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230 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY. CHAPTER V. PIONEER HISTORY. A PERIOD of time, bordering on three-fourths of a century, has passed away since the American pioneers of this county made their first settlement here. Those years have been replete with change, social, political, religious, even physical change. The visitor of to-day, ignorant of the past history of Allen, could scarcely realize the fact that within six or seven decades a population approximating 40,000 grew up, where, in the second quarter of the Nineteenth Century, Indian villages stood, and the savages themselves had worn the war-paint, and retained their scalp belts. The people have not only increased in number, but, also, in wealth, refinement and all the characteristics of advincement, which mark the older settlements of the North Atlantic States. Newspapers, schools, churches, palatial dwellings, magnificent public buildings, extensive marts, busy mills, cultivated fields, now occupy the village sites and hunting grounds of a hundred aboriginal races, while a people endowed with the highest faculties have taken the place of the Shawanees and Ottawaians hem- HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY - 231 selves. There are but few left of the old landmarks—still a smaller number of old settlers. Civilization and its demands have conspired to raze every monument of the red-man, to obliterate almost every trace of his occupancy. Old Time, too, has not looked calmly on, but, by way of reprisal, has driven many a pioneer to the promised land beyond the the grave, or led others from the old homestead westward in the track of the Indians to re-enact beyond the Mississippi the drama of early settlement. As a general rule the men and women who first settled in this county were fearless, self-reliant and industrious. No matter from what State or what country they came, there was a similarity of character. In birth, education, language, religion, there were differences; but such differences did not interfere with harmony—on the contrary, they were lost in association, forgotten in that common interest which united all. In such a community there was a hospitality, a kindness, a benevolence, and high above all, a charity, unknown and unpracticed among the older, richer and more densely populated settlements of trans-Alleghany counties, just in the same manner, perhaps, as there was a higher faith animating the early Christians, than that which marks our latter-day Christianity. The very nature of the surroundings of those pioneers taught them to feel each other's woe, to share each other's joy, and live in communal integrity. Therefore it is not strange that among the old settlers of this county a deep-seated friendship existed and grew and strengthened with their advancing years. The incidents peculiar to life in a new country—the privations and trials of early settlement in the wilderness of Allen County, were well calculated to test, not only the physical powers of endurance, but, also, the moral, kind, generous attributes of true womanhood and manhood, and bring to the surface all that may be in them of good or evil. In this chapter an effort is made to deal in a thorough manner with the pioneers and old settlers of the county. The whole story is based upon the authority of records, and thus, at least, claims authenticity, a fact which must go far to compensate for the absence of legendary or unauthenticated relations. ASSESSMENT ROLL OF 1834. The following assessment roll made in 1831 by Samuel Black, Auditor 232 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY. of Allen County, is selected for the reason that it is the oldest record of assessments which Auditor Poling was able to discover among the old books of his offrce. A recapitulation of assessments gives the following footings: Number of acres of land, 13,956; assessed value, $16,733; 467 town lots valued at $12,823.50; 657 horses, valued at $27,009; 1,058 cattle, valued at $8,464; merchants' stock, assessed value 88,557; physicians and lawyers were assessed at $2,375, giving a total assessed valuation of $69,161. On this assessment the sum of $991.66 was levied, of which $197.05 formed State and canal tax, $783.16 county and school tax and $1.46 town tax. The delinquencies reported by collectors were very few. The names of the tax-payers are arranged alphabetically under township headings: Bath, 1834.—Anderson and Baker, James Anderson, Samuel Aldridge, Griffith Breese, Abram Bowers, Calvin Bradley, John Bashore, David Bailey, Elijah Bates, William Bomen, A. Beatty, Samuel Black, William Chaffee, Joseph Crossley, Jesse Cullisson, Abe Clark, Thomas Cochran, John F. Cole, Miles Cowan, Simon Cochran, Joseph Carpenter, Abram W. Cochran, Robert Casebolt, Handy Canon, Hugh Crawford, William Crawford, John Crawford, William Chenoweth, Henry M. Cams, Joseph Crandal, Joseph Carpenter, Squire Carlin, William Cunningham, Miles Cowan, Hamilton Davison, Moses M. Dixon, Abram Dever, Benjamin Dolph, Cyrus Davis, James Daniels, Matthew Dobbins, Nathan Daniels, Oliver Ellsworth, Isaac Erksine, Joseph Edwards, Ezra Edgecomb, William Fisher, Harvey Foster, Archie Fisher, John Franklin, Patrick G. Goode, Joel Gass, Manuel Hover, Joseph Hover, Ezekiel Hover, Benjamin Hanson, Samuel Homan, William L. Henderson, George M. Hoofer, Richard Huse, Jacob Hook, James Higgs, Ed Hartshorn, John Jackson, William Jones, Thomas Jackson, Samuel R. Jacobs, Elisha Jolley, Garrison Kinnard, John Lowrie, Aaron Loomis, Joseph Lippincott, Morgan Lippincott, John Lippincott, Samuel Lippincott, Evan Morgan, Andrew McLain, James McDonald, Daniel Musser, John McKibbin, Henry Moyers, Isaac Moyers, Abram Miller, Benjamin Moore, John Mark, John P. Mitchell, Thurston Mosher, L. B. Maulby, Joshua Murray, James T. Miller, John P. Mitchell, D. Musser, Jr., Jacob Nigh, Thomas Nicholds, Abram Osman, Aaron Osman, Bargelia Osman and son, Daniel Purdy, John Purdy, William W. Rodgers, Ezra Reed, Alfred HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY - 233 Randall, Samuel Richards, M. I. Ross, Thomas Rhea, Michael Ridenour, John Rockhold, Roger Ryan, Stephen Roach, Philip Rombaugh, Samuel Sprague, George Sheldon, John N. Slife, F. Shull, George Swigart, H. B. Stephenson, Louis Sroufe, W. Stewart, Hugh Stephenson, David Shaw, Elijah Standiford, Fred Schaefer, Tompkins and Clutter, Stephen Thomas, Peter Tunget, Enos Terry, George W. Tolman, Robert Terry, John Terry, D. D. Tompkins, William Taylor, Crain Valentine, Samuel Van Netta, James Vaughn, Alex Vaughn, Richard Ward, Jacob Ward, Asa Wright, Chris Wood, William G. Wood, William and John Ward, Albert G. Wood, Joseph T. Wood, John G. Wood, Harmon Wood, Hamilton Davison, John Watt, William Watt. Amanda, 1834.—Thomas Adams, Thomas Berryman, William Berryman, Rachel Berryman, Eli Burnfield, James Crozier, Solomon Carr, Jacob Carr, Frederick Clawson, William Durham, William Hurst, Martin Hire, Daniel Hoak, William Hoak, James Hoak, Jacob Harter, John Harter, George Kephart, Heland's heirs, William Johnson, William Morewan, Achiles Martin, Andrew Russell, Benjamin Russell, Dye Sunderland, William Sunderland, Thomas Sutton, Samuel Stewart, William Stewart, Benjamin W. Vance, Samuel Washburn, Simon Whetstone, William Winans, David Walter, William Woollery. Samuel Washburn was taxed for ninety-one lots in Amanda, of which the assessed value was 8227.50. The total tax levied was 8140.68. German, 1834.—Casiah Baxter, John Brand, Isaac Bowyer, William Bryan, Michael Bowers, George Coon, Jacob Carmene, Smith Carmene, S. and P. Carlin, Daniel Conrad, William Denniston, John East, Joseph Edwards, Samuel Fritz, John Harnig, Jacob Hartman, Henry' Huffer, Andrew Hesler, John Ireland, Griffith John, James Johnson, William Enittle, Ferdinand Miller, George Miller, William Moyers, Michael Noll, George Poppinmoyer, James Pettin, John Pool, George Rideman, Benjamin Reed, John Sommersett, John Steaman, Christian Stukey, Jacob Shackemiller (Sawmiller), Robert Tate. Jackson, 1834. Alex Allison, Matthew Allison, Jacob Bresler, George Balsinger, George Barber, Hector Carlisle, John Carlisle, John Claybaugh, James Carter, Chancey Curtiss, Jacob Elder, Eyre Edgecomb, Urich Edgecomb, Jeremiah Evans, Tethro Fisher, Silas Faurot, Jacob Hawk, John Hall, Anthony Hall, Richard Hall, Joseph Hall, James Hall, 234 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY. James W. Hall, John Jamieson, Samuel Jamieson, Elijah Jones, Samuel McCafferty, Benjamin Meek, Joseph Mash, Samuel McClure, Moses McClure, George May, William Neeley, Elizabeth Neeley, Thomas Nash, Silas Osman, Enos Paulin, Samuel Patterson, James Prosser, John Robinson, William Rumbaugh, David Rumbaugh, William Reese, William Roberts, J. Rumbaugh, James Rumbaugh, William Rains, John Staley, Jacob Staley, Peter Staley, Jr., Melchoir Staley, Peter Staley, Robert Snodgrass, David Sasseton, Lemuel Tucker, William Watt, James Watt, Adam White, Tobias Woods, Samuel Watt, Joseph G. Walton, Daniel Woollett, Abram Ward, William Ward, John B. Walton, Joseph Ward, Philip Woollett, George White. The assessed value of lands in Jackson in 1831 was $472, one steam-mill valued at $160, value of personal property $3,800. Total tax levied $57. 53. Auglaize, 1834. ---Joseph Asking, Alexander Creps, George Coon, Folsom Ford, Thomas Ford, Robert Grant, William Holt, Elijah Hardesty, Samuel Ice, Peter Jacobs, Nicholas D. Maus, William Patterson, David Perks, Abner Smith, Alex F. Stedman, John Shockey, Jesse Stephen son, Francis Stephenson, William Stephenson, James Stephenson, Samuel Shockey, Israel Shockey, Henry Shellenberger, George Underwood, John Vermillion, Jacob Weaver and Jacob Yazell. Alex. Creps was assessed $1.89 on thirty-six lots in the village of Westminster, on a valuation of $172. The personal property valuation was $2,192, on which a tax of $24.1 was levied. Deuchoquette, 1834.—William Stockdale's lands were valued at $214 and yielded a tax of $2.93. Jonathan K. Wells, Peter Aughenbaugh and Joseph Barnett had lots and houses valued at $6,316, on which a $146.80 tax was levied. The personal property of the town was valued at $1,716 and yielded a tax of $129.87. The taxpayers of Deuchoquette in 1834 were Jeremiah Ayers, John Buck, Jesse Buck, Daniel Bitter, Robert Branham, John Bluest, John Bobb, Nicholas Bobb, George Baltzell, Benjamin Baker, Joseph Barnett & Co., owners of grist and saw mill, Nicholas Connor, John Campbell, Joseph Cummins & Co., Elijah C. Case, John Cumpton, William Capeland, James H. Coleman, John Cook, James T. Chaney, James Chaney, William Crawford, Josiah Clawson, Josiah Clawson, Jr., Thomas J. Defrees, James Elliott, William Ervin, HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY - 235 John Fausler, David Fairfield, John Fouts, Andrew Full, Peter Fisher, Thomas Fairfield, George Friman, John Gilbert, Samuel Howell, Joseph Haskell, John and Jesse Jackson, Benjamin Julian, Job and Rachel Johnson, R. Henry, William Hinton, Peter Hammell, Adam Heifers, John Hentner, Abram Littlejohn, Eben Lucus, John Lenix, Israel Lucus, Shrock and Thomas Morton, Robert and Archibald McCullough, Shad. rach Montgomery, Joseph Meyers, R. Mathem, Amos S. Nicholds, Frederick Nonnemaker, Levi D. Northrup, Jane M. Patton, Charles Purnell, William Ryan, Charles Ront, W. and Bird Richardson, D. Ranney, James and W: Spray, W. Stockdale, Archibald Sutton, R. J. Skinner, Adam Snider, Conrad Shemal, Neil Shaw, W. Thatcher, John Tain, Isaac Terwilligett, Henry B. Thom, William Taylor, Jacob Vorees, T. B. Van Horn, David, Philip and Samuel VanBlaricom, John VanAntwerp, David Woodrough, Edward Williams, Chris. Waggoner, William Williams, Hiram Young. Marion, 1834.—Barnabus Coon, Benjamin Cochran, William Cechran, Daniel Knoop, Isaac Knoop, Samuel Moore, Samuel Miller, Jacob Miller, Jesse Miller, Samuel Mannion, Sylvester Woollery, Norman Washburn and John Waggoner were the taxpayers of Marion in 1834. Lands were valued at $220 and personal property at $672, yielding a tax of $9.81. Perry in 1834.—The tax payers in 1834 were James H. Daniels, Augustus Curtin, Thomas Crook, Thomas Franklin, Jacob Ice, Samuel B. Lippencott, John C.. Luce, John Logan, Elya Maus, George Sever, John Stevenson, Daniel Shuler, and James McPherson. The value of horses and cattle was estimated at $872, yielding a tax of $9.59. Union Township, 1834.—Joel Bailiff, John C. Baltzell, John Bailey, Richard Bailey, Joseph Brown. Lemuel Bacoim, William Bethards, John Corder, Benjamin Corder, James Coleman, John Carter, Monroe Hodges, Aaron Howell, Joseph Howell, John Jacobs, Richard Jones, Stephen Kent, Joseph Lyons, Man Lusk, Charles Lusk, John Morris, William Patterson, Andrew Perkins, Peter Prenchous, John M. Powell, John Rogers, Benjamin Bunyan, John Shannon, George Swisher, Mathias Spees, and James Watt. The assessed valuation was $2,568, yielding a tax of $28.25. Wayne Township in 1834. —James Abernethy, Henry W. Bowdel, John 14 236 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY. Burget, William Black, Daniel Black, Thomas Call, Eli Corson, Samuel Cottrell, Robert Conrtenay, Bazzle Day, Daniel Ellsworth, Thomas Green, Ezekiel Hover, John C. Hurley, Alex Kent, William Kent, James Mahon, Samuel Morecraft, Simon Morecraft, John Ridenour, David Turner, Jacob Williams, Amos Witham, Olis Witham, Valentine Peer's heirs, and James Taylor's lands were assessed at $142.93 on a $10,050 valuation. The personal property valued at $1, 864 yielded a tax of $20.50. PERMANENT SETTLERS OF THE PIONEER PERIOD. The first permanent settlers in the county were Andrew Russell, Peter Diltz and William Van Ausdall, all of whom were old residents of Montgomery County, Ohio. Matthew Allison, a Pennsylvanian, settled in Bath Township late in 1827, and purchased a tract of public lands on Section 2 in 1834. Alexander Allison, a native of Pennsylvania, settled in Bath Township in 1827. In 1830 he purchased Government lands on Section 3, and made the county his home until his death in 1871. Charles Baker settled at Lima in 1832, and erected the first frame building in the village. John Bashore settled at Lima in 1831, and may be named as the first tavern-keeper of Lima. Samuel Baxter settled in Amanda Township in 1828 with his sons, Curtiss and Smith Baxter. The latter came with him when only four years of age, and the former when six years old. His death took place August 10, 1830, while Mrs. Baxter lived until August 26, 1854. John Barber, a Pennsylvanian, settled with his wife in Bath Township in 1833. Mrs. Barber died in August, 1882, and John Barber November 4, 1884. D. B. Beardsley, one of the old settlers of Hancock County, was also a pioneer of Allen. For years he has served as Justice of the Peace of Hancock County, and has written a book of historical reminiscences on that division of the State. William Belcher purchased a quarter of Section 28, Marion, in 1826. Gen. William Blackburn, Receiver of the Land Office, was transferred to Lima in 1834, whence he moved to Allentown, where he died. Samuel Bowers, father of Robert Bowers, settled at Lima late in 1834. HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY - 237 Isaac Bowyer and his wife Elizabeth purchased a farm on Section 8 in 1830, and a year later became members of the first Methodist Church of Elida. Daniel Boyer, a Pennsylvanian, settled at Lima in 1836. In 1837 he was married to Miss Hughes, a sister of Judge Hughes, who died here in April, 1851. He died October 26, 1884, aged seventy three years. Griffith Breese settled on Section 10, Shawnee Township, in 1832. This was the site of a Shawnee village, as then evidenced by seven cabins and eighty apple trees. This pioneer died in 1848. His widow died in 1852, while his son, William D. Breese, who came with him in 1832, is still a resident of the county. William Bryan settled in German Township in 1830 with his wife Elizabeth. Both of them were among the first members of the Methodist Society organized there the following year. Harvey Buckmister, one of the old traders of the Hollister Fur Company, a pioneeer of Hardin County, must be also credited with being an old resident of Allen County. John Chapman, or "Johnny Appleseed," a Swedenborgian, was in Jefferson County, Ohio, as early as 1801. He planted sixteen bushels of apple seed on the Butler farm on the Walhonding River. On entering a house he would lie down on the floor and ask the people, " Will you have some fresh news from heaven?" He was born in Boston in 1775. In April, 1828, he leased a farm from William B. Hedges below Shanesville. His death took place near Fort Wayne in 1845, aged seventy-two years. This Chapman was a composition of eccentricities. S. C. Mc_ Cullough, in his reminiscences, states that he visited a nursery on the Sunderland farm in Amanda Township, soon after he commenced to clear his own farm in 1835. He was told that the trees were planted by John Chapman some years before; and further, that the old man had been along the Ottawa and Auglaize Rivers seeking out alluvial lands to set out orchards, before white men had effected a settlement in Allen County. It is probable that "Johnny" carried out his benevolent work hero even prior to the building of Fort Amanda. That he was here about 1812-1813 is manifested in the number, variety and age of the trees which sprung from the seeds planted by him along Wayne's trace. James M. Candler and his parents settled near Lafayette in 1829; 238 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY. moved to Liberty Township, Hardin County, in 1832, where his father died in 1835. Solomon Carr, who with his family settled in Marion Township in 1826, is now represented by his son, Abner Carr, one of the few survivors of pioneer days. Henry Carter, a native of Delaware, with Edward Cox and Thomas Kane, settled in Richland Township, in 1834. William Chaffee, a Baptist preacher, settled at Lima about 1833. (Vide History Baptist Church.) He purchased a farm on Section 1, Shawnee Township, in 1832. He amassed a fair sum of money; lost it or wasted it, was sent to an insane asylum at Indianapolis, and there died. William S. Chenoweth, a Revolutionary soldier, together with James Chenoweth, came to Bath Township in 1827 or 1828, and purchased land on Section 33, in 1831. Josiah Clawson, who married a daughter of Martin Hine, in 1835, in Marion Township, and purchased a farm on Section 28, in 1834, died February 6, 1844. Andrew Clawson was another old settler, who resided on Section 30. Benjamin Clevenger, the miller of Sugar Creek, in 1832. William Clevenger located lands on Section 20, in 1829. William Cochran settled in Marion Township in 1825. He was accompanied by his wife and son, James Cochran. The latter married Miss Julia A. Russell, daughter of the pioneer, Andrew Russell, in 1829. This lady died in 1833. In 1834 he entered lands on Section 34, Marion. Thomas Cochran, a Kentuckian, settled in German Township in 1831. His father, Simon Cochran, served in the Revolutionary war, and died in this township, aged ninety years. A. W. and John Cochran served in the war of 1812. John F. Cole, accompanied by his family, came to Allen County in 1831, and located near Lima, November 7, that year. A few months later he was present at the burial of Chief Pht, and after that time he continued to witness the removal by death of many if not all the early settlers. He died in 1882. His son, also John F. Cole, is an old resident of Lima. Mrs. Nancy Cole, widow of the late John F. Cole, settled with her F HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY - 239 husband in Bath Township in 1831, moved to Lima subsequently and died here October 24, 1880. George Coon, Sr., a Pennsylvanian, settled on Section 1, Shawnee, in 1832, about the time that William Deniston and Thomas Flynn made their settlement in that neighborhood. His death occurred in 1877. John Crawford settled in Bath Township in 1828 ; purchased lands on Section 4, in 1831, and resided there until his death, in 1839. Alexander Creps and his wife Rebecca (Maus) Creps, came about 1832. In 1834 Alex. Creps founded the village of Westminster and there died August 25, 1878. Smith Cremean arrived in German Township in 1830, and settled on lands which he purchased on Section 19, in 1830. Jacob Cremean was also an early settler. Charles Crites, a Pennsylvanian, settled in German Township in 1839. Jacob Crites arrived in 1843. Joseph Crossley, who settled at Lima in 1833, moved to Perry Township in 1831 and located his farm on Section 16. He was accompanied by his step-son Henry J. Apple. Crossley was one of Wayne's soldiers, and is said to have burned the first brick at Cincinnati, Chicago, Fort Wayne, Dayton, and Lima. Thomas Crooks arrived in Auglaize Township in 1831. James Crozier was one of the first Associate Judges. Archibald Cunningham settled at Lima in 1834 with his son, John Cunningham, who conducted a school in the first court house from 1834 to 1838. Dr. William Cunningham, a name so closely identified with the earlier years of the county, settled at Lima in 1831. He died in September, 1842. (Vide general history). In 1832 he purchased the Cunningham homestead at Lima. Theodore E. Cunningham, whose personal history appears in the third part of this work, is one of the senior old residents, and even now one of the ablest lawyers of the county. In 1866 he was delegate to the Johnson Constitutional Convention. In 1873-74 he was a member of the Ohio Constitutional Convention, and has for years taken a foremost part in everything relating to the progress of this division of the State. He came with his father, Dr. William Cunningham, to Lima in 1832. 240 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY. Hamilton Davidson, the first resident attorney, is referred to so often in the chapters of this work that the name only is necessary here. He moved to Defiance in 1845 or 1846. James and Benjamin Daniels settled in Bath Township and purchased lands on Section 31, in 1828. Nathan Daniels, the first Recorder, was one of the first residents of Lima. W. P. Dehart, a settler of Amanda Township, in 1837, is a pioneer of Spencer, having settled there in 1843, the year before Canover, McConnell and Tyler platted the village of Spencerville. Peter Diltz arrived in January, 1817, and took up his residence in the small block-house on the northeast corner of the quadrangle or parade ground of Fort Amanda. On September 20, 1817, Francis Diltz was born in this log-house, and here the family continued to reside until the beginning of the summer of 1821, when Mr. and Mrs. Diltz and children returned to Dayton. Previous to his leaving the county, however, he erected a log-cabin for the Sunderland family in 1821. Simon Doyle and family came to Allen County in 1829 and purchased lands in Section 17, Bath Township, the same year. William Durham purchased his farm in Amanda in 1827. Francis Deuchoquette, the French interpreter, whose knowledge of the Shawnees and their language was only equalled by his desire for justice, was denied employment in 1831 by the wily and unprincipled Indian Commissioner Gardner. He set out, that year, to accompany the Shawnee delegation to Washington, but died en route and was buried amid the lamentations of that people for whom he sought justice. Deuchoquette Township, formerly a portion of Allen County, is named after him. The late C. C. Marshall, in a reference to this man, says: "I became acquainted in 1831 with Francis Deuchoquette, the old Frenchman who had lived a long time among the Shawnees, and is said to have interceded for the life of Dr. Knight, when Col. William Crawford was burned by the Delawares near the Tymochtee, in Wyandot County, after his capture in 1782. This venerable Frenchman died, when on his way to Washington, with a Shawnee delegation, at Cumberland, Md., in the summer of 1831. HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY - 241 John East, son of Abraham, a German soldier, sold to the British by his ruler in 1774-76 to fight against the Americans, settled in German Township in 1833 with his sons Samuel and Isaac. He died in 1862. John East operated a carding-machine in early days in German Township. Uriah Edgecomb moved to Bath Township in 1832, and located on land which he purchased that year on Section 3. Ezra Edgecomb also entered a tract of land in the same section. Michael Flynn, who located at Ada, in Hardin County in 1856, is an old resident of Allen County. Saul Faulkner, an old settler of Champaign County, settled on Section 21, Perry Township, in 1832. In 1833 he purchased Government lands in Section 21. Samuel Forrer, who surveyed the Shelby Canal in 1824, may be considered the pioneer of Marion Township, as he ultimately settled here, and made Delphos his home until his death in 1874. In 1834 he purchased a tract of land on Sections 20 and 18. Tolson Ford settled in Auglaize Township in 1830. In the history of first industries and again in the history of his township the name is often referred to. The Fulton brothers, pioneer physicians of Spencer Township, settled there at Hartford about 1836 as pioneers of the county. Daniel Garde, a settler of Amanda in 1824, entered a small parcel of land on Section 5, in 1828. 6,, Levi Goodenow and family settled on Section 20, Auglaize, in 1836. He died in 1876. Elisha Hall purchased a farm on Section 8, Bath, in 1830. Justin Hamilton, who surveyed the original town of Lima in 1831, was one of the pioneers of Mercer County. Jacob Harter entered a parcel of land on Section 21, Marion, in 1825. Henry Harter bought his lands on Section 28. Jacob Harter, one of the early settlers of Amanda Township, entered his lands on Section 4, in 1825. Edward Hartshorn made an entry of a tract of land on Section 7, Bath, in 1829. Merritt Harvey settled in Spencer in 1847. Prior to his coming 242 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY. John Harter, a merchant, Dr. Samuel Price, Abe Armitage, T. C. Bartle, a carpenter, and William Young were settlers. Physicians Gray, Emerson and Wyat may be named among the early settlers. The pioneer land-buyers of Spencer Township were Jacob Peterbaugh, L. V. Van Horn, B. P. Southworth, George Young, Joseph Brown, Solomon K. Brown, J. Marks, in 1834; Samuel Purdy, Joe Osborne and John Clifton in 1848; G. D. Coleman and John Hockenberry in 1845. Joseph Higgs settled in Bath Township previous to 1832, and erected the first saw-mill on Sugar Creek that year. Martin Hire settled in Allen County in 1824. Joseph Hover, a Pennsylvanian, arrived in 1833 and settled on Section 1, Shawnee Township. Here he resided until his death in 1844. W. U. Hover accompanied his father and brother James A. Mr. Hover, Sr., built the first frame house in the township. Ezekiel Hover and Emanuel Hover, brothers of Joseph Hover, settled in Shawnee in 1833. Ezekiel purchased the lands where the chief village of the Shawnees stood, and there took up his residence in the old council house. Henry Huffer settled one and one-half miles from Elida in 1831 with his wife and family. His daughter Delilah is the wife of Henry Kiracofe, himself an old settler. James E. Hueston settled with his family, in May, 1824, in the northeastern part of Hardin County. He died in 1834. Thomas K. Jacobs, a Pennsylvanian, whose sudden death occurred November 12, 1884, came to Lima in 1838. He with Daniel Boyer and Elisha Jolley were the leading tailors of the county at that date. (Vide sketch of Mr. Jacobs). Samuel Jacobs was one of the earliest settlers. In the history of his township the name is mentioned. John Jackson, the first surveyor and subsequently Auditor, was one of the first settlers of Lima. In 1833 he purchased a tract of land on Section 1, Bath. Frank Jamieson and his wife Rachel settled near the present site of Elida in 1828. Mr. Jamieson died in 1872. HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY - 243 John Ireland settled in German Township in 1832, and was the first Justice of the Peace elected in that township. James Jennings and family settled in Jackson Township in 1836. Gideon and John Jennings entered lands on Section 9, Bath Township, in 1834. Joseph, Asa and David Jennings, it is said, settled in Bath Township about 1825. Griffith John, a Pennsylvanian, came to German Township in 1831 and in the fall of that year located his farm on Section 7. Within the quarter century following he purchased 1,640 acres of land in German Marion and Amanda Townships, of which he was sole owner up to the period of his death in February, 1856. Jesse J. John, a resident of Elida, is one of his sons. Jehu John was killed at Kenesaw Mountain June 19, 1864. Abraham Kessler settled in German Township in 1838. In 1834 he purchased a tract of public lands on Section 32. Abner Kelsey purchased land on Section 7 in 1825, near the Wood farm in Bath Township. George Kephart purchased his farm on Section 4, Amanda, in 1825. William Kidd settled in Monroe Township in 1832, where he resided until his death in 1855. N. G. Kidd, his son, came to the township with his parents in 1832. In 1833 he opened the first school in the township on Section 14. William Knittle, a Pennsylvanian, settled just north of Elida in August, 1830. He was one of the men who, a year later, engaged in cutting the Lima road through from Elida. Isaac Knoop purchased lands in Amanda Township, Section 32, in 1828. Henry Lippincott, who settled on Section 32, Bath, in 1830, was elected Sheriff in 1831. Morgan Lippincott and William Lippincott were members of the pioneer family of that name. Aaron Loomis came in 1825, and assisted in building the McCluer cabin in Bath Township, and, in 1826, settled in the county with his family. Peter Loramie, a French trader, who settled at Pickawillany in 1769, and won for the place in later years the name of Loramie's Station, was 244 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY one of the few Frenchmen of that time who offered aid to the British. His friendship for them was a purely business ono; but so material to their interests that Gen. Clarke visited the post in 1782, carried off his stock and burned the buildings. Loramie escaped and found a home among. the Shawnees, with whom he traded for years, until his death in the far West. Anthony Madore, another old resident of Shanesville, succeeded Shane as trader, sold his store to Greaves in 1821, and accompanied the Indians to Kansas during the first migration. Horatio N. Maguire, elected Recorder of Allen County in 1846, was one of the early settlers. He died before his term of service expired, but continued to make records of deeds up to the night before his decease His widow, known as Aunt Jane, still resides at Lima. His son, an old resident of Montana Territory, now residing in the Gallatin Valley, has held the office of Probate Judge and other public positions in the Territory. John Mark was one of the three first residents of Lima. Little is known of him, as he made only a short stay there. Samuel Marshall and his son, the late Charles C. Marshall, may be named among the pioneers of Spencer, and indeed of the county. They carried the mails via Fort Amanda in 1829, 1830 and 1831. Archelaus Martin, a Kentuckian, came to Amanda Township fist in 1829, and as a resident in 1830. In 1833 he was married to Catherine Russell, daughter of the pioneer of that name. William Martin, a native of Ireland, settled in Perry Township about 1833, and two years later purchased his farm on Section 29. Dr. William McHenry, who came to Lima in May, 1834, is still in practice here. Samuel McCluer, a soldier of the war of 1812, and a participant in the defeat of the British at the battle of the Thames, came to this county in 1825, and erected his cabin on the west side of Hog Creek on Section 28, Bath Township. He was accompanied hither by his brothers, Thomas and Moses, together with Joseph Ward and Aaron Loomis. In 1826 he brought his wife and family to reside here. Mrs. McCluer died September 21, 1841. Her husband's death took place December 29, 1875. James McCullough, father of Samuel C. McCullough, settled with HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY - 245 his family on Section 1. Bath, in June, 1835, on land which he purchased in 1836. A year later Mrs. McCullough died. She was the daughter of Col. Blue, referred to in military orders of 1812-13. John McGill purchased his farm on Section 34, in 1826. John McKibben, settled on Section 30, Bath Township, in 1834, but died in August of that year, aged thirty-three years. As a recognition of the interest he showed in the building up of Lima, one of the streets in the north division of that city is named after him. Jacob Miller, accompanied by his wife and son Silas, settled on Section 16, Amanda, in 1826, and made the township their home until their decease. Aaron M. Miller, the first Prosecuting Attorney, is connected with the courts and bar of the county. John P. Mitchell, who located at Lima in 1831, together with being one of the first settlers, was also one of the first tavern-keepers. He entered lands in Section 31, in 1832. Samuel Moore entered a tract of land in Amanda Township on Section 32, in 182'7. John Murray, who settled in Jackson Township in 1834, died January 3, 1866. Daniel Musser, a Pennsylvanian, came with his parents and the family of William Weller, to Lima, in 1833, having resided for a short time before this in Marion Township. He was one of the early tavern-keepers, and also operated the first tannery in 1833-34. His death took place April 12, 1880, in his seventy-seventh year. William Myers, the first store-keeper at Allentown, opened his store there in 1835. He, with George Povenmyre, platted that village the same year. They settled here in 1832 or 1833. Daniel Myers settled in German Township in 1831, with his step-father, Peter Ridenour. He erected the first building, other than the old Lutheran Church, on the site of Elida Village. James Nicholas, a Pennsylvanian, settled in Sugar Creek Township, September 13, 1833, and the same year purchased his lands on Section 28. He served as Justice of the Peace for almost half a century. Aaron Osborn entered lands on Section 28, Bath, in 1830, near Barzilla Osborn's purchase of 1829. 246 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY. Vance Pangle, a Virginian, who settled in Sugar Creek Township in 1834 with his wife, died September 15, 1835. In 1844 the widow and her son, Elisha Pangle, moved to Delphos. John Plickard, a settler of 1832, died March 18, 1860. His wife, Julia Ann Jamieson, of German Township, resided on Section 34, Marion, where Mr. Plickard entered lands in 1834. Amelia Post located lands on Section 10, Amanda Township, in 1822. Samuel Purdy and Daniel Purdy came to Sugar Creek Township previous to 1826. In 1827 the latter settled on Section 1. Peter Ridenour settled in German Township in 1831. His wife and step son, Daniel Myers, accompanied him. John Ridenour, an old settler of Perry County, Ohio, came to Perry Township with his family in 1830. He died in 1874. Mrs. Ridenour died in 1879. Jacob, son of John Ridenour, came in 1830, and about this time also Samuel Ridenour settled here on Section 21, George Ridenour settled in the county about this time. Edward Rigdon located a farm on Section 29, Ottawa Township, in 1829. Samuel Rockhill, who platted the village of Rockport, settled in Monroe Township in 1835 with his son, William Rockhill. Andrew Russell and his wife arrived in January, 1817, and took possession of the largest block-house at Fort Amanda, the same which was used as officers' quarters in 1812-13. Here his daughter Susanna, afterward wife of Charles C. Marshall, was born July 13, 1817. Here Mr. Russell died in April, 1822, and was buried in the military cemetery by Dye Sunderland, Diltz and Van Ausdall. His daughter, Mrs. Marshall, died at Delphos in June, 1871. Anthony Shane was the trader and storekeeper at Shanesville previous to the war of 1812. He platted the town of Shanesville in 1820, and resided there until he accompanied the Indians to Kansas in 1832. David N. Saxton purchased a tract of land on Section 30, Bath, in 1830. William Scott, who erected a saw-mill near Lima in 1834, must be considered among the pioneers. Isaac Shockey, a native of Maryland, settled on Section 30, Auglaize Township, in 1831, where he resided until his death in 1847. HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY - 247 James Smith settled in Auglaize Township in 1831. Elijah Standiford purchased lands on Section 32, Bath, in 1830. Francis Stephenson settled on Section 17, Auglaize Township, in March, 1829-30, with his wife and son Joseph, John Goode, Mrs. Arabella Goode and perhaps two others. He died in 1847, and the year following his wife died. Samuel Stewart, who with James Daniels and John G. Wood formed the first County Board. William Stewart and Mrs. Jane Stewart, Pennsylvanians, settled on Section 9, Amanda, in 1824, and erected his cabin the same year. He died in April, 1874. Samuel Stewart, a brother of William, also located in the township in 1824. Hezekiah Stoles, a soldier of the Revolution, settled in Bath Township about 1827 or 1828. John Summersett and his wife Rachel settled in German Township, in 1830. In 1833 he purchased a tract of land on Section 17, German Township. Peter Sunderland, a soldier of the Revolution, came here in 1820; died in 1827, and was buried in the Fort Cemetery. Dye Sunderland, also an old resident of Montgomery County, Ohio, settled near Fort Amanda, on Section 15, in 1821, with his family. He died in 1856. Four years later Mrs. Sunderland died. Robert Terry entered a tract of land on Section 28, Bath, in 1829. William Terry, one of the pioneer school teachers, it is thought, settled here about the same time. James Turner and his son purchased Government lands in Sugar Creek Township in 1825 and 1826; Daniel Purdy, in 1827; William Clevenger, David Sim, John Enslen, John Gander, William Ward, Hugh Crawford. Michael Ridenour and D. J. Conrad, in 1829; Revel Roach, Henry Huffer, Michael Swisher, Peter Roth, in 1830. Samuel Tidd settled near the east line of the county in 1822, on Section 21, Roundhead. William Underwood, who settled in Amanda in 1821, purchased his farm on Section 15, in 1822. Robert Underwood came in 1831 to Auglaize Township. His name 248 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY. is mentioned, in the history of that township, and again in the general history. William Van Ausdall arrived at Fort Amanda in January, 1817, and made the store-house in the center of the square his temporary home. During the fall of that year he erected a log-house on Section 15, where he resided until 1821, when he moved to Michigan with his family. In 1824 he returned to Fort Amanda, where he died the same year, and was buried in the military cemetery. Peter Verbrycke settled in German Township, in March, 1835. Joseph Walter came in 1826, and settled in Bath Township. Joseph Ward visited the county in 1825, and in 1826 brought his family here. He resided with the McCluer family until his own cabin was erected. John Ward, the first County Clerk, died in 1842. Samuel Washburn purchased a tract of land in Section 21, Marion Township, in 1825. William Watt was one of the first Associate Judges. James Watt purchased lands on Section 25, in 1833. Hudson Watt, who came to Lima in May, 1834, died here May 17, 1880. Adam White, the first Treasurer, located a farm on Section 26, in 1828. Christopher Wood, a Kentuckian, a scout in the American service from 1790 to 1794, and a soldier of the war of 1812-15, may be said to be a pioneer of 1824, since in that year he accompanied his sons, Joseph and Albert G., and his son-in-law, Benjamin Dolph, into the wilds of this county. In 1826 John G. Wood entered a parcel of land in Bath Township. In 1829 Christopher Wood was appointed Commissioner to locate the seat of justice for Allen County; an Associate Judge of Common Pleas in 1831; Director of the town of Lima for the sale of lots the same year, and subsequently was appointed to many positions of trust. He was born in 1769, and died at Lima in 1856. (Vide History of Lima and Organic History.) Joseph Wood and other members of that family were all among the pioneers. William G. Woods was the first County Auditor. Owing to the fact that the German pioneers of Marion Township did HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY - 249 not effect permanent settlement until after the pioneer era of the county, their names are confined to the history of that township. In the foregoing record there are many names mentioned under one heading. Thus, under the name Turner, there are no less than fourteen pioneers mentioned. The object of this portion of the chapter is to gather, as nearly as possible, the names of the very earliest settlers; so that, where the biographical historian fails to obtain their history, the writer of the general history may be satisfied that at least a brief personal reference is made to them in his own division of the work. MARRIAGE RECORD OF PIONEER DAYS. Such a record as this claims a double value.  It places before the reader a great number of names connected with the first years of the county's progress. It points out the time when the young men and women of those years assumed the duties and responsibilities of married life, and in a measure chronicles the beginning of their true citizenship. The record from 1831 to 1845 is selected to supplement the history of pioneer times. The extent of the several matrimonial stories related in the original books since 1845, and the fact that such stories are comparatively modern and accessible to the public, are a few of the reasons why the record should not be continued here. The editor of the Democratic Times, Mr. Selfridge, gave to his readers in 1883-84 a very full review of marriages, so far as registered, which took place in this county. Charles F. Price, city editor of the Daily Times, continued the marriage chronology down to 1884, thus securing and making easy of access the record which is destined to take a most important place, if not the most important, among the records of the county. 1831. June.-By Rev. I. McHenry, David Bailey to Rhoda Daniels. August.—By John Ireland, Henry Harter to Sarah Bryant. September.—By John Ireland, Wm. Cochrane to Catherine Hire. November.—By L. Sroufe, J. P., Henry Lippincott to Semaramas Wood. December.—By Lewis Sroufe, J. P., J. G. Wood to Emily Burch. 250 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY. 1832. January.--By L. Sroufe, James H. Daniels to Harriet A. Lippincott. February.—By Wm. Chaffee, Bargilla Osborn to Martha Chenoweth. March.—By Lewis Sroufe, J. L. Stevenson to Hannah Ridenour. April.—By Lewis Sroufe, James Saxton to Nancy Jones. May.—By Lewis Sroufe, Fleet Clark to Mary Ensler; by Silas Thomas, J. P., Abram Ensler to Nancy McCoy; by Silas Thomas, J. P., Thomas Hawthorn to Myra S. Daniels. July.—By Lewis Sroufe, Bral Spurrier to Julia Van Blaricum. August.—By Silas Faurot, J. P., J. W. Carback to Eliza Osborn. September.—By .John Ireland, J. P., H. C. Opdycke to Elanor Sunderland. November.—By Silas Faurot, J. P,, B. M. Daniels to Martha Hawthorn. December.—By Silas Faurot, J. P., Anthony Hall to Mary Candler, 1833. January.—By Wm. Chaffee, John Chenoweth to Eliza Hawthorn; by Tolson Ford, J. P., W. M. Hall to Lydia W. Walton. February.—By Rev. A. Hursey, Dan Martin to Eliza Vaughan. March. —By N. Daniels, J. P., Eben Osborn to Mahala Hanson; by Wm. Chaffee, Benj. W. Vance to Susanna Taylor. April. —By Peter Ridenour, J. P., Wm. Ward to Eliza Ridenour; by Nathan Daniels, J. P., Jesse Cullison to Sarah Ward; by Silas Faurot, J. P., Abram H. Hall to Arvilla Walton. July.—By P. Ridenour, J. P., Philip Herring to Eliza Hartman. August.—By John Iceland, J. P., Felix Devore to Eliza Sutton; by Wm. Chaffee, Andrew Cochrane to Nancy Cannon; by Wm. Chaffee, Archelaus Martin to Catherine Russell. September.-By J. P. Walton, J. P., Jos. Shellenbarger to Eliza Bresler. October.-By J. P. Walton, J. P., David G. Church to Mary Sexton. November.—By Tolson Ford, J. P., Alanson Earl to Rachel Day; by Tolson Ford, J. P., Thomas Sutton and Susan Kephart; by Tolson Ford, J. P,, Edward Stowe to Esther Morecraft. 251 - LEMUEL EVERSOLE 252 - BLANK HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY - 253 December.—By W. Berryman, J. P., Josiah Clawson to Elizabeth Hire; by N. Daniels, J. P., D. Reece to Priscilla Nichols. 1834. January.—By Wm. Chaffee, Geo. M. Hoffman to Hannah Nichols. February.—By Wm. Berryman, J. P., Jacob Miller to Elizabeth Moore. March.—By Tolson Ford, J. P., John O'Ferrall to Sarah Yasell; by Lewis Sroufe, J. P., Wm. Guffey to Mary A. Jacobs. April.—By Wm. Chaffee, Wm. Casebolt to Fannie Slugley; by W. Berryman, Abram Whetstone to Eliza Berryman; by Peter Ridenour, Enos Stukey to Hester Ehrenman. June.—By Wm. Chaffee, Amos Alfred to Sarah A. Hover; by Silas Faurot, J. P., Jos. N. Pelty to Nancy Prosser; by Rev. J. W. Finley, Martin Musser to Augusta Clarke. July.- By L. Sronfe, J. P., Hector Carlisle to Eliza Woods. August.----By Nathan Daniels, J. McPherson, to Huldah Crossley; by Wm, Berryman, Charles Harter to Susan Carr. September.—By Rev. William Chaffee, Harrison Maltbie to Susan Dowling, and John Keller to Sarah McCoy, and by James Mahin, J. P., John Morecraft to Lodesa Witham, October.—By John Jameson, J. P., Ezra Edgecomb to Sarah Ann Woods, and William Smith to Elizabeth Neeley; by Nathan Daniels, J. P., James Adgate to Sallie Fleming, and by Lewis Sroufe, J. P., William Fisher to Martha Coleman. November.—By James Spray, J. P,, Zachariah Ryan to Elizabeth Montgomery and Andrew Fisher to Mary France; by Rev. Ferdinand Yoesting, William Trebein to Matilda Snider; by John Jameson, J. P., Moses Patterson to Mary Hawker, and by Peter Sharp, J. P., John Alexander to Eliza M. Hoover. December.—By James Spray, J. P., John Rupert to Margaret Monger, Conrad Shimel to Catharine Full, Jasper Murgandall to Magdalena Full, John Miller to Katharine Williams, and Columban Williams to Katharine Full; by Nathan Daniels, J. P., James A. Hanson to Rebecca C. Ward; by John Jameson, J. P., Absalom Evick to Mahala Staley; by Rev. William Chaffee, James Franklin to Sarah Hanthorn and Mathias 254 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY. E. Spees to Sarah Jones; by John Morris, J. P., Elias Corder to Eleanor Howell and John Patterson to Catharine Coon; by Rev. Ferdinand Yoesting, Henry Friar to Catharine Deal, and by George Sheldon, Isaac Helm to Jane H. Patton. 1835. January.—By James Spray, J. P., John M. Howell to Abigail Spray and Levi D. Northrup to Susan Ryan; by Rev. Wm. Chaffee, Alfred Baker to Mary Gant, and by Rev. H. Ferdinand Yoesting, John Leonhard Shermer to Mary Vitedom. February.—By Rev. Wm. Chaffee, Vance B. Pangle to Flavilla Jacobs, and by James Mahin, J. P., James Mahin to Mary Call. March.-By Tolson Ford, J. P., Richard Pearce to Marie Coon; by Rev. Geo. Sheldon, Cram Valentine to Nancy Musser, and by Benjamin F. Cochran, J. P., James Bryan to Dinah Stukey. March.—By Rev. Simon Cochran, Elias Wright to Sarah A. Bowman. April.—By Peter Ridenour, J. P., Lewis Herring to Elizabeth Shope; by Lewis Sroufe, J. P., Daniel Purdy to Mary Kill, and by Tolson Ford, J. P., George Meyers to Nancy Ford. May.—By Rev. John Henry Ferdinand Yoesting, John Heck to Mary Rohrbacker, and by Rev. Benjamin F. Cochran, J. P., Thomas North to Susanna Stukey. June.—By Rev. Simon Cochran, John C. Bowman to Ellen Johnston; by James Spray, J. P., Joseph Warner to Catherine Clifford; by John Jameson, J. P., Samuel H. Jameson to Sarah Ann McCluer, and by Rev. Peter Sharp, William Shockey to Mary Hardesty. July.—By Rev. Peter Sharp, Henry A. Hester to Rachel Ann Cowen, and Wm. C. Osborn to Mary Tungate, and by Lewis Sroufe, J. P., Wm. B. Lindeley to Sabra Curtiss. August.—By Rev. Wm. Chaffee, Wm. McPherson to Lydia Logan, John Bentley to Rhoda Osborn, and Asa Coon to Hannah Coon; by Benj. F. Cochran, J. P., Alexander Coon to Delilah Affaline Mills; by John Morris, J. P., Henry Coleman to Mary Mars; by Tolson Ford, J. P., George Seyer to Elizabeth Casto, and by James Spray, J. P., Elias Stevenson to Rebecca Howell. September.—By Lewis Sroufe, J. P., James Williams to Elizabeth Balsigner; by John Morris, J. P., Moses Mattox to Hester Van Nort- HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY - 255 wick, and by Nathan Daniels, J. P., Morris Rumbaugh to Mary Hanson. October.—By Tolson Ford, J. P., Joseph F. Stevenson to Adalina Bowyer; by Rev. Samuel Cochran, Alexander S. C. Boman to Rachel Burton; by John Morris, J. P., Charles Graham to Rachel Carter; by James Mahin, J. P., Samuel Cottrell to Phoebe Baker, and by Rev. J. H. F. Yoesting, John Jacob Grapner to Hannah Appolonia Altin. November.-By David Reece, J. P., Joseph Black to Wealthy Mosher; by James Martin, J. P., Joseph C. Ellsworth to Sarah Shigley; by Rev. J. H. F. Yoesting, Erhard Birk to Louisa Rohrbach, and by Rev. Wm. Chaffee, Manuel Reed to Elizabeth O'Harra. December.—By Asa Wright, J. P., Joseph Sprague to Sarah Povinmire; by Benj. F. Cochran, J. P., Elias Leist to Maria Baxter; by Rev. James Cunningham, George W. Coon to Elizabeth Williams, and by Rev. Wm. Chaffee, William McHenry to Malvina Tompkins. 1830. January.—By Rev. David Burns, Daniel Cutler to Narcissa A. Welsh, and James Elliott to Eleanor Stockdale; by Benj. F. Cochran, J. P., George W. Cochran to Mary Sunderland; by Adam White, J. P., Solomon Wollet to Rebecca Ridenour; by Rev. J. H. F. Yoesting, Wunnabald Vitzedom to Catherine George; by Wm. Reece, J. P., Ranzewed Ward to Harriet Rhodes, and by John Morris, J. P., Joseph Lusk to Julian Waggoner. February.—By James H. Coleman, J. P., Jacob Reesbarger to Catherine Wymott; by John Morris, J. P., Alfred Logan to Elizabeth Jones; by Rev. J. H. F. Yoesting, John Yacobs to Barbara Sammetinger, and by John Jameson, J. P., John W. Candler to Sarah Swaim. March.-By Rev. J. H. F. Yoesting, Mathias Landrammer to Christiana Kreutzer, and Joseph Koonnacher to Marianna Sabaugher; by Tolson Ford, J. P,, Madison Bowyer to Rachel Largent, and John Irvin to Lavina Robertson, and by John Jameson, J. P., Nathaniel G. Kidd to Jane Meek. April.—By Rev. J. H. F. Yoesting, George Wilhelm to Maria Ann Margaretta Altin; by Richard Metheany, J. P., David Ramey to Namcy Higher, and by Adam White, J. P., David Faurot to Hannah Rumbaugh May.—By John Jameson, J. P., Reuben W. Church to Mary Reece 256 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY. by Rev. D. Burns, Daniel F. Hathaway to Frances Musser; by Adam White, J. P., George Maus to Jane Rumbaugh, and by Joseph Conger, J. P., Daniel Spitler to Margaret Weller. June.—By John Morris, .J. P., Peter Beachdolt to Susanna Gruber; by Tolson Ford, J. P., Alphonsey Bowyer to Elizabeth Stevens; by Rev. William Chaffee, Richard Metheany to Hester Ann Levering, and by David Reece, J. P., George W. Gant to Rachel Plummer. July.—By Louis Sroufe, J. P., Joseph Stone to Sarah Lindsley, and by Beal Sperrier, J. P., Benjamin Lanning to Anna Bobb. August.—By Benjamin Cochran, J. P., Wm. Sunderland to Elizabeth Johnson and Frederick Dillow to Jane Bareter; by Rev. D. Burns, Samuel Kreidler to Amelia Ann Reed; by Rev. J. H. F. Yoesting, Peter Fisher to Maria Kook; by David Reece, J. P., John Stevenson to Susanna Brentlinger; by James H. Coleman, J. P., Warren C. Allen to Mary Coleman; by Samuel Bleakley, J. P., Isaac Lucas to Elizabeth Nichols, and by John Jameson, J. P., Aaron Loommis to Elizabeth C. Pennington. September.—By Lewis Sroufe, J. P., Richard Card to Sarah Ridenour; by John Morris, J. P., Charles Lusk to Lucinda Mix, and by Wm. Berryman, J. P., Felix Devore to Adaline Berryman. October.—By Benj. F. Cochran, J. P., Elias Harter to Sarah Harter; by John Morris, J. P., James Berden to Sarah Wright; by Rev. Wm. Chaffee, Samuel Snyder to Damaris Styles; by John Jameson, J. P., George Bolsinger to Mary Hall; by Wm. Reece, J. P., David Harshe to Martha Jane Candler, and J. H. Coleman, J. P., Isaac Coy to Sarah Jane Watt. November.—By James Spray, J. P., John Jackson to Rachel Chambers; by Rev. Wm. Chaffee, John P. Shuckleton to Melinda M. Levering; by J. H. Coleman, J. P., Justice D. Copner to Elizabeth Myers; by John Jameson, J. P., Daniel Leatherman to Rachel Swain, and by Rev. Wm. Gray, Alexander Beaty to Eliza Vance. December.—By James Mahin, J. p., David Ellsworth to Elizabeth Shigley; by Rev. Alden Bepe, Oliver Maderis to Sally Princehouse; by Rev. J. H. F. Yoesting, Emanuel Kentner to Susanna Bobb; by John W. Starr, Silas Beekamp to Clarenda Jodhunter, and by Richard Metheany, J. P., William Bodkins to Maria Clawson. HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY - 257 1837. January.—By John Ireland, J. P., Edward Cremean to Mary Povenmire, and Isaac Povenmire to Maria Cremean, and by Samuel Bleakh J. P., John Smith to Sarah Hulson. By Rev. Albert Halfenstein, James Chenoweth to Nancy Skilling, and Samuel Meyers to Catharine De Lot February.—By Thomas D. Furress, J. P., Ebenezer Buck to Mail ret Thompson; by Daniel Reece, J. P., Wm. Benton to Nancy Devc by Tolson Ford, J. P., Abraham Shockey to Rachel D. Smith; by R George G. Poague, James Cunningham to Martha Kennedy; by Jan Mahin, J. P., Robert Woodley to Hannah Payne; by John Jameson, P., John Hawk to Achsah Gilbert, and by Rev. Alden Beese, Wm. Shaw to Elizabeth Turton. March.—By Samuel Bleakley, J. P., Ebenezer Lucas to Mary Nichols; by Rev. George G. Poague, Abraham Boyd to Maria B. Hov by Adam White, J. P., Samuel Wollot to Phoebe Ridenour, and by Wright, J. P.; John Miller to Matilda Bowen. April.—By Tolson Ford, J. P., Colehan Plummer to Sarah Jane A ing, and by John Morris, J. P., Casper Wolary to Elizabeth Hest by Rev. John W. Starr, Charles G. Graham to Keziah Ann Logan; Benj. F. Cochran, J. P., James Baxter to Melissa John; by Rev. J. Horstman, Blasius Fischer to Anna Maria Wiemann; and by Rev. Je Bowdle, Thomas Bowdle to Miram McCoy. May.—By Lewis Sroufe, J. P., Elijah Ferguson to Rosanna Cram by Adam White, J. P., John Smith to Rachel Shaffer; by Rev. James Kellam, David Boyer to Sarah G. Hughes; by Rev. Geo. G. Poag Newell B. Stiles to Nancy Patterson; by James Spray, J, P., Nichc Zanglain to Susanna Waltz; and by Isaac Bennett, John Smith to Eli beth Mayberry. June.—By Rev. James A. Kellam, John W. Wamsley to Sarah Boman; by Daniel Gregory, J. P., Russell Berryman to Margaret Sla by Rev. George G. Poague, Daniel H. Stukey to Susanna Van No, Van Dalsem; by James Elliott, J. P., Joseph Bush to Elizabeth Cr, by John Morris, J. P., William Burke to Mary Parlot; and by John Ward, J. P., -Uri Mix to Margaret Bayliff. July.—By Asa Wright, J. P., John Stemen to Mary Jane Herring 258 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY. Rev. J. H. F. Yoesting, Charles Bobb to Elizabeth Tobias; and by John Corder, J. P., Isaac H. Lusk to Elizabeth Lusk. August.—By Rev. James A. Kellam, Solomon Yeazle to Elizabeth Weaver; by Rev. J. H. F. Yoesting, Adam Kner to Maria Albrand; by Adam White, J. P., Walton Church to Elizabeth Reece; and by James Martin, J. P., Charles Shilling to Lucinda Richie; by Rev. Albert Halfenstein, Wm. Reichelderfer to Sarah Stebleton. September.—By Rev, Enos French, John Van Nuys to Katharine Wilson; by Daniel Hoak, J. P., Daniel Sunderland to Frances Maria Dubois; by James Spray, J. P., Andrew Zanglein to Mary Waltz, and by Adam White, J. P., William Reece to Mary Reynolds. October.--By John Morris, J. P., Henry Baker to Diana Parlet, and James Baezzle to Elizabeth Lusk; by Isaac Bowyer, J. P., Levi Peterson to ; by James Elliott J. P., Michael Sanford to Barbara Klickard; and by Rev. Jesse Bowdle, Henry Burns to Matilda McCoy. November. —By Adam White, J. P., Samuel Kaylor to Mary Magdalene Eich, and John Ream to Lydia A. Bresler; by Daniel Hoak, J. P., William Taylor to Mary Buck; by Rev. William Chaffee, Jacob Heindel to Elizabeth Dewey; by Lewis Sroufe, J. P., Joseph Miller to Barbara Raderer; by H. D. V. Williams, J. P., Hollis Hanson to Sarah Shaw; and by John Morris J. P., Steven Looney to Louisiana Bitter. December,—By H. D. V. Williams, J. P., William Watson to Rachel Ann Scott; by Daniel Hoak, J. P., Samuel Whetstone to Anna Maria Berryman; and by Lewis Sroufe, J. P., Joseph J. Skinner to Susan Hoyt. 1838. January.—By Rev. Alden Beese, George W. Williams to Jane Ann Shaw, and Jacob Huff hine to Nancy Brentlinger; by Isaac Bower, J. P., Isaac Peterson to Barbara Ann Harter, and John Cremean to Anna Daugherty; by Adam White, J. P., Robert Edgecomb to Elsey Lewis; by Nathan Daniels, J. P., Henry Kreidler to Jane Reed; by Daniel Hoak, J. P., Leonard Place to Cynthiana Love; by Rev. P. B. Holden, John Bakehorn to Mary Wood; by Rev. George G. Poague, Alexander Coon to Eliza Owens; and by Rev. John W. Starr, Stephen Howell to Electa Belknap. February.—By Anson M. Hadsell, J. P., John P. Fay to Mary Ann HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY - 259 Ward, and Spencer A. Smith to Fanny Smith; by Rev. Wm. Chaffee, H Nelson Bemiss to Louisa Thayer, and by Nathan Daniels, J. P., J. Brooker to Electa Ann Sprague. March.-By Rev. J. H. Ferdinand Yoesting, George Dresher to Margaret .Bartlein, Philip Spitznagel to Margaret Barbara Hoffman and John Nicholas Kneer to Anna Dorothea Hoffman; by Asa Wright, J. P., Thomas E. Foster to Sarah Richards; by Rev. Alden Beese, Wm. J. Kent to Rebecca Tullis, and by Barnet Meyer, J. P., H. Jameson to Susan Hawk. April.—By Daniel Hoak, J. P., Peter Ely to Rosanna Place, and John Barr to Mary Buck; by John Morris, J. P., Isaac S. Gruber to Margaret Hodges; by Rev. William Chaffee, Samuel Stever to Elizabeth Ann Lippincott; by David Gregory, J. P., Josiah Clawson, Jr., to Betsey Gregory; and by Isaac Bowyer, J. P., Levi H. Deniston to Melia Ireland. May.-By Anson M. Hadsell, J. P., Cornelius Snider to Mary Ann Strawsnider; by Rev. J. W. Starr, James Ward to Eliza Jane Hughs; by John M. Wilson, J. P., George Shineberry to Caroline Meek; and by John Morris, J. P., Jacob V. Van Dyke to Hannah Johnston. By Daniel Hoak, J. P., Peter Kephart to Mary Martin, and by Daniel Gregor: J. P., Joseph Jones to Eliza Whetstone. June.—By Rev. Albert Halfenstein, Ferdinand H. Binkley to Melinda Poague, and Jacob Stever to Nancy Ann Donor; by Lewis Sroufe, J. P., Paul Shindler to Katharine Raugh; by H. D. V. Williams, J. P. Samuel Miller to Elvina Moore; by Rev. J. H. Ferdinand Yoesting, John Mich'l MulfInger to Margaretta B. Altin, and by Rev. D. Campbell, Cyrus Holland to Rachel Osmun. By James H. Coleman, J. P., Adam Snyder to Lydia Meyers. By Rev. Geo. G. Poague, Samuel Sorrels to Isabella McLane; by Lewis Sroufe, J. P,, Andrew Jackson Sroufe to Mary Ann Mathews; by John W. Wilson, J. P., Elijah Grubb to Mary Ann Swihart; by Rev. J. H. F. Yoesting, John George Berwind to Sophia Dorothea Magdalena Naueuburger, and by John Corder, J. P., Joseph Harden to Martha Lusk. August.-By Rev. Albert Halfenstein, Wm. T. Hutt to Elizabeth Finley. 260 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY. September.—By Rev. J. H. F. boosting, John Miller to Margaret Miller, and by Benjamin F. Cochran, J. P., David H. Bryan to Barbara Stukey. October.—By Rev. John W. Starr, James M. Starr to Rachel Belknap; by Anson M. Hadsell, J. P., David R. Aldridge to Hannah Lewis, and by J. W. Hartsman, Casper Smith to Maria Elizabeth Kiser. November.—By Isaac Bowyer, J. P., Eli H. Stukey to Lucinda Ireland, and Squire Pint to Mary M. Peterson; by Rev. Alden Beese, Mich'l Burgoon to Mary Ann Vaughan, and Edwin Barker to Margaret Van Blaricom; by Anson M, Hadsell, J. P., Samuel G. Heath to Mary G. Hadsell; by Rev. John W. Starr, James M. Cremean to Mary Ann Summersett; by Richard Metheany, J. P., Asa Harvey to Mary Ann McMullin; by Wm. Patten, J. P., John F. Jackson to Susan Powell; by John Corder, J. P., George W. Bodkin to Mary Bogart; by Rev. George G. Poague, William Cunningham to Margaret Ann Poague; by H. V. D. Williams, J. P., A. N. Teegarden to Katy Ann Thorpe. December. —By Richard Metheany, J. P., Job Johnson to Julien Sperrier; by John M. Wilson, J. P., Franklin Dickerson to Nancy Hall; by James H. Coleman, J. P., John W. Caldwell to Judith R. Copeland; by Rev. John W. Starr, James W. Pearson to Jane C. Penton, and by Tolson Ford, J. P., James Ford to Sarah H. Keith. 1839. January.—By L. H. Ide, J. P., George Dowver to Polly Bupp, and Bernard Roessing to Julia A. Roessing; by Lewis Sroufe, J. P., Granderson Curtis to Elvira Robinson; by Rev. Wm. Chaffee, John Dowling to Eliza Bowers; by James Martin, J. P., Asa Malim to Rebecca Cox, and by John Morris, J. P., Jesse Harden to Mary Brentlinger; by H. V. D. Williams, J. P., Willis Copeland to Phebe Shaw. February.-By Rev. D, Campbell, Oliver McClintick to Catherine Smith; by Richard Metheany, J. P., William Patrick to Eleanor Dilts, and by William Patton, J. P., Augustus Kliffle to Frances Miller; by Rev. Elias Homer, Grover Ayres to Jane Stockdale. March.—By L. H. Ide, J. P., Solomon Saum to Lydia Waltz, Elias Kentner to Elizabeth 0. Sivalt, and John Bobb to Elizabeth Landich; by Rev. Wm. Chaffee, John Cunningham to Emeline Holloway; and James HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY - 261 Swansy to Sarah Lippincott; by John M. Wilson, J. P., Matthew Meek to Rhoda Davis; by Nathan Daniels, J. P., Gilbert Hurley to Ann Hanthorn; by David Gilmer, J. P., John Shellenbarger to Sarah Shellenbarger; by Rufus Coats, J. P., Jacob Meyers to Sarah Day; by Rev. J. Ferdinand Yoesting, George Koch to Margaretta Hoffman, and by Benj. F. Cochran, J. P., Daniel David to Catherine Fair. April.—By William Patton, J. P., Mathias Acountions to Katharine Deifel; by John Morris, J. P., Abraham Conner to Jane Tissue; by John Corder, J. P., John Kentner to Rebecca Bilgal; by Barnet Weyer, J. P. Alfred Reece to Mary Lawrence; by Rev. Wm, McGorkin, William Franklin to Margaret Pitman; by David Gilmer, J. P., Isaac Shockey to Mary Ann Gilmer; and by Daniel Hoak, J. P., Nelson Lane to Caroline Place. May.—By L. H. Ide, J. P., Wm. Jackson to Mary McCartney; by Rev. John Alexander, John McNabb, Jr., to Mary S. Slee; and by Anson M. Hadsell, J. P., Christian Hook to Mary Gallaspie. June.—By Anson M. Hadsell, J. P., Caleb Baldwin to Jane Armitage; by Daniel Hoak, J. P., Arvin Pint to Mary Clawson; and by James H. Coleman, J. P., Arnold S. Coleman to Sarah Ann Miller. July.—By Isaac Bowyer, J. P., Nicholas Stewart to Catharine Ridgenour; by John Corder, J. P., John W. Piper to Margaret Hamilton; and by E. Hover, J. P., Benj. Hull to Mary Bissell. August.-By Daniel Hoak, J. P., John Briggs to Susanna Harter and Samuel Place to Jane Osterhout; by Rev. P. B. Holden, John Watkins to Nancy Berryhill; by Asa Wright, J. P., Wesley B. Ransbottom to Emily Wright; by Rev. John Alexander, Samuel Clippinger to Joan Valentine; by Anson M. Hadsell, J. P., David D. Morris to Sarah McCafferty; by William Patton, J. P., Peter Roerbaugh to Caroline Heroff; and by Richard Metheany, J. P., Walter Bates to Phoebe Harvey, September.-By Adam Snyder, J. P., Daniel Tobias to Margaret Bobb; by Rufus Coats, J, P., Reason Dawson to Mary Davison; by John M. Wilson, J, P., John Webster to Elizabeth Meyer; by Anson M. Hadsell, J. P., Andrew Meyer to Nancy Nash; by David Gilbert, J. P., David Shields to Jane Herbert; and by Rev. Wm. McGorkin, Wm. McKibben to Samenta Hunter; by Daniel Gregory, J. P., George Bodkin to Charity Manier. 262 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY. October.—By Rev. Samuel Lynch, Geo. Belknap to Katurah Penton; by Barnet Weyer, J. P., Thomas J. Russell to Louisa Harrison; by Daniel Hoak, J. P., John Clink to Catherine Sunderland; by Rev. Elias Homer, Lemuel H. Ide to Mary Middleton. November, —By Rev. Enoch Harvey, Amos Copeland to Mary Jane Layton; by James H. Coleman, J. P., 'William Stickler to Mary Jane Delong; and by Eli E. Corson, J. P., John Adare to Rebecca Moore. December.—By James Crozier, J. P., Lewis Briggs to Phoebe Carr; by Rev. Samuel Lynch, William A. Vinson to Sarah Jane Jacobs; by Isaac Bowyer, J. P., George Noll to Mary Cremean; by Shadrach Montgomery, J. P., Francis S. Horner to Isabella Campbell; by Rev. J. H. F. Yoesting, Lawrence Sommetinger to Rosina Frederica Shur; and by David Gilmer, J. P., Henry Hullebarger to Sarah Jane Bodle. 1840. January.—By Daniel Hoak, J. P., William Place to Mary Alexander, and William Mars to Mary Jane Corns; by Samuel Beakley, J. P., Moses Knisely to Rebecca Ann Bramblet; by Adam Snyder, J. P., Michael Fisher to Barbara Noll; and by Tolson Ford, J. P., Isaac Shockey to Elizabeth T. Morrison. February.—By Nathan Woodbury, J. P., Justus Dawson to Lucretia Ann Davison; by Rufus Coats, J. P., Aaron Dawson to Emily Peppler; by Shadrach Montgomery, J. P., James Spray to Jane Hughes; by Rev. Enoch Harvey, James Gillespy to Elizabeth Tompkins; by Rev. John Guest, John Sever to Desire Butler; and by James Coleman, J. P., Samuel Focht to Mary Bethards. March.—By John M. Wilson, J. P., Jacob Cummingham to Nancy Ann Vincent, Eli Cunningham to Roxana Adeline Harshe, Henry Baker to Mary Ann Williams, Robert Meek to Sarah Davis,. and Samuel B. Keith to Sarah Baker; by Isaac Bowyer, J. P., Henry Noll to Elizabeth Westbay, and Samuel Burgner to Sarah Hartman; by Rev. Wm. Chaffee, Henry Hackethorn to Sarah A. Wood; by Derrick P. Darling, J. P., Jacob Monroe to Mary B. Sprague; by Andrew Zanglein, J. P.; John Decker to Katherine Berwind; by Adam Snyder, J. P., Thomas Pownall to Mary Ann Van Blaricam; by Rev. Samuel Lynch, Joseph Leipset to Francis Green; and by Rev. J. H. F. Yoesting, Jacob Zorn to Elizabeth Klopfenstein. HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY - 263 April.—By Andrew Zanglein, J. P., Nicholas Gluckert to Mary Ann Manger, and George Frederick Roth to Mary Englehampt; by Edward Hanthorn, J. P., Peter Snyder to Clarinda Edgecomb; by Isaac Bowyer J. P., Christopher Walter to Polly Hogans; by David Gilmer, J. P. William Goodenow to Sarah Ford, and by James H. Coleman, J. P., Jefferson Shiffier to Mary Bruckney. May.—By Edward Hanthorn, J. P., Geo. Long to Laura Mason; by Daniel Hoak, J. P., David Hackethorn to Martha Custard; by Rev. Alden Beese, Philemon B. Williams to Sally S. Shaw; and by John Morris, J. P., Daniel Bitler to Sarah Jane Vantress. June.—By Eli E. Carson, J. P., Jonathan Morecraft to Mary Ann Crossley; by Rufus Coats, J. P., Jacob McPheron to Ruth Elsworth; by Rev. John Henry Ferdinand Yoesting, Wm. Kottman to Sophia Niemyer; by Rev. John Alexander, Jr., Daniel H. Smith to Ruth Ann Homan, and Samuel Bailor to Mary Bacom; by Anson M. Hadsell, J. P., John Roederer to Anna Boop; and by Charles W. Williams, J. P., Daniel HIll to Harriet Hullinger. July.—By Charles H. Williams, J. P., John Whitehouse to Eliza Ford, and by Nathan Woodbury, J. P., James Robison to Jane Payne. August.—By Rufus Coats, J. P., Joseph Hipple to Sarah Gish, and Peter Hippert to Sophronia Smith; by Anson M. Hadsell, J. P., Wm. Neely to Matilda Snodgrass, and James A. Hanson to Mary A. Mumah; by Isaac Bowyer, J. P., Jacob Bresler to Elizabeth Herring; by Rev. Elmore Yocum, George Armstrong to Sophia Allen; by Rev. John Guest, Josiah B. Roberts to Margaret Winsott; by John G. Penton, J. P., Mark Harden to Margaret Slone; by Tolson Ford, J. P., James T. Keith, Jr., to Catherine Williams; by Nathan Woodbury, J. P., Isaac Constant to Nancy Elsworth; and by Rev. John Alexander, Jr., Amos Clutter to Charlotte Higgins. September.-By Daniel Hoak, J. P., Wm. Sunderland to Elizabeth Dehart; by Richard Metheany, J. P., Joseph McNamer to Margaret Young; by James H. Coleman, J. P., John Colby to Barbara Craw; by John G. Penton, J. P., Wm. Howell to Margaret Carter; by Anson M. Hadsell, J. P., Solomon Wollet to Elizabeth Richards; by Andrew Zanglein, J. P., John Frantz to Barbara Weiner; by Barnet Weyer, J. P., Gabriel R. Hubbell to Nancy Ann Harrison. 264 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY. October.—By Samuel Bleakley, J. P., Jacob Arnet to Eve Arnet, Archibald Montgomery to Julia Ann Brannum, and Eden Julien to Amy Goodwin; by Rufus Coats, J. P., Henry S. Bennet to Sarah Whetstone, and Lewis Focht to Martha Bailiff; by Andrew Zanglein, J. P., John C. Bothe to Anna Maria Schemel; by Rev. J. H. F. Yoesting, Michael Keifer to Lydia Heroff; by D. P. Darling, J. P., Samuel Sharp to Amy Robbins; by John M. Wilson, J. P., Isaac Ransbottom to Caroline Staley; by Richard Metheany, J. P., John A. Dor to Patience Allyn, and Isaac Boston to Eve Harter; and hy Barnet Weyer, J. P., Noe Dearth to Prudine Rayl. November.—By Rev. William Chaffee, Ferguson Pangle to Mary Jane Bane; by Anson M. Hadsell, J. P.; Warren Roberts to Lydia Edge-comb; by James H. Coleman, J. P., Solomon Grahill to Evelina Powell; by Rev. John Alexander, Jr., David Morris to Harriet J. Skinner, and by Silas Faurot, J. P., Walter Edgecomb to Laura Bassett. December.—By Rufus Coats, J. P., William Harrod to Mary Foclet; by Daniel Hoak, J. P., Leonard Miller to Etty Taylor; by Shadrach Montgomery, J. P., Joseph Campbell to Clarissa Brannum; by E. Hover, J. P., John Delong to Susanna Bowsher; by Rev. John Alexander, Jr., Barclay A. Satterthwaite to Eliza Blackburn; by Silas Faurot, J. P., Daniel Neher to Anna Miller, and John Miller to Elizabeth Riggle; by Rev. Alden Beese, Jackson M. Shaw to Rebecca Hester; by Eli E. Corson, J. P., John Valentine to Elizabeth Adair; and by Samuel Bleakley, J. P., James Wilkins to Mary Hester. 1841. January.—By Andrew Zanglein, J. P., Christian Ruck to Elizabeth Colter; by Rufus Coats, J. P., Samuel F. Jacobs to Nancy Harden; and by Tolson Ford, J. P., John Shellenbarger to Mahaleh Yeasel. February.—By Rev. Isaac Hunt, Jacob Maus to Catherine E. Roberts; by Rev. John Henry Ferdinand Yoesting, George Geyer to Catherine Klapfenstein; by Anson M. Hadsell, J. P., Edmund Faulkner to Betsy Rumbaugh; by Tolson Ford, J. P., Armstrong E. Boyd to Sarah Ann Shellenbarger; and by Benj. H. Lanning, J. P., Armstrong Miller to Elizabeth Heidecker. March. —By Richard Metheany, J. P., Conrad Holtzhauser to Mar- HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY - 265 garretta Wagner, and Geo. Craft to Elizabeth Murdock; by Andrew Zanglein, J. P., Capar Bonsig to Mary Byersdorfer; by Benj. H. Lanning, J. P., Daniel Ayres to Martha Foster, and Isaac Powell to Sarah Van Blaracom; by Samuel Bleakley, J. P., Cornelius Copsey to Mary Copsey, and John Nichols to Frankie Coon; by Richard Metheany, J. P., Robert C. Layten to Martha L. Corder; by Anson M. Hadsell, J P., Henry Richards to Sarah Titus; and by Harrison Gregory, J. P. Francis Gregory to Martha Berryman. April—By Rev. Michael Martz, Thos. Miller to Rachel Ann Thorp; by Eli E. Corson, J. P., Aaron Richardson to Anna Cline; by Nathan Woodbury, J. P., Nelson R. Basil, Jr., to Mary Miles; by E. Hover, J. P., Andrew Kesler to Catherine Shafer; by Richard Metheany, J. P, Michel Wagner to Hannah Levering; by Daniel Hoak, J. P., Emanuel Place to Hannah Winans; by Josiah J. Walker, J. P., Henry Bechdolat to Anna Coleman; by Edward Hartshorn, J. P., David Powell to Sophia Waldron, and Henry H. Roeder to Sarah Hawk; by Rev. William McGookin, John A. Lee to Elizabeth McCullough. May.—By Eli E. Corson, J. P., William J. Hover to Ann Elizabeth Starrett. June.—By Rev. John M. Crabb, Philip B. Hueston to Rachel Rumbaugh; by Rev. John H. F. Yoesting, John Shafer to Magdalena Burghart; by Andrew Zanglein, J. P., John Englehaupt to Katherine Hartand; and by Benj. H. Lanning, J. P., Jacob Bobb to Elizabeth Kantner. July.—By M. Leatherman, J. P., Samuel McCafferty to Susannah Watt, and Josiah H. Walton to Maria Cunningham; by Enos S. Oxley, J. P., John Lockhart to Hannah LeMaster; by Isaac Bowyer, J. P. Enoch Crower to Lavina Honeywell; by Daniel Hoak, J. P., John Dehart to Harriet Taylor; by Rev. Wm. Chaffee, Anson M. Hadsell to Adaline Thayer; by Abner Copeland, J. P., Albert Brackney to Maria Ann Tissue; and by John M. Crabb, J. P., Peter Kephart to Anna Eliza Keve August.—By Samuel Richards, J. P., David Herring to Susannah Van Wey; by Abner Copeland, J. P., James Carter to Mary Barton; by Silas Faurot, J. P., Michael Kenada to Elizabeth Camp; and by Richard Metheany, J. P., Daniel Sager to Rebecca Ann Taylor. September.—By Rev. Edward Williams, James C. Ford to Louisa Evaline Goodenow; by Andrew Zanglein, J. P., Joseph Flick to Eliz- 266 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY. abeth Seiter; by Josiah J. Walker, J. P., Geo, W. Burke to Margaret F. Morris; and by Rev. Joseph Crosby, Benj. Clevenger to Sarah Lane. October.—By Richard Metheany, J. P,, Charles R. Levering to Betsy Milnes, Mr. Tester to Sally Walter, and Geo. Brown to Barbara Conrad; by Samuel Myers, J. P., Adelbert Mergenthal to Catherine Gerstver; and by John G. Penton, J. P., James Logan to Christiana Weaver. November.--By Isaac Bowyer, J. P,, John Ridenour to Lydia Ridenour; by J. M. Crabb, Jacob A. Boop to Susannah Jameson; by Allen Gilmer, J. P., Joseph Dawson to Rebecca Ingledue and by T. H. Tunke, J. P., Rudolph Brachsiech to Catherine Gravis. December.-By Andrew Zanglein, J. P., John Stickler to Rebecca Van Blaracam; by Rev. G. Spangler, John Luntz to Barbara Wagner; by John Rogers, J. P., Frederick .Reece to Martha Pownell; and by Wm. H. Valentine, J. P., Edward Boyd to Catherine Creps. 1842. January.—By D. P. Darling, J. P., Peter Walters to Emily Hull and Lewis J. Williams to Miss Willey; by Anson M. Hadsell, J. P., John Watt to Margaret Jane Jameson. February.-By Anson M. Hadsell, J. P., Spencer A. Smith to Mary Jane Moman; and by Richard Metheany, J, P., Alden B. Herman to Amelia Jackson. March.—By Richard Metheany, J. P., Henry Christy to Rachel Julien, and Thomas. Fairfield to Margaret Foster; by John G. Penton, J. P., Henry McTaggart to Eve Lepley; by Burgess Dickey, J. P., George Coon to Juliet Decoursey; by Rev Wm. Chaffee, Moses Smith to Louisa Maria Hover; by Benj. H. Lanning, J. P., John Sandusky to Mary Danver; by Silas Faurot, J. P., Alexander Alison, Jr., to Mary Olmstead; by John Davis, J. P., John M. Wilson, J. P., to Jarah Whiteherse; by Abner Copeland, J. P., Adam Focht, Jr., to Ursula Jane Bailey; and by Andrew Zanglein J. P., John Farres to Magdalena Mergenthal. April—By Jacoh Carr, J. P.. William Byan to Delilah Briggs; by Rev. George G. Poague, David Hunter to Harriet Hoover, and by Samuel Blakeley, J. P., David Lintch to Susannah Friedline. May.—By Moses McDonald, J. P., Barzillai Osman to Rebecca Han- HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY - 267 thorn; by Anson M. Hadsell, J. P., Jaceb Rouse to Nancy Jane Neely and by Benj. H. Lanning, J. P., Daniel Spees to Martha Francis. June.—By D. P. Darling, J. P., Eli Reichelderfer to Mary Delong by John M. Wilson, J. P., Daniel Parhamis to Margaret Smelly; by B H. Lanning, J. P., William H. Voorhis to Elsa Harvey; by Rev J. M Young. Nelson R. Basil to Lucy Marshall, and Benj. F. Wolcott to Emily Marshall. July.—By Rev. John M. Crabb, Archibald S. Cunningham to Matilda Beaty; by John Rogers, J. P., Jeremiah S. Copeland to Margaret Ann Lockhart; by Samuel Myers, J. P., Joseph Linder to Leah Heroff; by Rev. John M. Young, Isaac Constant to Alice Perkins; by Jacob Carr, J P,, Elijah Miller to Sarah Peterson; and by Silas Faurot, J. P., Samuel Price to Olive Armitage. August.—By Silas Faurot, J. P., Lewis Wolf to Sarah Lighty, and Richard Gilbert to Anna Swain; by Rev. E. Standeford, Aquilla Standeford to Fanny Standeford; by John G. Penton, J. P., Cadwallader Jacobs to Sally Lepley; and by Anson M. Hadsell, J. P., William W Hawk to Mary D. Merrill. September.—By Rev. J. M. Crabb, John Terry to Theodosia Van Delsem; by Anson M. Hadsell, J. P., Benj. Hanson to Catherine Ward; by: Rev. J. M. Young, Wm. B. Watson to Maragaret Ann Inskeep; by Shadrach Montgomery, J. P., Jonathan Hopkins to Lydia Mary Pierce; by Rev. John M. Shockey, John Bayliff to Priscilla Hollinger; and by Anson M. Hadsell, J. P., Reuben C. Walton to Sarah McLun. October.—By Samuel Bleakley, J. P., Robert Kithcart to Elizabeth Ryan; by Jacob Carr, J. P., George Cremean to Elizabeth Carr; and by Benj. H. Lanning, J. P., Lucas Bagsome to Elizabeth Cook; by Thomas Nash, J. P., Jacob Rumbaugh to Comfort Whiteherse; by Rev. J. M. Crabb, Henry M. Shelby to Emeline Blackburn; by Samuel Myers, J. P. John Clark to Charlotta Heroff, and Michael Bush to Anna Maria Walsh and by Benj. H. Lanning, J. P., Casper Bonsig to Francisca Bowman. November.—By Anson M. Hadsell, J. P., Morgan Mumaugh to Jane McClure; by Rev. Samuel P. Tingle, Abraham Ritchey to Mary Momor; by John M. Wilson, J. P., John Clark to Sarah Davison; by Enos S. Ofley, J. P., Oliver P. Bogart to Sarah Jane Lockhart; by Rev. John M. 268 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY. Crabb, Remus Beach to Mary Ferguson; and by John G. Penton, J. P,, Charles Dudgeon to Margaret Carter. December.—By Rev. John M. Crabb, James if Anderson to Martha Dobbins; by Eli S. Carson, J. P., Andrew Budd to Mary Moncraft; by Rev. John Alexander, Jr., Charles A. Hover to Adaline D. Sunderland, and George Busick to Ann Heckathorn; by Anson M. Hadsell, J. P., Edward Hanthorn to Elvira Miller; by Edward Hanthorn, J. P., John Skinner to Adaline Robison; by W. H. Valentine, J. P., George Williams to Micajah Ann Banes; by Rev. Wm. Chaffee, George Mason to Rachel Herbert; and by Harrison Gregory, J. P., Zadock Bice to Eliza Ann Sunderland. 1843. January.-By Rev. John Alexander, Jr., Lorin Kennedy to Aldulia Curtiss, and James McLinn to Elizabeth Watt; by Jacob Carr, J. P., Ormond Kephart to Ann Amanda Hays, and Jacob Carr to Elizabeth Sukemiller; by Wm. H. Valentine, J. P., Wm. K. Bodle to Agnes Dennison; by Harrison Gregory, J. P., John Clawson to Ellen Gregory; by John M. Wilson, J. P., John F. Hall to Lydia Prossen; by M. Leatherman, J. P., Wm. McCafferty to Mary Robison; by Rev. Wm. Chaffee, Thomas McPheron to Nancy Coon; by George Spangler, J. P., Andrew Brentlinger to Eliza Jane Gardner; by Rev. Joseph Crosby, Samuel B. Crosby to Susan McPheron, and by Burgess Dickey, J. P., Milton Denis- ton to Mary Jane Carey. February.—By Jno. M. Wilson, J. P., Wm. Staley to Eliza White. beret; by Rev. John Alexander, Jr., Samuel Russel to Harriet Franklin; by Mich'l Leatherman, J. P., Joseph Kinseley to Susana Weaver; by John Rogers, J. P., Thomas Bogart to Hannah McMillen, and by Jacob Bonham, Philip Cook to Catherine Hull. March.—By Eli Coon, J. P., Elijah Coon to Lucy C. Witham; by Harrison Gregory, J. P., Zodock Bice to Eliza A. Sunderland; by Rev. John Alexander, Thomas Pierce to Anna Carey, Isaac N. Thomas to Mary Watt; by Samuel Bleakley, J. P., Geo. W. Coon to Elizabeth Copsey; by John Rogers, J. P., John B. Albright to Mary LeMasters; by same, Arthur McHugh to Elizabeth R. Lockport; by Rev. E. H. Holmes, Isaac B. McCoy to Mary Ann Christopher, Geo. W. Berthards to Comfort Williams; by Rev. Samuel Nelson, George B. Bennett to Mary Ann Basil; by Thomas Nash, J. P., John Ransbottom to Mary Swaine. HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY - 269 April.—By Rev. J. Alexander, Jr., Moses Haller to Esthel Burkholder; by Rev. Abraham Doan, George Spanler to Dorotha Hahn, Peter Staley to Sally Ransbottom; by A. Copeland, J. P., Zebulon Giberson to Nancy Day; by Charles Crites, J. P., James Johnson to Lovina Flinn; by Benj. W. Vance, J. P., Cyrus Hoak to Julia Culver; by Rev. John Alexander, Jr., Samuel Neher to Anna Neher. May.—By Rev. Samuel Nelson, James Penton to Mary Martin; by James Carr, J. P., John Pill to Mary Ann Smith; by Rev. Jas. A. Webster, Daniel Kolley, Jr., to Elizabeth Pierce; by George Spangler, George Huffman to Ursula Butcher; by James Bleakley, J. P., Aaron F. Cottrell to Jane Montgomery; by Moses McDonald, J, P., Nathan Davenport to Elizabeth W. Foster; by John Carr, J. P., Charles Miller to Rebecca Herring. June.—By Burgess Dickey, J. P.. Wm. Miller to Margaret Coon; by Rev. Geo. Spangler, Andrew Hohn to Rebecca McClure; by S. Montgomery, J. P., Henry Waltz to Margaret McMullen; by John M. Nelson, J. P., Peter Staley to Sally Ransbottom; by B. H. Lanning, J. P., John Kieth to Catherine Schoonover. July.—By Charles Crites, J. P., Benjamin Manley to Mary Carr, Thos. J. West to Lydia Bramlet; by Rev. Geo. Spangler, Philip Grier to Wilhelmina Harbst; by Rev. Edward Williams, Jonas Moneysmith to Elizabeth Long, Jacob Lakemiller to Mary Ann Huffer; by Enos H. Oscley, J. P., M. A. Copeland to Eley K. Snider; by Job Johnson, J. P., Thomas Johnson to Mary Ann Studey. August.—Celestine Kerghner to Katharine Leible; by W. H. Valentine, J. P., Michael Baker to Mary Ann Keith. September. —By Charles Crites, J. P., George Knittle to Margaret Waters; by Jas. S. Clemons, J. P., Sebastian Ike, Jr., to Mary Hook; by Samuel Nelson, David Logan to Minerva Rodgers; by Rev. John Alexander, Benjamin Reed to Quintilla Cremean; by Rev. Abraham Doan, Charles Bowsher to Mary Stepleton; by Rev. John Alexander, Jr., John M. Cusmaul to Susannah Gate, William Whetstone to Margaret Elsworth. October.—By Sam'l Myers, J. P., John Pownal to Catherine Myers; by W. H.–Valentine, J. P., James Keith to Margaret Williams; by Rev. George Spangler, George Rohrbacker to Catherine Schilp; by Moses McDonald, J. P., Wm. Hanthorn to Jane Harford; by Rev. Henry 16 270 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY. Morris, Amos Smeadley to Rebecca Haman; by Anson M. Hadsell, J. P., Anthony Hall to Deborah Walton; by Allen Gilmore, J. P., Win. Shockey to Pamelia Corson; by Rev. John Alexander, Jr., Tobias Coon to Eleanor DeCamsey, and Jacob Hartman to Sophia Fleiz; by Benj. W. Vance, J. P., Frederick Harter to Mary Higher. November.-By Rev. Abraham Dowd, John Steepleton to Hetty Bowsher; by Samuel Bleakley, J. P., George Benton to Sarah Corder and Richard Howell to Isabel Montgomery; by Samuel Focht, J. P., Hugh R. Bailey to Mary Orr; by Joseph W. Hall, J. P., Cyrus K. Hall to Louisa Bellinger; by Rev. John Alexander, Jr., Warren Roberts to Mary Rumbaugh and John Bryan to Minerva Beese; by Rev. Thomas Reed, Win. Miller to Elizabeth Finland and Josiah Cowan to Elizabeth Ann Miller; by Charles Crites, J. P. (on the 16th), Samuel Fulk to Eliza Bryan; by Samuel Focht, J. P., Jacob Klinganan to Elizabeth Tam; by Moses McDonald, J. P., Allen Reynolds to Jane Hanthorn; by Rev. T. H. Tanke, Herman W. Meckstroth to Christine Elizabeth Schebuethamys, Herman Henry Wievville to Christine Elizabeth Nussmeise and Herman William Fladdengohams to Elizabeth Christine Houerath. December.—By Benj. W. Vance, J. P., Eli Brunfield to Elizabeth Ramey; by Wm. Highland, J. P., Samuel Shoupe to Catherine Tester; by John Rogers, J. P., Sam'l S. Coleman to Nancy J. Copeland and Frank Keller to Margaret Rumbaugh; by Wm. H. Valentine, J. P., Henry Leatherman to Mary Jane Whitehurst. 1844. January.—By Benj. W. Vance, J. P., Amos Clawson to Mary Jane Potter; by D. P. Darling, J. P., Henry Sprague to Margaret Tyson; by Samuel Bleakley, J. P., Jonathan Weller to Nancy Powell; by Charles Crites, J. P., (on the 12th) William Powers to Rebecca Barnt, and (on the 13th) Amos Fossonact to ,Dorothy Ridenour; by Rev. Joseph Crossley, Ross Crossley to Phoebe Apple; by Anson M. Hadsell, J. P., Jacob Huey to Artemesia Rich; by Rev. Samuel Miller, Silas W. Slater to Margaret Ann Moore; by James S. Cheevers, J. P., Samuel Hume to Catherine Holler. February.—By C. B. Brandeberry, J. P., Charles Shives to Mar; Welsh; by Charles Crites, J. P., (on the 14th) Abner Carr to Viana John; HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY - 271 by John Rogers, J. P., Asa Martin to Hannah Coleman; by Rev. John Shockey, Alexander E. Kerr to Jane McCoy; by Moses McDonald, J. P. Chancy L. Kent to Harriet Fleming; by Samuel Bleakley, J. P., James H. Vannortrick to Catherina Kiser. March.—By Rev. Thomas Reed, Caleb Baldwin to Elizabeth Buchanan; by Rev. Samuel Wilson, George Stiles to Mary Howell, and John Gibeson to Sinthyan Richardson; by Moses Boulom, J. P., Peleg Lewis: to Elizabeth Huey; by James S. Cheevers, J. P., Charles F. Faurot to Lucina Hanes; by Rev. Samuel Wilson, Andrew Brentlinger to Ruth Watt; by C. B. Brandeberry, J. P., Israel Deniston to Catharine Ann Fritz; by William Reece, J. P., David Reece to Julia Ann Lane; by Anson M. Hadsell, J. P., Nathaniel McClure to Mary McClane; by Amos Evans, J. P., Daniel Sakemiller to Sarah Carman; by Rev. John Shockey Madison Copeland to Catharine Hullinger; by Edward Hartshorn, J. P. Joseph H. Dawson to Mariah Moore. April.—By Burgess Dickey, J. P., James Yoakuin to Mary Ann Brown; by Allen Gilmer, J. P., William H. Brown to Lucinda Cook; by James S. Cheevers, J. P., John Barkholder to Elizabeth Clark; by Benjamin W. Vance, J. P., Theron L. Buck to Isabella Wiley; by Rev Samuel Wilson, William Lusk, Jr., to Sarah Ann Bennet. May.—By Benjamin W. Vance, J. P., Isaac Miller to Sarah Hyer by Rev. William Chaffee, Daniel J. Voorhis to Margaret Ann Roney and John Battzell to Henrietta D. Holton; by David Hunter, J. P. John R. Logan to Elizabeth Curtis; by Konrad Schemmel, J. P., Karl Wise to Margaretta Dresher; by Rev. Samuel Wilson, Thomas J. Looney to Phoebe Richardson; by Joseph Bresler, J. P., Aaron Jackson Golliver to Sarah Maria Lawrence; by James Watts, J. P., Joseph C. Ford to Eliza Jane Yazle. June.—By Rev. George Spangler, John Bubp to Catherine Tobias and John Coch to Dorothy Engletharp; by Rev. Samuel Wilson, Isaac Shockey to Nancy Sully; by John McLean, J. P., Joseph Williams to Rhoda Richardson; by Anson M. Hadsell, J. P., Joseph W. Reeder to Rebecca Ann Swick; by William Reece, J. P., Charles H. Hubble to Charity Ann Gilbert; by Joseph Bresler, J. P., Amos Evans to Catharine Timmons. July.—By Edward Hartshorn, J. P., Edward Shinaberry to Hannah 272 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY. Faurot, and Hiram Protman to Margaret Elliott; by James McFarland, J. P., Edward Vannortwick to Rebecca Van Nagle; by S. M. Cowan, J. P., Beverly Shard to Mary Jacobs; by Rev. Samuel Wilson, William Priddy to Elizabeth Bowyer; by Burgess Dickey, J. P., George Coon to Susannah Right. August. —By Edward Hartshorn, J. P., Alexander Crawford to Caroline Waldon, and William Wolf to Elizabeth Struckmyers; by S. M. Colon, J. P., Simon Dresher to Margaret Wiseman; by Rev. George Spangler, Paul Birk to Polly Van Blaricom; by Benjamin Vance, J. P., Isaac Briggs to Elizabeth Harter; by John Hoffman, J. P., Daniel Brentlinger to Rebecca Carter; by James E. McFarland, J. P., John Julien to Mary Ann Cook; by Rev. William Chaffee, John Winfield to Jane Terry. September.—By Benjamin Vance, J. P., George Gregory to Catharine Miller; by Rev. George Spangler, Philip Klopfenstein to Christiana Zorn; by Rev. David Crall, Andrew S. Edmiston to Mary B. Winrott; by Rev. S. S. Yourtree, Barton A. Holland to Lydia Osmon. October.—By Rev. Samuel Wilson, William C. Keith to Amanda Donnells; by. Rev. Wm. Robst, George Schemmel to Maria Fleitz, and Michael Hummert to Anna Bobb; by D. P. Darling, J. P., Samuel Pillars to Narcissa Cutler, and Wm. S. Brooks to Lucy Chamberland; by Samuel S.Yourtree, Samuel Custard to Elizabeth Jacobs; by Wm. Reece, J. P., Wm. B. Weyer to Lucretia Nash. November.—By Anson M. Hadsell, J. P., George M. Hadsell to Maria Thayer; by Rev. Samuel Yourtree, John Beiler to Margaret Cunningham, and William Pangle to Sarah McDonal; by Rev. John M. Crabb, Lester Bliss to Belinda Ann Hover; by Rev. M. Herbst, Michael Franz to Walburger Herbst; by Edward Hanthorn, J. P., Ephraim Davis to Dursilla Shinaberry; by Rev. John M. Crabb, John Watt to Christiana Grear; by Rev. Samuel Tingle, John H. H. McCain to Mary Jane Maxwell. December. -By Rev. John M. Crabb, Samuel Coon to Mary Tracy; by Moses Brenham, J. P.. John Hummel to Mary Morris; by Rev. Samuel. Sylvestre, Cyrus Holland to Mary E. Chippinger; by James E. McFarland, J. P., John N. Showan to Margaret Foster; by Rev. George Spangler, John Sammetinger to Catharine Tobias; by Rev. John M. Crabb, James D. W. Shockey to Sarah Jane Huston; by Rev. John Swahlen, Henry Lammas to Elizabeth Nemire. HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY - 273 1845. January.—By Rev. Samuel S. Yourtree, Thomas Russell to Margaret Johnson, and James M. Satherthwait to Ellen Rebecca Cunningham; by Rev. M, C. Robst, Joseph Byersdorfer to Elizabeth Pfenining; by C. H. Williams, J. P., Daniel Mayer to Mary Ann Ranes; by Rev. S, M. Beaty, Geo. AV. Trumbull to Prizzella Elliott; by Simon Dresher, J. P., Mathias Wagner to Mary Routh. February.—By Thomas Nash, J. P., Samuel L. Watt to Mary Grear; by Joseph Bresler, J. P., John Stalter to Leah Foster; by James S. Cheevers, J, P., Martin Miller to Mary M. Riggle; by Archelaus Martin, J. P., Philip Place to Rebecca Johnson; by Rev. Harris Wells, Lemuel Williams to Mary Ellsworth. March.—By Anson M. Hadsell, J. P., Thomas McClure to Ruth Grear; by Rev. Samuel Wilson, James H. Lusk to Catharine J. Keysor; by Charles Crites, J. P. (on the 19th), Abraham East to Jane McMellen; by Enos Evans, J. P., Smith Baxter to Mary Cremean; by Chas. H. Williams, J. P., John M. Keith to Eleanor Hill; by Burgess Dickey, J. P., Frederick Ross to Anna Coon. April.—By Charles Crites, J. P. (on the 1st), Joseph Bresler to Elizabeth Douer; by I. W. Hall, J. P., Samuel Stumbaugh to Lucinda Staley; by Job Johnson, J. P., Lewis Ayres to Mary Lucus; by Samuel Bleakley, J. P., Daniel McMurray to Jane Cottrell, and Bazzel E. Moore to Margaret Rodenbander; by Rev. Enoch Harvey, John Gillaspey to Susannah Hefner; by John Rogers, J. P., Robert Beer to Ann Eliza Vantress; by Charles Crites, J. P. (on the 13th), David Long to Sarah Ridenour: by S. M. Cowan, J. P., James E. McFarland to Rosanah Walker; by Rev. John Shockey,John M. Smith to Mary O'Neal; by Rev. Samuel S. Yourtree, Viers Maguire to Sarah Cochran. May.—By Chas. H. Williams, J. P., James M. Huston to Cornelia Jane Enos; by Rev. R. D. Mason, Geo. W. Holbrook to Mary Virginia Nichols; by Rev. John M. Crabb, Joseph Tingle to Ann Sophia Cunningham; by John Corder, J. P,; James H. Corder to Margaret Beer; by D.. P. Darling, J. P., Eli Delong to Susan Dodson, and John C. Bear to Mary Tyson; by Chas. H. Williams, J. P., James O'Neal to Sarah Jane Hurst. June.—By Job Johnson, J. P., Ellsey H. Rogers to Nancy Jane Mor- 274 - HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY. ris, and Frederick Weimiller to Polly Herpst; by Rev. John M. Crabb, James W. Autrom to Nancy Rumbaugh; by Rev. M. C. Bobst, Mich'l Miller to Margaret Cottenberger; by William Berryman, J. P., John Gregory to Susan Higher; by Samuel Bleakley, J. Solomon Saum to Sarah Carpenter; by Job Johnson, J. P., James M. Shaw to Sarah Jacobs; by John McLean, J. P., William VanHorn to Sarah Spurgo. July. —By Burgess Dickey, J. P., Eleazor Cottrell to Catharine Myers; by James S. Cheevers, J. P., George Mack to Mary Ritter; by Amos Evans, J. P., Reuben Williams to Margaret Hay; by Rev. M. Bates, William Tingle to Mary Ann Bates. August.—By Geo. Spangler, J. P., Christian Burke to Catharine Brosius; by Edward Hartshorn, J. P., John Leatherman to Mary Ann Brown; by Samuel Focht, J. P., Stephen Klingman to Ann Conner; by J. W. Hall, J. P., Adam Evick to Eve Fisher; by James Watt, J. P. Bradrick Bailey to Lucy Lawrence. September.-By Rev. John M. Crabb, Edward Marat to Sarah Cole; by A. Martin, J. P., James Panabaker to Eluora Ash; by Allen Gilmore, J. P., Jackson Davidson and Clarinda Mix; by George Spangler, J. P., Henry Hatter to Catharine Shaffer; by Samuel Wilson, J. P., M. W. Bowdle to Letitia McCoy; by Anson M. Hadsell, J. P., Samuel McClure to Elizabeth Patterson; by Abraham Doper, J. P., Jacob Crites to Mary Jane Cremean. October.—By R. S. Anderson. J. P., George Myers to Lidia Ann Williams; by Edward Hartshorn, J. P., Melancthon Petil to Lydia Jane Tharp; by Missionary, Matthew N. Shane to Mary Buchanan; by Geo. Spangler, J. P., John H. Fisher to Mary Simon; by Amos Evans, J. P., Frederick Sakemiller to Elizabeth Harter. November.—By Edward Williams, J. P., Benjamin Whitney to Minerva H. Daniels; by C. H. Williams, J. P., Samuel Shellabarger to Rebecca Loughrige; by Rev. M. Bobst, Charles Markley to Ann C. Cotsenberger; by Samuel Wilson, M. G., John F. Miller to Mary Stevenson; by Charles Crites, J. P., Arthur Van Wey to Louisa Olmstead; by William Reese, J. P., James M. Candlers to Susan Rayl; by John Corder, J. P., Charles Brackney to Mary Arthur; by Charles Crites, J. P., Samuel Clutter to Elizabeth East. December.—By Shadrach Montgomery, J. P., Simeon Smith to Sally HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY - 275 Howell; by Samuel Focht, J. P., George Klingman to Mary Tam; by Samuel Bleakley, J. P., James Ryan to Hannah G. Burton; by William Reese, J. P., John Greenawalt to Julien Baker; by Anson M. Hadsell, J. P., John B. Patterson to Sarah Watt; by Peter Houck, J. P., John Christian to Elizabeth Elsas; by James Watt, J. P., Presley Gant toe Ellen O'Niel; by Rev. Wm. Miller, Joseph G. Howell to Jane Miller; by Wm. Reece, J. P., John Grubb to Elizabeth Robinson; by Moses McDonald, J. P., Samuel H. Saxton to Mary A. Corns; by James S. Cheevers, J. P., Barnet Statler to Laura E. Slayton. In addition to the marriages recorded in Allen, there were many mar riages of her citizens celebrated and registered without the county while others were never placed on the register. Evidences of this appear in the part of this work devoted to biography.