THE


COUNTY OF FULTON


A History of Fulton County, Ohio, from the Earliest

Days, with Special Chapters on Various Subjects,

Including Each of the Different Townships;

Also a Biographical Department.


THOMAS MIKESELL

EDITOR


MADISON, WIS.

NORTHWESTERN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION


1905



FULTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE, WAUSEON, OHIO

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CONTENTS


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1.

FULTON COUNTY ANTIQUITIES

CHAPTERS I THROUGH VI (PAGES 17-101

The Mound Builders —Their works in Fulton county—General description of mounds—Implements made by the extinct race—Conflicting theories.

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2.

EARLY JURISDICTION

Title to lands—Treaty of 1783—Virginia's claim of sovereignty— The Greenville treaty—The county of Wayne—Representatives in first legislative assembly—Under the jurisdiction of Montgomery, Miami, Shelby, Williams, Lucas, and Henry counties--Claims of the Indians—Cessions of territory by the Red Men—Formation of Fulton county.

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3.

THE BOUNDARY DISPUTE

Importance of the question--The origin of the difficulty— Mitchell & Bradley's map—Exception clause in first State constitution—The Harris line—The Fulton line—The Wabash and Lake Erie canal—Attack upon official surveying party-- Major Stickney and his connections with the boundary dispute—Removal of the obstreperous Acting-Governor Stevens of Michigan—Dispute finally settled by Congress— Legal phases of the question.

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4.

SETTLEMENT AND ORGANIZATION

Pioneer settlements and mention of early settlers—The "Vistula Road"—Organization of the county—Nathaniel Leggett— First county officials—The locating of the seat of Justice— The building of the Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana railroad—History of efforts to establish newspapers—Census of 1860—Character of the population.

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5.

THE COUNTY'S WAR RECORD

Period of peace—The sectional strife—Opposition to the government's policy—First organization of troops—The Fourteenth regiment—The Thirty-eighth, Sixty-seventh, Sixty- eighth, Eighty-fifth, Eighty-sixth, One Hundredth, One }fund red and Eleventh and other regiments of infantry—The Third regiment of cavalry—Field and staff officers furnished by Fulton county.

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6.

THE LAST FORTY YEARS

Chronological record of events from the close of the war to 1905 —Removal of the seat of Justice to Wauseon—Census of 1900.

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7.

POLITICS AND OFFICIAL HONORS

CHAPTERS VII THROUGH (PAGES 103-176

Political history of the county, beginning with 1850, and including a roster of National, State and county officers, brought down to date, with biographical mention of many of the favored individuals.

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8.

RESOURCES AND EARLY ENTERPRISES

Industry and agriculture—Topography and geology of the county —The drift deposit—Agricultural products—Agricultural societies and fairs—Patrons of husbandry—Primitive manufactures—Statistics of 1904.

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9.

EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Early schools and schoolmasters—Description of the primitive

schoolhouses—Old-fashioned spelling-schools—School books

—Statistics concerning the present day schools in the

county.

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10.

BENCH AND BAR

List of associate judges under the old Constitution—Early court of common pleas—First session of court in Fulton county —Common pleas judges with sketches—The district court —Prosecuting attorneys—Probate court and judges—Clerks of the courts-Sheriffs—Members of the bar.

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11.

THE MEDICAL PROFESSION

Afflictions of the pioneers—The ravages, of malarial fever— Sketches of early physicians—County medical society.

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12.

CLIMATOLOGY  

From the recorded observations made and kept by Thomas Mikesell—Interesting tables.

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13.

A CHECK-LIST OF WOODY PLANTS

Comments by the editor.

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14.

YORK TOWNSHIP 

CHAPTERS XIV THROUGH XXV (PAGES 177-248 (TOWNSHIP HISTORIES)

Natural features—The pioneers and their work—First birth and marriage—Church sketches—Village of Delta.

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15.

SWAN CREEK TOWNSHIP

Organization—Natural features—Sketches of early settlers—Centerville and Swanton—Church organizations.

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16.

AMBOY TOWNSHIP

Natural features—Sk etches of pioneers—Their homes and schools—Metamora—Churches.

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17.

CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP

Organization and boundaries—The early settlers and their records.

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18.

ROYALTON TOWNSHIP

Natural advantages—Eli Phillips, Butler Richardson and other

pioneers—Church mention—Lyons or Morey’s Corners.

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19.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP

Boundaries—Topographical features—First settlement—Progress of the township—City government of Wauseon—Public library— Churches—Cemetery—Social organizations.

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20.

GORHAM TOWNSHIP

Hiram Farwell and other early settlers—The first election—Town of Fayette—Schools.

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21.

GERMAN TOWNSHIP 

Organization—Varied population—Natural features—Nicholas King and other pioneers—Archbold—Churches.

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22.

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP

Erection of township—Creeks—Notable pioneers.

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23.

FULTON TOWNSHIP 

Character of country—Pioneer sketches—Early schools-Industries —Swanton—First religious organization.

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24.

PIKE TOWNSHIP  

Antiquities and natural features—Aetna—First settlement—

Sketches of pioneers—Mills, schools and churches.

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25.

DOVER TOWNSHIP

Organization--The first settlers—Schools and churches.

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BIOGRAPHICAL DEPARTMENT


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES (PAGES 249 [JOSEPH O. ALLEN, M. D.] TO 367 [PHILIP GARMAN]) (TOWNSHIP HISTORIES)


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES (PAGES 368 [DAVID J. FENNER] TO 473 [GEORGE MCGUFFIN, M.D.]) (TOWNSHIP HISTORIES)


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES (PAGES 474 [JACOB L. MCKIMMY] TO 597 [LOCIUS H. TAYLOR]) (TOWNSHIP HISTORIES)


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES (PAGES 598 [JOHN G. WELLS] TO 661 [DANIEL J. PRICKETT]) (TOWNSHIP HISTORIES)


Chapter 12 Climatology & Chapter 13 A Check-List of Woody Plants are made up of chartes only. This file are not shown in the scanning.