1812.
HISTORY
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SANDUSKY COUNTY
OHIO,
WITH PORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHIES
OF
PROMINENT CITIZENS AND PIONEERS.
THE world's history is a divine poem, of which the history of every nation is a canto and every man a word. Its strains have been pealing along down the centuries, and, though there have been mingled the discords of warring cannon and dying men, yet to the Christian philosopher and historian—the humble listener—there has been a divine melody running through the song which speaks of hope and halcyon days to come.- James A. GARFIELD.
CLEVELAND, OHIO
H. Z. WILLIAMS & BRO.
1882.
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PREFACE THE publishers place this volume before the public believing that they have fulfilled every promise made at the beginning of the enterprise and every reasonable expectation. That there are faults of omission they are aware, but this has arisen from inability to obtain the required information. That a volume of upwards of eight hundred quarto pages, containing ten thousand names, should be free from error, no one will expect. A large part of the writing has been done by a citizen of the county—Homer Everett, Esq.,—whose personal knowledge of leading events reaches back almost to the first white settlement. This important service could have been entrusted to no better hands. The first five chapters and those relating to the Moral and Material Development of the county, and Civil History, have been prepared by a writer in the employ ofthe publishers. With these exceptions all of the general history is from the pen of Mr. Everett. The same gentleman also prepared the church history of Fremont and several biographical sketches. One biography and the commercial history of Fremont are the contributions of Wilbur G. Zeigler. It is impossible to make special acknowledgments to all to whom we are indebted for assistance. The people of the county have received the writers and col lectors of information with uniform courtesy, and given them every facility for the prosecution of their work. Instead of being bound in cloth with leather backs, as were the samples shown to subscribers, the volume is bound in full leather, while the form of the book renders it much more convenient for use, and better adapted to the shelves of a library. CONTENTS. HISTORICAL, GENERAL HISTORY. CHAPTER..........................................................................PAGE. .........I.—Aboriginal Occupation..............................................9 ........II.—Ownership of the Northwest...................................19 .......III.—Advent of the White Man.......................................24 .......IV.--Lower Sandusky before Fort Stephenson.................37 ........V.—Early Ohio...............................................................53 ......VI.—Pre-historic Races....................................................66 .....VII. --The Indians..............................................................72 ....VIII.—County Organization...............................................94 ....VIII (a). —Fort Stephenson.................................................98 .......IX.--Civil History............................................................121 .........X.—Development, Material, Moral, Social..................125 ........XI. —Improvements.......................................................139 .......XII.—The Ohio Railroad.................................................154 ......XIII.—Plank Road1...........................................................159 ......XIV.—Railroad.................................................................164 .......XV.—The Fremont and Indiana Railroad........................172 ......XVI.—County Roads.........................................................177 .....XVII.--County Buildings and Institutions............................181 ....XVIII.--Topography and Geology.........................................194 .......XIX.—Iron Bridges and Drainage......................................200 ........XX.—Sandusky County Agricultural Society....................208 .......XXI.—The Press..................................................................228 ......XXII.—Military History........................................................241 .....XXIII—Court and Bar of Sandusky County...........................368 .....XXIV.—Fremont.....................................................................397 .......XXV.—Fremont Continued...................................................413 ......XXVI.—Fremont Business Progress.......................................419 .....XXVII. --Fremont Medical.......................................................440 ....XXVIII.—Fremont Improvements.............................................463 .......XXIX.— Fremont Public Schools...........................................473 .........XXX.—Religious History......................................................485 ........XXXI.—Social Societies.........................................................507 ........Fremont City Biographical Sketches............................................513 TOWNSHIPS. Sandusky.......................................559 Rice...............................................568 Ballville.........................................578 Green Creek...................................604 York...............................................653 Townsend.......................................703 Riley...............................................726 Jackson............................................741 Washington.....................................761 Woodville.......................................780 Madison..........................................793 Scott................................................807 Appendix.........................................883 ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE. Map of Sandusky county.....................facing.........9 Fort Stephenson...................................facing.....101 Portrait of Colonel Croghan.................facing....105 McPherson Monument.........................facing.... 241 Portrait of General C. G. Eaton............facing.....348 Portraits of: .....Major General James B. McPherson.facing...359 .....Dr. L. Q. Rawson..............................facing....446 .....Mrs. Dr. L. Q. Rawson......................facing....449 .....Rutherford B. Hayes..........................facing....513 .....Mrs. Lucy W. Hayes..........................facing....521 .....General R. P. Buckland.....................facing....522 .....Mrs. R. P. Buckland..........................facing....524 ......Sardis Birchard.................................facing....528 ......Homer Everett...................................facing....544 ......J. S. Van Ness, with biography..........facing....553 .....Mrs. H. Seager....................................facing....584 ......Rev. M. Long.....................................facing....601 ......Mrs. Cynthia McPherson...................facing....633 ......Alfred Hutchinson..............................facing....639 ......Hon. O. McIntyre................................facing....640 ......James Cleveland..................................facing....641 ......Rev. N. Young.....................................facing....643 ......S. Baker................................................facing....646 ......S. W. Chapin........................................facing.....647 ......J. L. Brown...........................................facing.....649 .....Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clapp..................facing.....650 .....Nathan Birdseye between.......................684 and 685 6 CONTENTS. ......Mrs. Nathan Birdseye..............between 684 and 685 ......T. G. Amsden.........................................facing.....686 .......Frederick Smith and wife......................facing.....688 ......Mr. and Mrs. John McCauley.................facing.....690 ......Mr. and Mrs. John Rife...........................facing.....691 ......Mr. and Mrs. James Chapman.................facing.....692 ......Mr. and Mrs. Seneca D. Hitt....................facing.....693 ......Mr. and Mrs. John S. Gardner..................facing.....694 .......Jeremiah Smith...........................between 694 and 695 .......Mrs. DeLora Smith.....................between 694 and 695 .......Mrs. Amanda Birdseye................between 696 and 697 .......Joseph Birdseye...........................between 696 and 697 .......H. R. Adams..............................................facing....697 .......Amy R. Adams...........................................facing....699 .......Gurdon Woodward.....................................facing....701 .......Mrs. Mary Woodward.................................facing....702 ........C. G. Sanford...............................between 714 and 715 ........Lydia Sanford...............................between 714 and 715 ........William Fuller.............................................facing....717 ........J. L. Levisee.................................................facing....719 .......Mr. and Mrs. F. Richards..............................facing....722 .......Alonzo Thorp.................................................facing....724 .......C. Schultz.......................................................facing....737 .......J. Zeigler.........................................................facing....739 .......Casper Hirt and wife.......................................facing....740 .......Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rozell...........................facing....759 .......Samuel Skinner................................................facing....776 BIOGRAPHICAL, PAGE. Aunesly, William.........................391 Ainger, William W......................391 Amsden, Thomas G.................... 686 Adams, H. R.................................697 Adams, Amy R.............................699 Buckland, Chester Averill............350 Buckland, Ralph P.................380-522 Baldwin, Marcus D.......................387 Buckland, Horace S.......................393 Bell, Charles F...............................395 Bartlett, Joseph R...........................395 Bartlett, Brice J..............................396 Brainard, Dr. Daniel.......................444 Beaugrand, Dr. Peter.......................451 Brown & Anderson, Drs..................451 Brinkerhoff, Dr. David H.................461 Baker, Dr. H. F.................................461 Bemis, Dr. J. D.................................461 Birchard, Sardis................................528 Bell, General John............................532 Bushnell, Ebenezer, D.D..................534 Bauer, Seraphine...............................536 Burgner, Jacob..................................555 Buckland, Stephen and family..........557 Brown, Dr. J. L..................................649 Birdseye, Nathan P. and Mary A.......684 Birdseye, Joseph and Amanda B.......696 Beaugrand, Captain John B...............828 Canfield, Lieutenant Colonel Herman.354 Cummings, J. W..................................384 Corey, Dr. John M...............................459 Caldwell, Dr. W...................................462 Caldwell, William................................537 Creager, Frank......................................539 Cleveland, James..................................641 Chapin Family......................................647 Clapp, Charles and family....................650 Chapman, James...................................692 Carver, Amos R....................................829 Curtis, T. V...........................................830 Drake, Benjamin F................................378 Dickinson, Rodolphus,..........................379 Dewey, Thomas P..................................388 Dudrow, Byron R...................................388 Dickinson, Edward F..............................392 Deal, David.............................................558 Eaton, General Charles Grant.................348 Eddy, Nathaniel B...................................384 Ecki, Dr. S. P...........................................462 Everett, Jeremiah and family...................540 Everett, Homer.........................................544 Finefrock, Henry R...................................385 Fronizer, F. R............................................387 Finefrock, Thomas P.................................389 Fowler, James H........................................390 Failing, Dr. J. W........................................459 Fabing, John...............................................538 Fuller, William...........................................717 Graves, Increase.........................................379 Greene, John L., Sr.....................................382 Garver, John T............................................390 Glick, George W. and C. S..........................391 Garver, Samuel C........................................395 Greene, John L., Jr......................................396 Gessner, Dr. Louis......................................452 Gessner, Dr. L. S. J.....................................458 Groat, John W.............................................461 Gallagher, David.........................................547 Giebel, Francis J. W....................................548 Gardner, John S. and Ann...........................604 CONTENTS. - 7 Griswold, Stephen.........................................830 Goodin, Dr.....................................................443 Harmon, Harvey J..........................................378 Heffner, D. A.................................................390 Haynes, George R...........................................391 Hord, John K..................................................392 Hastings, Dr....................................................444 Holloway, Dr...................................................444 Hammer, Dr. A. J.............................................462 Hayes, Rutherford B.........................................513 Hayes, Lucy Webb............................................521 Howland, Elisha W............................................551 Hutchinson, Alfred............................................639 Hitt, Seneca. D. and Mahala E...........................693 Hirt, Casper........................................................740 Johnson, John A.................................................383 Justice, James and family...................................552 Johnson, J. C.......................................................831 Kessler and Belding............................................358 Keeler, Isaac M...................................................536 Kridler, W. B.......................................................539 Lemon, M. B........................................................386 Loveland, John B.................................................388 Lemon, John M....................................................392 Lee, Dr. George....................................................461 Long, Rev. Michael..............................................601 Levisee family......................................................719 McPherson, Major General James B....................359 Meek, Basil...........................................................389 Moore, John P.......................................................547 Millious, Jacob......................................................552 McIntyre, Hon.......................................................640 McCauley family...................................................690 McCulloch, C. R....................................................827 Norton, Faulkner I.................................................535 Newman, John.......................................................538 Nyce, Jacob............................................................825 Otis, Lucius B........................................................381 O'Farrell, P.............................................................387 Olmsted, Jesse S....................................................549 Pettibone, Hiram R................................................380 Putnam, Alpheus P................................................392 Rawson, Major Eugene Allen................................354 Rhodes, John H......................................................385 Richards, S. S.........................................................390 Remsburg, Hezekiah..............................................394 Rawson, Dr. L. Q...................................................446 Rice, Dr. Robert S..................................................450 Rice. Dr. John B.....................................................458 Rice, Dr. Robert H.................................................459 Rife family..............................................................691 Richards, Franklin...................................................722 Rozell, Charles, and family.....................................759 Rice, Alfred H..........................................................825 Snyder, Merritt L......................................................394 Stilwell, Dr. Thomas................................................454 Smith, Dr. George E.................................................460 Sharp, Isaac B...........................................................538 Smith, Frederick, and family....................................688 Smith, Jeremiah........................................................695 Sanford, Carmi G., and Lydia...................................715 Schultz, Christian......................................................737 Skinner, Samuel........................................................776 Tyler, Morris E..........................................................393 Taylor, Dr. Sardis B..................................................460 Tyler, John S.............................................................535 Taylor, Austin B........................................................535 Thorp, Alonzo...........................................................724 Wegstein, Michael.....................................................353 Watson, Cooper K......................................................383 Williams, Ernest B......................................................391 Winslow, Hiram W.....................................................392 Williams, Dr. B. F.......................................................451 Wilson, Dr. James W..................................................452 White, Dr. C. B...........................................................462 Woodward, Gurdon.....................................................701 Wood, Bourdett, and family............between 702 and 703 Young, Noah................................................................643 Zeigler, Wilbur G.........................................................386 Zeigler. John.................................................................739 |
