurance and Real Estate—Printers and Book Binders—Miscellaneous Business —Wines and Liquors - 539

 

 

INDEX

 

A

 

Academy of Medicine of Toledo and Lucas County 512

Ackley, Horace A. 504

Adams Street City Mission 319

Adams township, erected 199 First election 199 Present conditions 201 War spirit 201

Agriculture and Allied Interests, Chapter 365

Agriculture, development of 367 Statistics 365, 370

Agricultural organizations 371

Ague, article on 495

Ainsworth Shoe Company 582

Allen, John C. 160

Allen Manufacturing Company 578

Allen, Samuel 324

Allen, T. E. & Co. 606

American Bridge Company 549

American Woodenware Manufacturing Company 542

Ames-Bonner Company 560

Anderson, Alexander 504

Anderson, Col. John 73

Arbuckle-Ryan Company 616

Archaeology 17

Arnold, Samuel G. 326

Ashley, James M. 126

Ashley Realty Company 617

Asphalt Block Pavement Company 578

Atwood Automobile Company 621

Auburndale 192

Auburndale Brick Works 580

Auburndale Hardware Co. 587

Austerlitz 83

Austin, David R 139

 

B

 

Backus, Abner L. 124

Bacon, Rev. D. 292

Badger, Rev. Joseph 294

Baker, B. R. Company 597

Baker, M. A. Company 589

Baker. William, memorial 438

Baldwin, Byron C. 331

Baldwin, John T. 210

Baldwin, Marquis, sketch of 209 Statement of 208

Ballou, Orson 164

Bancroft, William 184

Bank, first in Toledo 152

Bank of Brest 148

Bank of Manhattan 352

Banking and Finance, chapter 347

Banking legislation 347

Banking, period of sane 153

Banks. antipathy to 347

Banks of Toledo 353, 362

Banks, wild cat 349

Banting Machine and Supply Company 615

Bar, incident of admission to 398

Barker & Frost 605

Barlow, Hiram G. 164

Bartley, R. A. 583

Baum Company 205

Baumgardner & Co. 596

Beckman, L. Company 571

Bench and Bar, chapter 373

Bench and bar, old 374

Berdan, Judge John 235

Berdan, Peter F. 233

Berdan & Co. 584

Bergen, Symmes H. 508

Bigelow, F. 514

Big Four Coal Co. 604

Bissel, Arthur F. 514

Bissell, Edward 80 Memorial 440

Bissell, F. Company 554

Bissell, Frederick 234

Bissell, Theodore W. 246

Black, Alexander Cloak Company 562

Black Swamp, road through 91

Blade Printing & Paper Company 611

Blair, A. G. Mining Company 603

Blanchard, Samuel 149

Board of Education, first in Toledo 278

Bolles, William Company 571

Bond, John W. 510

Bookbinders 610

Boone. George B., memorial 476

Bostwick-Braun Company 586

Bostwick, Manley 505

Boundary Dispute, chapter 45

Boundary dispute, settlement of 66

Boundary, Michigan and Ohio 45

Boundary war, amusing incident 53

Bour, J. M. Company 559

Brand, R. Company 624

Briggs, David L. 507

Brigham Koal & Kartage Company 604

Brigham, Mayor 240

Bronson, John P. 143

Brown, Clarence 199

Brown, Eager & Hull 615

Brown, James M., memorial 489

Browne, James I. 323

Brownlee, Alexander B. 240

Buckeye Brewing Company 625

Buckeye Paint & Varnish Company 557

Buckeye Parlor Furniture Company 547

Bunker, H. S., memorial 462

Burke, Rev. Edmund, extract from letter 292

Burritt. Harvey 503

Bush, Blakesley H. 504

Bushnell, Orlando 199

Business, Miscellaneous 611

 

C

 

Campaigns, political 114

Canal, affords water power 103

Aided by Congress 100

Boats 103

Contract awarded 101

Delay in construction 102

Difficulties 101

First mentioned 81

Locks abandoned 104

More minute details 105

Opened for traffic 102

Question of outlet 81

Rate of fare 103

Survey of 99; 100

Time required between Toledo and Cincinnati 103

"Caroline," destruction of 520

Cass, Bernard 200

Cass, Lewis, in boundary dispute 50

 

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Catholic organizations 253

Cemeteries 253

Central High School 284

Central Ohio Paper Company 569

Chapman, William C. 509

Charities, hospitals, etc. 249

Charter, summary of 235

Chase, James L. 503

Cheney, F. J. Medicine Company 558

Chief Otter, speech of 293

Chiesa Company 588

Cholera epidemic 499

Church, first in Toledo 294

Church History, chapter 291

Church & McConnell 582

CHURCHES—

Baptist 300

Christian (Disciples) 301

Christian Science 316

Congregational 298

Evangelical 314

Free Methodist 316

In Adams township 319

In Monclova township 319

In Oregon township 319

In Providence township 319

In Richfield township 320

In Spencer township 320

In Springfield township 320

In Sylvania township 320

In Washington township 321

In Waterville township 321

Jewish 317

Lutheran 312

Methodist Episcopal 294

Miscellaneous organizations 316

Presbyterian 310

Protestant Episcopal 301

Reformed Evangelical 314

Roman Catholic 305

United Brethren 314

Churchill Grain & Seed Company 596

Cities, embryo 201

Citizens' Ice & Cold Storage Company 623

Citizens' Lighting & Heating Company 617

City Council, composed of two branches 239 Power of 237

City of Toledo, chapter 205

Civil War period 523

Clark, Gen. George Rogers 35

Conquest of the Northwest 37

Expedition of 35

Clark, Jacob 130, 503

Clark, Peleg T. 142

Clerks of Court, list of 140

Close, E. H. Realty Company 609

Clothing, retail 597

Coal companies 601

Coffinberry, Count 375

Cohen, Friedlander & Martin 562

Cole, Aaron H. 194

Coleman, Samuel 194

Collier, Barnett Company 543

Collins, Sanford L. 148

Colton, Walter 501

Commager, David H. 399

Commission men 587

Commission on care of insane 258

Commissioners, board of, first and second meeting 86

Competition between villages 159

Comstock, James M. 234

Conant, Horatio 141, 501

Letter of 216

Congress, act of, May 20, 1882 49

Representatives in 125

Conklin Pen Manufacturing Company 576

Cook, Daniel 156

Cook, Daniel F. 156

Cooney, Michael J. 146

Coroners, list of 151

Copeland, I. W. 602

Counties, erection of fourteen 84

County Auditors, list of 145

County Commissioners, list of 152

County History, early, chapter 69

County jurisdictions, extended 53

County seat, removal of to Toledo 107

County Treasurers, list of 147

Court, first in Lucas county 64

First in Maumee valley 85

First in Ohio 373

Court house, dedication of new 108

COURT TRIALS—

Anderson vs. Myers 402

Compton vs. Wabash Railway 403

Cooper Mfg. Co. vs. Milburn Wagon Works 405

Gribben vs. Gribben 394

McLain vs. Brand 396

Shieber vs. Wabash Ry 421

Pennsylvania Co. vs. barge Turner 401

State vs. Scott 407

State vs. Steinmetz 392

Cox, Jacob D. 128

Coy, Cyrus H. 146

Coy, C H & Co., bankers 356

Craig Oil Company 622

Crane, Charles A. 232

Crane, Gabriel 178

Crane, Joseph H. 232

Cummings, Joseph W. 140

 

D

 

Daiber, John & Sons 614

Daniels, Waldo C. 509

Daniels, W J. & Co. 220

Daniels & Goettel 220

Darling Candy Co. 568

Daudt Glass & Crockery Company 593

Deckleman, J. C. 589

Dewey, William F. 146

DeVilbiss Manufacturing Company 569

DeVore, H. W. & Co. 592

Dills, Spencer 509

Divine, Samuel 175

Dodd, Elijah 144

Dodd, Ezra S., memorial 437

Dosson Carriage Company 596

Douglass, William M. 510

Drake, Dr. Daniel, statement of 496

Drift deposit 73

Driggs, H. H. 594

Drouth in 1838 496

Drumm, Adjutant-General, letter of 76

Dry goods 599

Duell Block used as court house 107

Duncan Forge Company 570

Dunlap, Thomas 139

Dunmore's war 34

 

E

 

Earl, Harry D, 510

Early conditions 219

Early settlers 77

East Marengo 83

East Marengo Company 201

East Side Iron Elevator Company 546

Eclectic School of Medicine 516

Educational Development, chapter 271

Election, first in county 112 Statistics 115, 119

Enright, Michael J. 142

Everts, Truman C. 247

 

F

 

Fairchild, Benjamin 194

Fallen Timbers, battle of 41

Farley, James 188

Farmers' Institutes 372

Farms, increase of 365

Fassett, John 502

Fenneberg, Gustave F. von 507

Fevers, described by Dr. Drake 498

Fielbach Company 583

Fighting Island, affair at 520

 

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Filtration plant 244

Fire department 259

First ordinance 260

Fire limits, first 262

Fisher; Cyrus 191

Fisk Electric Company 616

Fitch, E H. 337

Fitch, John, address on death of Judge Waite 426 Memorial 433 Resolutions on 434

Flour 544

Flower, S. W. & Co. 591

Ford, Edward Plate Glass Co. 564

Ford, Joseph D., memorial 437 Sketch 401

Forsyth, John, communication to 62 Reply of 62

Forsyth, Robert A. 160

Fort, French 73

Fort Industry Building 225

Fort Meigs, siege of 43

Franc, Heyn & Co. 624

French forts 32

French, James J., address of 381

Memorial 436

Sketch 400

Fruit growing 368

Furniture, factories and dealers 546

 

G

 

Gardner, Robert 177

G. A. R. posts 537

Gasser Coffee Company 558

Gas Wells 164

Gendron Wheel Company 551

Geology 70

Geroe Company 588

Glacial epoch 73

Globe Boiler Works 570

Gnagy, Jacob 175

Gnagy. John 175

Godfrey, William M. 147

Goemann Grain Company 590

Good Templars 165

Gosline, W. A. 603

Graham, Hosmer 506

Grain, commissioners and brokers 589

Granger, V. W. 614

Grapes 370

Green, Horace 503

Greenback party 119

Greene county, creation of 84

Greene, J. W. Company 617

Greenville treaty reservation 78

Griffin, Charles P. 137

Griffith, Timothy 180

Griffith, Wilson W. 135

Grocers, wholesale and retail 585

Grocery houses. wholesale 582

Grosswiller, Jos. F., Supply Company 593

Guelph limestone 71

 

H

 

Hall. Elijah B. 150

Hamilton group 72

Hamilton, J. Kent 407

Hardware, wholesale and retail 585

Hardy Paint & Varnish Co. 564

Harmar, defeat of 39

Harmon, Gilbert, memorial 486

Harris line, attempt to survey 56

Harter, Isaac, Milling Company 545

Haughton Elevator & Machine Co. 548

Haughton. Lyman 191

Haynes, George R., memorial 478

Hazlett, Isaac N. 506

Heavy Hardware Company 587

Hein Furniture Co. 546

Heller, Oliver P. 138

Hendrickson. David 187

Herrick, William D. 167

Hettrick Bros. Co. 563

Hibbard. Ahira G. 235

Hiett, Irving B., Co. 606

Hixon, Robert, Lumber Co. 544

Hoag, Truman H. 127

Hoffmann, John 572

Kohly, Frederick 507

Hones, Grantham & Co. 607

Holland, village of 175

Holloway, Charles B. 137

Holloway, Peter 174

Holmes Snow Flake Laundry Co. 619

Homeopathy 513

Hopkins, Herbert, poem by 305 Sketch of 305

Hopkins, William C. 304

Horticultural society 370

Horticulture 368

Hosmer, Hezekiah L. 325

Hosmer, Stephen T. 325

Hospital accommodations 250

Hubbard, Eli 147, 183

Huebner Toledo Breweries Co. 623

Hueston, James M., memorial 435

Mention 398

Hull, Isaac 160

Hull, Linn W., memorial 491

Hunt, John E. 129

Hurd, Frank H., characteristics 424

Memorial 449

Mention 422

Huron shale 71

 

I

 

Illness in early days 495

Insurance 604

Internal improvements 52

Interurban electric line. 270

Independent Order of Foresters 253

Independent spirit of voters 119

Indian, early deed to land 178

INDIANS—

Algonquin 23

Chippewas 27

Delawares 26

Eel River 27

Five Nations 24

Iroquois 23 - 24

Kaskaskias 27

Kickapoos 27

Miamis 25

Munsees 27

Ottawas 25, 170

Pottawatomies 27

Shawanees 26

Wyandots 24-35

Industries, chapter 539

Industry, Fort 76

 

J

 

Jackson Coal & Coke Co. 602

Jackson, Lee, & Co. 588

Jail, erected in 1852 109

Jail, first 108

Jenison, Charles V. 180

Jermain, Mrs. Frances, sketch 288 Tribute of Harvey Scribner 289 Tribute of William H. Maher 289

Jerusalem township, boundaries of 202 Erection of 202

Jones, Charles H. 146

Jones, Fred A. 139

Jones, George M. 602

Jones, Samuel M. 241

Jones, William W. 508

Journalism, amateur 335

Joy, Benjamin 149, 183

Judges, old-time 397

 

K

 

Kaley, David 900

Keeler, Coleman I. 210

Keeler, Holcomb & Co., bankers 357

Kellogg, Harvey 137, 200

Kelsey, Joel W. 150

Kent, Charles, memorial 431

Ketcham, Valentine H. 232

 

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King, C. A., & Co. 590

King, Charles H. 130

King House Furnishing Co. 548

Kingsbury, Henry D. 144

Kirk Bros. Automobile Co. 620

Kirschner, Wideman & Uhl 607

Klauser, Franz J. 506

Knaggs, George B. 157

Knights of Honor 252

Knights of Pythias lodges 252

Knights Templars 251

Kobacker Furniture Co. 547

Kountz, John S. 149

Kountz, Steig & Co. 607

Kraus & Co., brokers 354

 

L

 

Labor organizations 253 Troubles 242

LaGrange street school building 278

Lake freights 159

Lamson Brothers 600

Land sharks 219

Land speculation 200

Lands, title to 76

Lane, R. H., & Co. 580

Larabee, Huntington 167

LaSalle & Koch 600

Lathrop, Araunah 187

Lathrop, Lucien E. 134, 188

Lathrop, Pliny 187

Latimer, Peter E. 326

Latitude, observations of 55

Law Froebel Kindergarten Training School 286

Lawyers, carnival of fun 387

Characteristics of old school 395

Early 374-375

Reminiscences 390

Lawyers' fees, contingent, defense of 423

Learning, Ephraim H. 196

Lee, John C. 121

Leet, William G. 131

Legislators and County Officials, chapter 133

Lemmon, Reuben C., memorial 470

Lenk Wine Co. 624

Lewis, Peter C. 191

Libbey Glass Co. 565

Library, Public 287

Lieutenant governors 120

Lion dry goods store 601

Lipe, F. W. 592

Liquors 624

Lloyd Bros. Co. 619

Locke, David R. 327

Lockwood, William F., memorial 467 Sketch 400

Lower, Helderberg 71

Lownsbury, Levi S. 146

Lucas City 83

Lucas County, act creating amended 87

Lucas County Agricultural Society 371

Lucas County, boundaries 69

Lucas County Christian Endeavor 342

Lucas County. creation of 85 Evolution of 83 First official act 86 Growth of 87

Lucas County Homeopathic Medical Society 516

Lucas County Infirmary 109

Lucas, Governor Robert, sketch 86 Message of 52

Lumber, doors, sash, etc. 539

Lungren, Samuel S. 515

 

M

 

Macomber Bros. Co. 609

Malaria 219, 497

Malaria, early remedies 498

Mallett, Benjamin 190

Manhattan 81

Manor, Peter 74

Mansion House 222

Manufacturing, first in Toledo 539

Miscellaneous 548

Marengo 82

Marengo, promoters of 83

Marine Boiler Works Co. 572

Marx, Guido 135

Mason, Governor, removal of 65

Masonic lodges, Northern Light 161 Rubicon 251 Sylvania 185 Wakeman 165

Massac, Fort 28

Matthews, Chauncey 506

Maumee, early settlers 160

Seat of justice 106

Maumee City 77

Maumee City, incorporated 155

Name changed to South Toledo 158

Petition of citizens 159

Platted 155

Transportation business 158

Maumee Valley, first educational movement 277

First settlement in 196

Maumee Valley Medical Association 511

Maumee village 154, 155, 161

Mayors, list of 239

McGettigan Cartage & Storage Co. 618

McIntosh, Angus 398

McLean, Charles 505

McMaken, Ezekiel V 247

McManus-Kelly Co. 612

McSweeney, John, address of in Scott murder case 412

Mead, Aaron B. 171

Medical Colleges 512

Medical Profession, The, chapter 495

Medical Societies 511

Melvin Clothing House 597

Merrill, Dodge & Jackson Co. 604

Merrill Manufacturing Co. 552

Messer, James C. 138

Mexican War 522

Miami Children's Home 109

Miami City 83

Miami, Fort 31, 40

Michigan, act of territorial council 52

Memorial of legislature 50

Michigan money 351

Middle Ground 225

Milburn Wagon Co. 566

Military Company, first in Toledo 521

Organizations, early 521

Military History, chapter 519

Millard, Irwin I., memorial 447

Sketch 140

Miller Brothers 585

Miller, Charles R., & Co., brokers 354

Mills and Milling 544

Mills, David 168

Milner, W. L., & Co. 599

Missionary, first 292

Mitchell & Bradley map 46

Mockett, John., Company 598

Modern Woodmen of America 253

Monclova township, early settlers 197

First schoolhouse 277

Formation of 196

Location of 196

Soldiers 198

Monclova village 198

Morehouse, Lorenzo L. 134

Morehouse, W. H. 591

Morrell Company 612

Morse, Erastus 183

Morton, Daniel 0., newspaper comments 383

Resolutions 380, 383

Sketch 379

Mosher, John 503

Mott, Richard, reminiscences of 219 Sketch 125

Mound builders 17

 

INDEX - 13

 

Mounds 17

Myers, James 120

 

N

 

Nagle, W. G., Electric Co. 550

National Malleable Castings Co. 577

National Milling Co. 544

National Supply Co. 623

Navarre, Peter 74

Neapolis, village of 172

Neuhausel Brothers 599

Newcomb, Alexander H. 240

Newspaper, first in county 323

Newspapers 323-346

Newton, John T., memorial 482

New York, claim of 37

Nichols, Francis L. 141

Northwestern Elevator & Mill Co. 544

Northwestern Ohio Natural Gas Co. 613

Nurseries 369

 

O

 

Oblinger, Flavius J. 331

Odd Fellows' lodge, Maumee 161

Odd Fellows' lodges 252

Odell, Morgan N., memorial 432

Official list of Lucas county 120

Ohio, enabling act for statehood 47

Ohio Glass Co. 595

Ohio valley, schemes of settlement 33

Oil wells 164

Oliver warehouse 221

O'Neil & Weill 626

Ordinance of 1787 38, 44

Oregon, town of 82

Oregon township, changes in boundaries 176

Early settlers in 179

Erection of 176

First road in 180

First school in 275

Population 1900 181

Soldiers of 181

Osborn, John R., address on death of M. R. Waite 429

Anecdotes of 421

Memorial 457

Sketch 420

Osteopathy 516

Ottawa Park 248

Owens Bottle Machine Co. 566

 

P

 

Paddock-Hodge Co. 591

Palmer. Andrew, letter of 53 Sketch 211

Palmer, Andrew & Co. warehouse 225

Panic of 1837 113

Paragon Refining Co. 621

Parcher. Lyman 133

Park Commission. members of 249

Park System 248

Patriot insurrection 519

Pease, John U. 149, 184

Peckham & Co. warehouse 223

Perkins, George R. 506

Philipps, Henry, Seed & Implement Company 594

Philipps, William T., & Co. 597

Phillips, John 191

Phoenix Box Factory 541

Physician, first in county 501

Physicians, early trials 500 Organizations of 511

Platt Company 205

Pike, Louis H., memorial 473 Sketch 400

Plank Road Company 95

Plank Roads, difficulties of 97 Meetings to promote 95

Poag, John 234

Poag & Ketcham, bankers 354

Poetical satire 70

Point au Pelle. battle of 520

Political and Official Honors, chapter 111

Pomeroy, George E., Co. 608

Port Lawrence Co. 79, 206, 214

Port Lawrence in 1823 208 List of lot owners 214 Sale of lots 78

Port Lawrence township, first road in 91 Organization of 79

Postmasters at Toledo, list of 246

Postoffice, first north of the Maumee 160

Potter, Emery D., Jr., remarks on Judge Harmon 488

Potter, Emery D., Sr.. address on the death of M. R. Waite 428 Letter of 302 Sketch of 385

Pratt. Charles. address on the death of M. R. Waite 425 Memorial 464

Pray, John 163

Pray. Welcome 502

Prehistoric chapter 17

Prentice, Frederick 209

Prentice. Joseph 177, 209

Presidential campaign of 1832 112

Press Club 346

Press of the County, chapter 323

Printers 610

Printup, Andrew 184

Probate Judges, list of 139

Proclamation of English king 33

Prosecuting Attorneys, list of 151

Providence township, early settlers 171

First church 112

First schoolhouse 172, 275

Location 169

Soldiers 172

Providence village 171

Publications, list of 345

Public buildings, first in county 106

Public Institutions and Utilities, chapter 257

Public Lands, ordinance for surveying 38

Public Parks 248

Public works, buildings, etc. 243

Public Works. members of Board of 122

Publishers, statement by 626

 

R

 

Radcliffe, Howard R. T. 612

Railroad. first 262

Railroads 262

Ransom & Randolph Co. 557

Rathbun. Benjamin, letter of 205

Rausch, Edward V. E. 337

Raymond. Samuel A. 134

Ready Manufacturing Co. 580

Real Estate 604

Real estate values, cause of increase 230

Comparisons 230

Recorders, list of 151

Religious organizations 317

Work in the townships 319

Representatives, list of 133

Reservations 29

Revolution, war of 37

Reynolds, Jeremiah 201

Richardson, Isaac 162

Richfield township, area 187

Beginning of 186

First postoffice 189

First schoolhouse 189, 276

First white settlers 187

Population 1900 189

Soldiers 189

Ries, N. L. 589

Riggs & Sherman 616

Riley, Capt. James, report of 99

Riot 242

Rival villages 216

Road, Western Reserve and Maumee 90

Roads, Canal and Public Buildings, chapter 89

 

14 - INDEX

 

Roads, first 89 Established 92-93 Plank 94

Roche de Bouef, legend of 162

Rock Bar in Maumee River 158

Romeis, Jacob 128

Rowsey, W. G., extract from article 513 Sketch 515

Royal Arcanum 252

Royal Arch Masons 251

Ruckel, Christopher 198

Rundell, W. A., & Co. 590

 

S

 

Sage, Dennis 174

Salvation Army 318

Scott, Alexander W., memorial 447

Scott, Charles I. 139

Scott, J. Austin 156

Scott, Jessup W., extract from memoirs 218 Letters of 228

Sketch of 231

Scott, Philo B. 168

Scott, Samuel B. 232

Scott's Corners 169

Schools, evening 284

First in county 271

First official record 277

First report in county 278

First superintendent 278

Kindergartens 282

Manual training 283

Number of pupils enrolled 279

Ordinance for regulation 277

Special work 282

Toledo public 277

Vacation 283

Schroeder, C. H., & Co. 539

Scribner, Charles H., address of in Scott murder case 409 Tribute to memory 455

Scribner, Harvey, address on death of M. R. Waite 430

Remarks on Frank Hurd 452

Remarks on Judge Harmon 487

Remarks on Judge Lemmon 471

Seamen's Bethel 319

Secret and Benevolent Societies 250

Segur, Daniel 232

Seiss Manufacturing Co. 577

Seney, Joshua R., memorial 468

Sewerage system 246

Seyfang Baking Co. 574

Shaw, Cornelius G. 144

Shaw-Kendall Engineering Co. 573

Sheep industry, rise and decline of 366

Sheriffs, list of 144

Shoes, wholesale and jobbers in 580

Sickly season of 1838 495

Simmons Boot & Shoe Co. 581

Sinclair, John 134

Skinner, Samuel W. 509

Smead, Benjamin F. 334

Smith, Calvin 505

Smith, Gilbert L. 568

Smith-Kirk Candy Co. 569

Soldier organizations 536

Southard, Elisha B., memorial 484

Southworth & Co. 590

Spafford, Amos 75

Spanish-American war 537

Specie payments suspended 350

Speculation, era of 350 In town lots 105

Spelling schools 273

Spencer township, boundaries 193 Early hardships 194 Early settlers 193 First schoolhouse 195, 277

Organization of 193

Population in 1900 196

Soldiers 195

Springfield township, changes in boundaries 173

Early school districts 275

Early settlements 173

Erection of 173

First election in 173

First mails 175

Soldiers 175

Stanbery, William 386

Standart-Simmons Hardware Co. 586

State Senators 129

State Rights Doctrine 113

Steamboat General Wayne 160

St. Clair, campaign of 39

St. Clair, William 505

Steedman, James B. 122

Steedman, Samuel H. 133

Steele, Dennison 134

Stevens, B. A., Company 542

Stevens, Oliver 178

Stickney, Benjamin F. 58 Letter of 99

St. John's College 285

Stockade, interesting relic 168

Stolberg & Parks 546

Stollberg Hardware Co. 587

Stone quarries 164

Stores, department 599

Story, Judge, letter to William Baker 439

Strayer, John 197

Street Railway System 269

Sun Oil Co. 622

Surgery, advancement in 500

Surveying party arrested 57

Surveyors, list of 151

Surveys, first 90

Sutphen, J. V. D. 234, 502

Swanton township created 166

First dwelling 167

First frame building 168

First public highway 169

First school in 169

Soil of 167

Soldiers 169

Swigart Watch & Optical Co. 575

Sylvania High School Company 185

Sylvania township, division of territory 181

Early settlers 182

First election 182

First schoolhouse 184

Immigration to 182

Population in 1900 186

Situation 181

Soldiers 186

 

T

 

Tavernor, William 191

Tax duplicate. 1838 180

Taylor, Alfred 506

Taylor, F. P. 515

Taylor, William 194

Temperance Sentiment 165

Territorial Era, chapter 31

Territorial road 188

Thacher, Horace 139

Tiedtke Brothers 585

Toledo, act of incorporation 235 Advantageous location 269 As a city 234

Toledo Biscuit Co. 569

Toledo Builders' Supply Co. 541

Toledo Chandelier Mfg. Co. 550

Toledo Computing Scale Co. 555

Toledo, divided into two wards 236

Division of lots 213

Early purchasers of real estate 206

First bridge constructed 209

First burial place 253

First government office 246

First postoffice 221

First subscriptions to corporation 95

Toledo Foundry Machine Co. 555

Toledo Fuel Co. 602

Toledo Grain & Milling Co. 545

Toledo Guards 521, 522

Toledo, history of 205

Toledo Hospital for the Insane 257

 

INDEX - 15

 

Toledo House 210

Toledo Library Association 287

Toledo Massillon Bridge Co. 549

Toledo Medical College 512

Toledo Metal Wheel Co. 550

Toledo origin of name 217 Plat of village 207

Toledo Plow Co. 553

Toledo present limits 242

Toledo Printing & Publishing Co. 331

Toledo public schools 277

Toledo Railway & Terminal Co. 268

Toledo Saw Co. 556

Toledo School of Medicine. 512

Toledo Shipbuilding Co. 579

Toledo Steel Casting Co. 575

Toledo Stone & Glass Sand Co. 561

Toledo Stove & Range Co. 553

Toledo Street Railroad Co. 269

Toledo, the settlement 207

Toledo Transfer Co. 611

Toledo University 284

Toledo Upholstering Co. 547

Toledo, village of 207

Tolerton, Elihu W., memorial 443

Township History, chapter 153

Treaties

Brownstown 29

Detroit 28

1833 176

Fort Industry 28

Of Maumee 178

Of 1783 39

September 17, 1818 30

St. Mary's 30

Tremainsville Plank Road 97

Trinity Church, Toledo 302

Tri-State Business College 286

Tri-State Fair 371

Trumbell, David 174

Tual, Charles E. 145

Tyler, William P. 493

 

U

 

United Baking Co. 567

United States Malleable Iron Co. 549

 

V

 

Van Avery, John H. 506

Van Fleet, John 164

Van Tassel, Isaac 294

Vincennes, post of 28

Virginia, claim of 31 Grant of 34

Vistula 215

Vulcan Steam Shovel Co. 556

 

W

 

Waddel. Thomas 507

Wade, E. F., & Sons 610

Waggoner, Clark 326

Wagoner, George W., mill 543

Waite, Morrison R., memorial 425 Resolutions on 425 Sketch 183

Waite, Richard. memorial 474

Walbridge, Hiram 384

Walbridge, H. S., & Co. 605

Walding, Kinnan & Marvin Co. 594

War Meeting, first in Toledo 523

War of 1812   42, 75

Warren, Haskell D. 183

Washburn, Isaac 188

Washington, George, mission of 33

Washington township created 189 First election 190 First settlement 190 Modification of boundary lines 189

Names of pioneers 192 Railroads in 192

War record 192

Water courses 69

Waterville township, first school in 166 Set off from Waynesfield 162 Soldiers of 166

Waterville, village of 165

Waterworks system 243

Wayne, Anthony, campaign of 40

Wayne county, boundaries of 84 Establishment of 84

Waynesfield township, changes in boundaries 154 Early settlers 158 Organization of 85

West Fuel Co. 603

West Toledo. 192

Western Gas Fixture Co. 551

Western Manufacturing Co. 540

Western Shoe Co. 581

Wheat, variations in production 366

White, David 182

Whiteford, town of 185

Whitehouse, village of 166

White, Oscar 501

Whitmore, Luther 177

Whitney & Currier Co. 613

Wholesalers, miscellaneous 592

Wilcox, M. I., Company 554

Wilder, Silas W. 329

Williams, Augustus D. 161

Williams, Joseph R. 233

Wilson, George, & Sons Co. 542

Wilson, William 182

Wiltse, John 174

Wines 624

Wing township 167

Witken Manufacturing Co. 340

Wolfinger, Jacob 187

Wood, Thomas 174

Wood & Acklin 582

Woodlawn Cemetery Association 254

Woodruff. Elijah J. 179

Woodville road 180

Woolson Spice Co. 558

 

Y

 

Y. M. C. A. 117

Yost. Joseph L. 150

Young, Andrew 146

Young, Samuel M. 115

Y. W. C. A. - 317

 

Z

 

Zahm, J. F., & Co., 592

 

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Church, Trinity Episcopal 302

Coffinberry, Andrew ("Count") 376

Curtis, C. Locke 393

Ford, Joseph D. 401

French, .Tames D. 400

Haynes, George R. 478

Harmon, Gilbert 486

Hull, Linn W. 491

Hurd, Frank H. 449

Hurd, Rollin C. 391

Jermain, Mrs. Frances D. 288

Jones, Samuel M. ("Golden Rule") 205

Judges, present 373

Law, Edwin C. 539

Lemmon, Reuben C. 470

Lockwood, William F. 467

McSweeney, John 412

Morton, Daniel O. 379

Osborn. John R. 420

Philipps, Henry T. Jr. 365

Potter, Emery D., Sr 385

Rouse, B. W. 397

Scribner, Charles H. (Frontispiece) 1

Scribner, Rollin H. 347

Sherwood, Isaac R. 519

Waite, Morrison R. 388

Walbridge, Hiram 384