HISTORY

OF

Richland County

OHIO


FROM 1808 TO 1908


By A. J. BAUGHMAN


Also Biographical Sketches of Prominent

Citizens of the County


ILLUSTRATED


VOL. I. & II.


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1908


INDEX


HISTORICAL


A Century in Richland County 7

Ohio-Michigan Boundary Line Dispute 11

The Ancestry of the Ohioan 13

The Original Man from Ohio 15

Topography and Geology of Rich      land County 17

Moravians Passed Through Mansfield 25

First White People in Richland County 28

In the Long Ago 29

Incidents of Pioneer Times 31

Incidents of Pioneer Life 34

Reminiscences of a Minister 38

Old-Time Sports 41

Whipping Posts 43

Among Old Records 44

About Old Photographs 47

The Monroe Seminary of Long Ago 51

Mansfield's Centennial 52

Historical Society 59

The Mansfield of Fifty Years Ago 73

The Mansfield of Today 76

The Growth of Mansfield 78

Favorable Impressions of Mansfield 84

Our German Citizens 85

Churches of Mansfield 87

Public Officials of Mansfield 89

The Oldest House in Mansfield 92

Old-Time Memories Revived 93

Old Town Council Records 95

Governor Kirkwood 95

Several City Ordinances 96

An Old Annual Report 97

Famous Fire Company 103

Early Railroads 104

Mansfield's Industries 108

The Telephone 111

The Butler Oil and Gas Field 113

Soldiers of the War of the Revolution 118

A Massacre by the Indians 120

The Copus Battle 127

The Copus and Zeimer Monuments 132

Camp Council 135

General Crooks' Campaign 140

Colonel Crawford's Campaign and Awful Death 141

Capture of the Indian Assassins 145

Mexican War Survivors 153

Defenders of the Flag 159

Richland County Soldiers in the Rebellion 161

The First Volunteer 165

The Sherman Brigade 168

The First Battle of the Civil War 169

The Sultana Disaster 171

Memorial Day Musings 176

The Grand Army of the Republic 178

Soldiers' County Reunion 179

Reunion of Company I, Sixteenth Home Life in Richland County During the Civil War 185

A Big Democratic Meeting 187

A Deadly Explosion 190

Storms and Floods 191

Mormons in Richland County 195

The Bushong Murder 197

Murder Mysteries 199

Hon. John Sherman 202

Johnny Appleseed 213

Parson Gerry 223

The "Immortal J. N. 225

Three Peculiar Characters 227

Third Annual Meeting of the Richland County Historical Society 229

The Dedication of the Mansfield Blockhouse 237

Richland County's Public Monuments 251

Richland County Poets 253

The Power of Song 254 Love Affairs 256

"The Unjust Judge" 263

The Mansfield Press 265

The Bench and Bar 274

Ohio State Reformatory 300

The Richland County Infirmary 309

Richland County Children's Home 310

Monroe Township 312

Mifflin Township 320

Madison Township 325

Perry Township 328

Washington Township 341

Franklin Township 349

Sandusky Township 356

Weller Township 360

Springfield Township 364

Worthington Township 370

Plymouth Township 375

Jefferson Township 378


II - INDEX


Sharon Township 382

Troy Township 386

Alta 391

Shelby Settlement 391

Gatton's Rocks 393

Shenandoah 396

East Crestline 398

Vernon Junction 400

Olivesburg 404

Darlington 406

Adario 408

Winchester and Hemlock Falls 412

Milisborough, New Castle, Ontario 415

Richland Village 418

Salem, Shiloh 421

Newvile 425

Lucas 428

Bangorville 433

Plymouth 435

Lexington 438

Village of Butler 441

Bellville 442

Shelby 450

Abandoned Town Sites 468

Mansfield's Banks 472

Richland Statistics 474

Mansfield Water Works and Fire Department 475

Mansfield Public Schools 477

Company I, First Regiment, 0. V. I. 478

Banquet of Company H 478


BIOGRAPHICAL


Ackerman, Michael 671

Adrain. William 705

Andrews, Samuel 770

Arehart, C. C. 968

Arnold, David 1078

Arter, C. H. 864

Arter, George 964

Aten, J. S. 637

Atyeo, George 907

Au, Z. T. 1130

Augustine, Charles 527

Avery, R. L. 692


Backensto, U. P. 585

Baer, G. A. 513

Balliet, J. B. 892

Barghiser, J. L. 1018

Barnes, H. J. 827

Baughman, Abraham Sons 797

Baughman, A. J. 785

Baughman, A. P. 757

Baughman, Elizabeth C. 514

Baughman, J. W. 1143

Baughman, P. S. 1049

Baxter, J. L. 606

Beelman, J. I. 857

Bell, A. E. 736

Bell, H. E. 638

Bell, S. F. 542

Bemiller, Emerson 834

Berno, William 844

Berry, Benjamin 494

Berry, Eli 674

Bevier, Caleb 938

Bevier, Isaac 589

Bevier, Jackson 755

Bevier, Samuel 790

Bisel, Joseph 794

Black, F. B. 1070

Black, T. F. 1088

Blair, James M. 1134

Blanchard, Allen 1150

Blymyer, G. W. 775

Blymyer. W. G. 756

Boyce, Washington 1006

Bradford. W. S. 1146

Bricker, David 622

Bricker, I. F. 848

Bricker, S. S. 508

Brinkerhoff, Roeliff 487

Brown, Danforth 642

Brown, Huntington 618

Brown, J. E. 583

Brucker, Lewis 1031

Bush, Albert C. 1015

Bushnell, Martin B. 595


Cahall, John 586

Cappeller. W. S. 1052

Carl, S. P. 942

Carpenter, Reid 624

Cashell, Jesse 1056

Cassel, I. J. 1086

Cassel, W. A. 1097

Chambers, Erskine 893

Champion. John 820

Champion, L. W. 562

Clark, George 753

Clark, J. Howard 828

Cline, B. F. 924

Cline, G. W. 726

Cline, Mary E. 1045

Coble, George W. 817

Condon, B. F. 816

Condon, L. F. 1007

Coulter, Ursula J. 529

Craig, J. H. 777

Craighead, David 843

Craiglow, J. F. 994

Crevling, A. W. 498

Crouch, Martha 998

Crum, F. P. 635

Crum, Bartley 808

Cullen, J. W. 1062

Culp, Frank S. 1058

Culver, David 1080

Culver, Solomon, Sr. 1098

Cummins, A. C. 1137

Cummins, D. W. 576

Cunningham, 0. I. 760


Day, Amos 823

DeIn, Adam 670

Dick. Isaac 793


INDEX - III


Dill, J. F. 499

Disbro, W. W. 1039

Doolittle, L. O. 610

Dougherty, W. M. 850

Douglas. M. E. 559

Douglass, S. M. 548

Dow, William 1154

Drennan, G. B. 1025


Early, John 561

Elston, William H. 1120

Enzor, H. A. 1171

Etz, Gustav 1145


Fackler, H. F. 1066

Fate, H. H. 882

Faulkner, D. S. 914

Fenner, Henry L. 672

Fergueson, Isaac 787

Ferguson, G. W. 744

Ferguson. James G. 883

Ferree, J. W. 956

Fickes, J. W. 1095

Findley, S. E. 988

Finney, James C. 916

First, J. M. 662

Fish, J. C. 1163

Fisher, Joseph 566

Fisher, J. J. 1131

Fleming. David 1149

Flockerzi, Conrad 807

Follin, William H. 918

Foltz, S. A. 651

Ford, S. N. 1169

Fox, Herman 721

Frank, Ludwick 1068

Frazier, M. D. 915

Frengel, J. F. 1129

Fry, U. G . 743


Galbraith, J. W. 682

Gano, David 700

Garber, David L. 1092

Garber, H. S. 689

Garber, John L. 632

Garber, Rebecca 572

Garber. T. L. 1164

Gass, Isaac 617

Gatton, Cyrus 1105

Gatton, P. T. 1140

Gaumer, C. N. 504

Geddes, G. W. 598

Gelsanliter, Peter, Jr. 1139

Gilchrist, William 1000

Gorham. S. R. 746

Green, T. J. 528

Gribben, Robert 1122

Gribling, G. H. 977

Griebling. J. W. 558

Griffith, Charles 1046

Griffith, M. W. 1055

Gross, Adam 1017

Grubb, Joseph 1036

Gutshall, S. S. 503


Hahn, W. M. 1155

Harter, J. R. 835

Harter, M. D. 1170

Haverfield, Joseph 1141

Hawk, Jacob 911

Hawk, William M. 946

Hayes, Charles L. 567

Hayes, R. B. 846

Heath, C. F. 905

Heath, Roger 1106

Hedges, James A. 1069

Hess, J. H. 986

Hess, Reuben 987

Hildebrant, H. W. 997

Hines, Clark B. 990

Hink, Barbara 722

Hogan, Teresa 1112

Holtz, George 501

Holtz, Simon 615

Hoover, H. L. 754

Horn, Charles 556

Huber, C. H. 750

Huenerfauth, S. F. 1030

Hughes, A. S. 984

Hughes, C. M. 639

Hughes, Esther A. 663

Hughes, Fanny 783

Hughes. Robert 813

Hull, J. C. 1072

Hummel, A. C. 926

Humphrey, J. E. 847

Humphryes, R. B. 530

Hunter, Joseph M. 536

Huntsman, C. C. 836

Huntsman, J. W. 569

Huston, C. H. 649

Hutchison, R. E. 630


Imhoff, Harvey 946

Ink, Theron 1119


Jenner, John W. 677


Keefer, A. H. 523

Keefer, J. W. 849

Keiser, D. F. 1027

Kern, J. W. 1031

Kerr, J. C. 874

Kirkwood. Amos 941

Kissane, R. P. 725

Klinkle, George 669

Knofflock, George 980

Knox. John 628

Kooken, Henry C. 1172

Krause, John 973

Kuebler, Jacob F. 680

Kuchler, Louis S. 497

Kuhn, Giles 658

Kuhn, John 767

Kuhn, Peter 800


Lahman, Jacob 825

Laning, J. F. 708

Lantz, Abe S. 784

Lantz. H. B. 788

Latimer, George 1020

Leedy, Aaron 838

Leedy, A. B. 580

Leiter, D. B. 819

Leiter, John H. 659

Leiter, W. S. 809

Leonard. J. A. 951

Leonard. W. L. 1127

Lewis, H. C. 1142

Line, C. L. 896


iv - INDEX


Linn, William 979

Lockhart, Aaron 1008

Lockhart, William C. 934

Lowrey, G. H. 877

Lutz, Thomas 1038

Lutz, William 690


McBride, C. E. 532

McClellan, C. L. 500

McCollough, Isaac 1071

McCoy, William 948

McCready, David J. 944

McCrory, R. B. 931

McCully, J. W. 975

McDanel, J. R. 627

McFerren, George 709

McLean, E. O. 866

McPhern, J. J. 1168

Mahon, Ellen 518

Mansfield, Edwin 730

Marquis, F. S. 837

Marvin, D. S. 652

Massa Family 1118

Mengert. L. C. 1153

Mickey, Harrison 898

Miller, B. E. 1050

Millikin, W. B. 1003

Minnear, B. F. 555

Mitchell, George 600

Mitchell, W. H. 974

Moffett, John 690

Momyer, Clark W. 570

Moor, C. S. 402

Moore, Robert 873

Mottayaw, Jacob, Sr. 1102


Nail, F. S. 1103

Needham, Jeriel 747

Nelson, F. B. 876

Niman, J. A. 545

Niman, J. B. 780

Noecker, I. G. 958

Nothacke, John 641


O'Donnell, W. E. 502

Ohler, J. C. 830

Olin, G. A. 985

Opdyke, S. B. 1032


Page, J. W. 789

Palmer, B. F. 578

Parker, Mrs. S. J. 999

Patterson, J. I. 519

Patterson, T. P. 995

Payne, J. E. 509

Peppard, William 1012

Phipps, Frank 605

Pittenger, H. O. 1042

Pittenger, L. N. 614

Pitts, J. C. 739

Price, J. A. 520

Purdv, Archibald 1128

Purdy, James 1158


Ray. O. M. 838

Redding, Vernon 954

Reding, William 575

Reed. H. L. 1114

Reed. Verner Z. 540

Reiff, C. W. 729

Rhoads, Z. T. 565

Rhodes, David 806

Rhodes, H. P. 875

Robinson, Calvin 577

Robinson, Samuel 647

Rogers, A. J. 667

Rogers, Daniel 886

Rogers, L. L 903

Roush, W. S. 1035

Ruckman, B. S. 729

Rummel, Silas 1040

Ryder, Mrs. H. N. 1110


Samsel, Jacob 976

Sawhill, John M. 1060

Schaeffer, George A. 538

Schafer, C. C. 571

Schettler, William 1021

Schindler, Christian 688

Schreiber, F. A. 805

Schuler, Jane F. 878

Scott, W. O. 965

Scott, W. W. 646

Secrist, H. C. 737

Secrist, J. H. 552

Shaffer. J. T. 1148

Shaw. W. A. 664

Sheidley. Mrs. M. M. 923

Shoup, Cyrus H. 765

Shryock, W. H. 600

Skiles, G. M. 840

Skiles, J. C. 587

Skiles. R. C. 804

Smart, H. F. 608

Smith, Eune 810

Smith. H. R. 712

Smith, Jonas G. 510

Snyder. W. O. 681

Spayde, John 1082

Spear, Solomon 868

Sprow. Louis 758

Stambaugh, T. C. 512

Stambaugh, S. F. 921

Steel, Alexander 764

Stevenson. Samuel 759

Stewart, A. M. 522

Stover, H. F. 871

Strauch, C. B. 856

Stroup, S. L. 301

Stuff, Michael 863

Sturges, Dimon 861

Summers. Dr. D. V. 885

Summerville, A. J. 733

Swaney, Gilbert 551

Swank, John L 740

Swigart, W. H. 1022

Swisher, W. R. 906

Switzer, Mary M. 1079


Taylor, Charles 908

Taylor, D. A. 1081

Taylor, John 1076

Taylor, Johnson 928

Taylor, P. M. 1150

Teeter, D. M. 1091

Teeter, Fremont 815

Teeter, Norman 1154

Terman, George W. 774


INDEX - V


Thompson, I. N. 133

Thuma, W. H. 796

Tooker, Elias 1117

Touby, Martin 913


Uhdich, Jonathan 684

Vioson, J. W. 588


Wagner, C. C. 1166

Wagner, Theodore 865

Walker, W. S. 1077

Walsh, J. P. 970

Walter.. Fred 710

Ward, M. D. 1047

Ward, S. E. 947

Wareham, James 903

Watson, John 698

Weber, Henry 696

Weidner, George H. 1085

Weil, J. W. 738

Weldon, William M. 957

Wentz, Henry 888

Wigton, Pierce J. 491

Wiler, J. U. 554

Willett, Frank P. 728

Williams, John B. 660

Wilson, Alfred 1136

Wise, Phebe A. 795

Witt, Horatio 709

Wolfe, N. M. 768

Wolford, W. B. 631

Woods, J. H. 1151

Worley, George 748


Young, Eliza J. 702


Zartman, David 547

Zimmerman. Levi 524