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CONTENTS.

PART II

HISTORY OF MORROW COUNTY.

CHAPTER I. - INTRODUCTION. - Physical Features-Forests

Story of the Rocks - Different Shales - Drift, etc. - County

Boundaries - Geoponcis - Stock Raising - Fine Sheep-Ma-

terial Resources - Quarries, etc . . . . (CHAPTER I). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165

CHAPTER II.- PRE-HISTORIC RACES. - Their Works - Indian

Occupation - The Palefaces - Erection of the County

Growth of County Business - Early Newspaper and Editors

- A Frontier Philanthropist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (.CHAPTER II) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

CHAPTER III.-THE PROFESSIONS. - Early Lawyers - Courts -

The Present Bar - Pioneer Physicians - Modern Practice

Medical Society - Churches and Schools - Politics - Rail

roads - Their Invention - Roads In the County . . . . . (CHAPTER III). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

CHAPTER IV-WAR RECORD.-Patriots of '76-Indian Strug -

gles - 1812 Soldiers - War with Mexico - Soldiers from Mor -

row County - The Late Rebellion - Sketches of Different

Regiments - Drafts, etc .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(CHAPTER IV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257

CHAPTER V.- GILEAD TOWNSHIP - Topographical-Boundaries

-Settlement-Pioneer Industries-Social Equality-Prog -

ress-Towns laid Out--Christianity--Schools Established

-Temperance Movement-Underground Railway . . .(CHAPTER V) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

CHAPTER VI.- MOUNT GILEAD.-The County Seat-Popula

tion, Records, etc.- Additions to the Town - Advantage of

Location - Business Enterprises - Banks - The Press - Edu -

cational and Religious-Shortline - Cemeteries - Levering

Station . . . . . . . . . . .(CHAPTER VI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

CHAPTER VII - CARDINGTON TOWNSHIP. - Introduction-The

Bunker Settlement - Other Pioneers - The Village -Its Im

provements - Indian Traditions - Schools of Township and

Village - Schoolhouses; . . . .(CHAPTER VII). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

CHAPTER VIII-VILLAGE OF CARDINGTON. - The C., C. & C.

Railroad - Growth of the Village - Municipal Activity

Mercantile and Manufacturing Enterprises - Religious and

Benevolent Societies-Burying Grounds . . . . . . (CHAPTER VIII). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .332

CHAPTER IX. - CHESTER TOWNSHIP - introduction and Topog.

raphy - Advent of the Whites - Early Buildings and Im

provements - Towns and their Growth - Chesterville in the

New County - Christianity - Schools, etc . . . (CHAPTER IX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350

CHAPTER X. - WESTFIELD TOWNSHIP.-Topographical and

Descriptive - Coming of the Pioneers - Capt. Drake-The

Aborigines and their Peculiarities - Early Improvements -

Johnny Appleseed - A Pioneer Incident - Manufactures

Religious and Educational . . . . . . (CHAPTER - X). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

CHAPTER XI. - NORTH BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP. - Topography

- Occupation by the Whites - Progress and Development

Religious - Education - School Statistics - Post Office -

Roads, etc. - Towns Laid Out - Their Business and Growth. .(CHAPTER XI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .390

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CHAPTER XII.-WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP. - Introductory -

Physical Features - Coming of the Pioneers - Indians - Tan -

yards - Mills and Distilleries - Underground Railroad -

Iberia - Educational - Ohio Central College - Churches . . (CHAPTER XII). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .398

CHAPTER XIII. - FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP. - Boundaries and To -

pography - Early Settlement - Pioneer Features-Improve -

ments - Stores and Merchants - Early Society -

Churches and Preachers - The Schoolmaster - Educational Statis -

tics. . . . (CHAPTER XIII). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411

CHAPTER XIV. - PERU TOWNSHIP. - Description and Topog

raphy - The Different Settlements -Streams - Bridge Inci -

dent - Village - Churches and Early Preachers - Schools

Additional Pioneers - Sulphur Springs - Relics, etc . . . . . . .(CHAPTER XIV). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .428

CHAPTER XV. - CONGRESS TOWNSHIP. - Its Physical Geography -

Water Courses - Population - The Pioneers - Early Prog -

ress and Improvement - Indians - Education - First Schools

- Statistics -Religious - Towns . . . . . (CHAPTER XV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439

CHAPTER XVI. - SOUTH BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP. - Geological,

etc - Ear]y Settlement - Incidents - Township Organization

- Pioneer industries - Miscellaneous - Religious - Educa

tional-Early Teachers-Towns, etc. . . . (CHAPTER XVI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448

CHAPTER XVII. - HARMONY TOWNSHIP. - Topography and

Physical Features - The Pioneers - Their Occupation of the

Country - Social Life - Religious - Early Preachers - Educa

tional - Pioneer Schoolhouses - Statistics . (CHAPTER XVII). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .465

CHAPTER XVIII. - CANAAN TOWNSHIP.-Topography-Mound

Builders - Their Relics and Fortifications - The Whites

An Incident - Indians - Their Intercourse with the Whites

- Hardships - Mills, etc. - Pioneer Schools and Churches . . . (CHAPTER XVIII) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474

CHAPTER XIX. - PERRY TOWNSHIP. - Introduction-Descrip.

tion and Boundaries - Pioneer Settlements - Remarkable

Tree - Indians ,-Improvements - A Soldier of Napoleon -

Christianity and Pioneer Preachers - Educational -Towns,

etc. . . . . (CHAPTER XIX). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483

CHAPTER XX. - BENNINGTON TOWNSHIP. - Topographical and

Descriptive - Early settlements - Growth and Improvements

- Incidents - Churches - Early Preachers - Schools and

Schoolhouses . . . .(CHAPTER XX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491

CHAPTER XXI - TROY TOWNSHIP - Description - Its Streams

and Drainage - Character of Soil, etc. - Early Settlement -

Pioneer Industries - Religion - Churches and Schools - Sta -

tistics - Village. . . . .(CHAPER XXI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .504

CHAPTER XXII.-LINCOLN TOWNSHIP. - Topographical, etc.

The Early Settlement - Progress and Improvements. - Town -

ship Organization - First Roads and Mills - Religion and

Education-Pedagogues . . . . (CHAPTER XXII) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .509

PART III

Biographies Too Late For Alphabetical Insertion. (AUTO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .517

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

Bennington Township . . (BENN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752

Cardington Township. . (CARD). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562

Chester Township. . . .(CHESTER). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590

Congress Township. . . .(CONGRESS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .681

Canaan Township . . (CANAAN). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .717

Franklin Township . . .(FRANK) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772

Gilead Township . . .(GILEAD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519

Harmony Township . . (HARMONY). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702

Lincoln Township . . . (LINCOLN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .761

North Bloomfield Township . . . (NBLOOM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .620

Perry Township . . . .(PERRY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .798

Peru Township . . . . .(PERU). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651

South Bloomfield Township . . . (SBLOOM). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .660

Troy Township . . . . (TROY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .835

Washington Township . . . . .(WASH). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742

Westfield Township . . . (WEST). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632

ILLUSTRATIONS

PORTRAITS

Auld, James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .387

Blue, J. G.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

Bartlett, W. F.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Buck, J. T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Crane, E. J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

Cook, W. P.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

Dunn, A. K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Levering, Allen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225

Lefever, George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Lord, R. E.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351

McClure, P. C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423

Mozier, L. D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Newson, Abraham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Sweetland, Artemas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

VIEWS

Morrow County Court House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171