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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I—RELATED STATE HISTORY - 33
First White Men in Northwest Territory—English and French Claims—Three Successive
Sovereign Flags Over Present Ohio Territory—Passing of the Indians—Battle of Fallen
Timbers—Northwest Territory—Ohio, the First Northwest State—Early Settlements—Activities
of the Traders—French and Indian War—Pontiac's Conspiracy—Northwest Territory and
Quebec Act—Revolutionary Period—George Rogers Clark and His Campaign—First Surveys
and Early Settlers—Ordinance of 1787—First Stage of Government Under the Ordinance—
Second Stage—Organization of the Northwest Territory—Representative Stage of
Government— First Territorial Legislature—Division of 1800—Census of 1800—Symmes
Purchase and Other Early Settlements—County Organization—Indian Wars—Formation of a
New State—Date of Ohio's Admission to the Union—Capitals of Northwest Territory and of
Ohio—Constitutional History of Ohio—Military Records—Land Grants—Military Lands—
Refugee Tract—Road Lands—Canal Grants—Zane Sections—Ministerial Lands—School
Sections—Ohio Politics—Boundary Lines.
CHAPTER II—TOPOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY - 51
Boundaries—Subdivisions—Area — Streams — Geological Survey — Prairie Fires—Luxuriant
Flora of Other Days—Early Need of Drainage—Limestone—Drift and Soils—Plastering
Sands—Agricultural Point of ViewBlue-grass Lands—Water Supply—Remains of Pre-glacial
Mammals.
CHAPTER III—COUNTY ORGANIZATION - 60
The First Election—First Officials—Creation of Madison County—Legislative Act—Changes in
County Lines—First Township Elections—County Lines Defined—An Early Boundary
Dispute— First County Elections—Early License Rates and Licenses—Pioneer Listers—Wolf
Scalps—Taxation and Expenditures—The County Seat—Court House and Jail History—The
Erection of the Present Building—Laying of the Corner Stone—Bond Issues—Prison
Bonds—County Infirmary—County Children's Home—State Representatives—County
Commissioners—County Auditors—County Treasurers —County Recorders—County
Surveyors—Coroners—Tax Collectors—Liquor Officials—Roster of Present County Officials.
CHAPTER IV—CANAAN TOWNSHIP - 87
Location—Boundaries—Name—The Pioneers—Early Families—Early Mills —Surface, Soil
and Streams—Cemeteries.
CHAPTER V—DARBY TOWNSHIP - 96
First Settlers—Pioneer Mills—Sickly Seasons—Early Stock Speculators—Erection of the
Township—Soil—Streams—Other Physical Features -Topography—Geology.
CHAPTER VI—DEER CREEK TOWNSHIP - 108
Location and Boundaries—Changes in Area—First Township Officers -Pioneers—Stock
Marks—Early Schools—Early Roads—Cemeteries.
CHAPTER VII—FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP - 114
Boundaries—Surface and Soil—Conditions in Pioneer Days—Natural Drainage—Early Settlers.
CHAPTER VIII—JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP - 118
Location and Boundaries—Erection of the County—Topography—Soil -Streams— Settlement—
Life of the Early Settlers—Indians—Early Roads—West Jefferson—Early Stores—Public
Improvements—Town Officials—Business Directory.
CHAPTER IX—MONROE TOWNSHIP - 126
Location and Boundaries—Commissioners' Record Creating Township-Streams—Soil—
Timber— First Settlers—Education.
CHAPTER X—OAK RUN TOWNSHIP - 130
Character of Outline—Boundaries—Changes in Area—The First Officers-Surface—Soil and
Streams—Early Settlers.
CHAPTER XI—PAINT TOWNSHIP - 134
Location —Boundaries —Commissioners' Record Creating Township—Surface, Soil and
Streams—The Pioneers and Early Settlers—Early Schools.
CHAPTER XII—PIKE TOWNSHIP - 138
Erection of the Township—Changes in Boundary Lines—Surface, Soil, Etc. —Timber—
"Squatters"—The Pioneers—First Mills.
CHAPTER XIII—PLEASANT TOWNSHIP - 145
Location—Boundaries—Surface—Soil—Streams—The Pioneers—Township Organization—
Original Boundaries and Subsequent Changes in Same—Mills —Early Schools.
CHAPTER XIV—RANGE TOWNSHIP - 150
Location—Boundaries—Commissioners' Record Creating the Township— First Settlers—
Surface, Soil and Streams—Early Schools—Mills.
CHAPTER XV—SOMERFORD TOWNSHIP - 155
Location—Boundaries—Commissioners' Record—Surface, Soil and Timber -Streams—Early
Settlers—Tradersville—Summerford—Early and Present Business Interests—Present Township
Officials.
CHAPTER XVI—STOKES TOWNSHIP - 160
One of the Original Townships—Commissioners' Record—Location and Boundaries—First
Election—Pioneers—Later Early Settlers—Surface—Soil —Streams—Early Schools.
CHAPTER XVII—UNION TOWNSHIP - 164
Situation—Surface Characteristics—Streams—Timber—Prairies—Pioneers -Organization of the
Township—Early Mills—Cemeteries.
CHAPTER XVIII—TOWNS AND VILLAGES - 174
Amity—Plain City—Early History—Present Industries and Advantages -Kile (Kileville)—
Lafayette—Lilly Chapel—Big Plain—Kiousville—Gillivan —Resaca—Plumwood—
Chrisman—Walnut Run—Rosedale—Mt Sterling—Sedalia (Midway)—Danville—
Chenoweth—South Solon—Its Early History —Meyers—Rupert.
CHAPTER XIX—TOWN OF LONDON - 190
Its Past, Present and Future—Oldest House—"Uncle Sammy" Davidson—The Coal Oil
Lamp—Old Elm Trees—A Vision of the Future—First County Seat of Justice—Site
Donated—The Town of Madison—Incorporation and Growth of London—Action of the Town
Council in Early Days—The First Ordinances—Present City Officers—Public Library—Library
Association—Carnegie Donation—The Florence and Other Gifts—Some Local Industries —The
Board of Trade—State Reformatory Secured—Present Business Interests—Waterworks—
Electric-light Plant—Sewerage System—Postoffice History—Other Interesting Items.
CHAPTER XX—ROADS AND TRANSPORTATION - 222
Public Highways—Langham's Trace—Early Roads—The National Road—An Early Description
of It—Corporation Pikes—Railroads—Railroad Statistics —Telegraph and Telephone
Companies—Gas Companies.
CHAPTER XXI—AGRICULTURE, GRANGES, ETC. - 230
Early Soil Conditions—Pioneer Farm Equipment and Early Implements—The Wheat
Harvest—Market and Labor Conditions—Hogs—Horses, Cattle and Sheep—Madison County
Stock Importing Company—Some Notable Stock Sales—Some Leading Stock Men of Madison
County—Percheron Breeders—Resident Landowners in 1819—Madison County Agricultural
Society—The First Fair—London Driving-Park Association—The Mt. Sterling Fair—The
Grange—Madison County Farmers' Club.
CHAPTER XXII—BANKS AND BANKING - 253
Madison National Bank—London Exchange Bank Company—Central National Bank of
London— People's Commercial and Savings Bank of London—Citizens Loan and Savings
Company, of London—London Home and Savings Company—First State Bank, Plain City—
Farmers National Bank, Plain City—Plain City Home and Savings Company—Security Building
and Loan Company, Mt. Sterling—Citizens National Bank, Mt. Sterling—Farmers Bank, Lilly
Chapel—Farmers Bank, West Jefferson—Commercial Bank, West Jefferson—Farmers and
Traders Bank, South Solon.
CHAPTER XXIII—NEWSPAPERS OF MADISON COUNTY - 259
An Apostrophe to the Press—London Newspapers—The Times—The Madison County
Democrat—Vigilant—Madison County Republican—Enterprise —Newspapers at Plain City,
West Jefferson and Mt. Sterling.
CHAPTER XXIV—EDUCATION - 267
Zeal of the Pioneers in Educational Matters—School Lands—The Sale of Such Lands—
Legislative Enactments—Pioneer Schools—A Primitive Curriculum—Growth of
Education—First General School Law—The Color Line —State Superintendent of
Schools—Schools for Colored Youth—Later Government of Schools—District School
Directors—Schools Under the New Laws—Qualifications of the County Superintendent—
Centralization of Rural Schools—The Rural High School—Changes in the School
System—Decrease in Rural Population—New School Districts—London High School.
CHAPTER XXV—CHURCHES OF MADISON COUNTY - 283
Religion a Potent Factor in the Life of a Community—Characteristics of Pioneer
Congregations— Primitive Houses of Worship—Methodist Episcopal Churches—African
Methodist Episcopal Churches—Methodist Protestant Churches—Presbyterian Churches—
Baptist Churches—Universalist Churches—Evangelical Lutheran Church—Christian
Churches—Dunkard Church—United Brethren Church—Episcopal Churches—Antioch Mission
Union Church—Other Union Churches—Catholic Churches.
CHAPTER XXVI—SECRET SOCIETIES - 326
Free and Accepted Masons—Royal Arch Masons—Royal and Select Masters —Order of the
Eastern Star—Independent Order of Odd Fellows—Daughters of Rebekah—Knights of
Pythias—Fraternal Order of Eagles—Catholic Order of Foresters—Knights of Columbus—
Colored Masons--Woman's Relief Corps.
CHAPTER XXVII—CLUBS AND FRATERNITIES - 338
London Federation of Women's Clubs—The London Club—East High Street Club—The
Woman's Club—Daughters of the American Revolution—Woman's Elective Franchise
Association—Twentieth Century Club—Madison County Health and Welfare League—Married
Ladies Thimble Club.
CHAPTER XXVIII—THE MEDICAL PROFESSION - 354
Many Systems of Practice—Rational Systems Now Prevailing—London Physicians—During the
Civil-war Period—Plain City—Physicians at West Jefferson, Mt. Sterling, Amity, Midway,
Lafayette, Summerford, Liverpool, South Solon, California, Tradersville, Newport, Danville,
Lilly Chapel—The Sickly Seasons of 1822-3—A Distressing Incident—Epidemic at
Amity—Madison County Medical Association—Madison County Medical Society—Present
Physicians of Madison County.
CHAPTER XXIX—BENCH AND BAR OF MADISON COUNTY - 377
Establishment of Courts in the Northwest Territory—State Judiciary Prior to 1851—Court of
Common Please—Justices of the Peace—Judicial Circuits—Judiciary Since 1851—Supreme
Court—Court of Common Pleas —Associate Judges—District Courts—Justices of the
Peace—Pioneer Courts of Madison County—Personnel .of the Courts—Present Judges—Judges
Since 1851—Probate Court—The Judiciary—The Early Bar—Visiting Lawyers—Former
Resident Attorneys—Madisonians by Birth, But Practiced Elsewhere—Living Resident
Attorneys—Probate Judge—Prosecuting Attorneys—Clerks—Sheriffs—Official
Stenographers—Notes.
CHAPTER XXX—MILITARY HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY - 415
Seven Revolutionary Heroes Buried in Madison County—Frontier Wars —The War of 1812—
Treaty of Peace—The "General Muster"—The Mexican War—The Civil War—The "Eagle
Guards"—Military Committee—Company Rosters—Commands in Which Madison County
Soldiers Served—Morgan's Raid—The Return of Peace—Spanish-American War—Grand Army
of the Republic.
CHAPTER XXXI—TEMPERANCE MOVEMENTS - 449
Temperance Movement by the Women in 1874—London Temperance Association—Woman's
Temperance Alliance—Madison County Woman's Christian Temperance Union—London
Woman's Christian Temperance Union—Unions Elsewhere in the County—Trials of the
"Crusaders."
CHAPTER XXXII—SIDELIGHTS ON MADISON COUNTY HISTORY - 459
Madison County Belgium Relief Fund—Wild Animals and Reptiles—Pioneers' Dreaded
Enemies— The Useful Deer—Passing of the Snake—The Blalock Tragedy—Mound Builders—
London Penitentiary Farm—Early Burials—Ohio State Fish Hatchery.
HISTORICAL INDEX
- A -
Admission of Ohio as a State - 46
Agricultural Society -242
Agriculture -230
Altitudes - 52
Amity—
Churches - 291, 320
Early Sickness - 93
Epidemics - 375
First Stores - 174
Location - 174
Mills - 174
Physicians - 364
Population - 175
Survey of - 174
Antioch -184
Area of County - 51
Associate Judges - 380
Auditors, County - 83
- B -
Banks and Banking - 253
Baptist Churches - 304
Bar, the Early - 396
Baskerville, Lieut. Samuel - 416
Battle of Fallen Timbers - 34, 44
Beach, Obil - 417
Belgium Relief Fund - 459
Bench and Bar - 377
Big Plains - 179, 180, 292
Blalock Tragedy - 463
Blue-grass Lands - 57
Bond Issues - 77
Boundaries of County - 51, 60
Boundary Dispute - 64
Boundary Lines, State - 59
Burial Grounds - 95, 113, 173
Burials, Early - 468
- C -
California - 369
Canaan Township—
Big Farms - 58
Boundaries - 87
Cemeteries - 95
Churches - 285, 304
Early Families - 91
Erection of - 51, 87
Grange - 251
Mills - 93, 94
Murder Case - 463
Name Changed - 87
Pioneers - 87
Soil - 95
Streams - 95
Surface - 95
W. C. T. U. - 455
Canal Grants - 56
Capitals of Northwest Territory and of Ohio - 47
Catholic Church -320
Catholic Order of Foresters - 333
Cattle - 233
Cemeteries - 95, 113, 173
Census of 1898 - 41
Changes in County Boundaries - 61
Chenoweth - 186
Children's Home - 80
Chrisman - 181
Christian Churches - 312
Churches - 109, 159, 179, 283
Civil War - 420
Claims of Territory - 33
Clerks of Court - 411
Clubs - 338
Colored Masons - 335
Colored Schools - 274
Commissioners, County - 82
Common Pleas Court - 378, 380
HISTORICAL INDEX.
Congress Lands - 55
Connecticut Reserve - 53
Constitutional Conventions - 48
Constitutional History - 48
Corners - 84
Counties Organized Before 1797 - 40
County Auditors - 83
County Children's Home - 80
County Commissioners - 82
County Elections, First - 65
County Infirmary - 79
County Lines, Changes in - 61
County Lines Defined - 63
County Officials - 86
County Organization - 60
County Recorders - 84
County Seat Laid Out - 68
County Superintendent - 277
County Survey - 63, 64
County Surveyors - 84
County Treasurers - 83
Court House History - 69
Court of Common Pleas - 378, 380
Courts, Personnel of the - 384
Creation of the County - 60
Creeks - 51, 95, 104, 115, 119, 126, 131, 135, 145, 154, 155, 164
Crusaders - 458
- D -
Danville - 186, 371
Darby Plains - 105
Darby Township—
Churches - 285
Election, First - 60, 62, 65
Erection of - 51, 60, 103
Flora - 104
Geology - 106
Grange - 251
Listers - 67
Mills - 99
Physical Features - 104
Plains - 105
Prairies - 105
Settlement - 96
Soil - 103
Stock Speculators - 102
Streams - 104
Tavern Licenses - 66
Timber - 104
Topography - 105.
Date of Ohio's Admission - 46
Daughters of Rebekah - 330
Daughters of the Amer. Revolution - 344
Deer - 462
Deer Creek Township—
Boundaries - 108
Cemeteries - 113
Churches - 109, 285, 295, 319
Election, First - 62, 65, 108
Erection of - 51, 108
Listers - 67
Location - 108
Mound - 465
National Road - 225
Officers, First - 108
Pioneers - 109
Roads, Early - 112
Schools, Early - 111
Settlers - 109
Stock Marks - 110
Tavern Licenses - 66
Distilleries - 119
District Courts - 81
District School Directors - 275
Division of 1800 - 41
Dohrman's Grant - 58
Drainage, Early Need of - 53
Drifts - 56
Driving-Park Association - 243
Dunkard Church - 315
- E -
Eagles, Fraternal Order of - 332
Early Burials - 468
Early Market Conditions- 231
East High Street Club - 339
Eastern Star, Order of - 328
Education - 267
Election, First County - 65
Elections, First Township - 62
Electric Roads - 227
Elevation Above Sea Level - 52
English Claims - 34
Enlistments, War - 421
Episcopal Church - 316
Evan. Lutheran Churches - 311, 316
Expenditures, Early County - 67
- F -
Fairfield Township—
Boundaries - 114
HISTORICAL INDEX.
Fairfield Township—
Churches - 285
Erection of - 51, 114
Grange - 240
Pioneer Conditions - 115
Settlers - 116
Soil - 114
"Squatters" - 115
Streams - 115
Surface - 114
Township Lines - 114
Fairs - 242
Fallen Timbers, Battle of - 34, 44
Farmers' Club - 249
Federation of Women's Clubs - 338
First County Elections - 65
First Northwest Territorial Legislature - 40
First Territorial Surveys - 37
Fish Hatchery, State - 469
Flora of Other Days - 53
Florence - 182
Forest Growths - 57
Fraternal Order of Eagles -332
Fraternities - 338
Free and Accepted Masons - 326
French and Indian War - 35
French Grant - 52
French Settlement - 34
French Traders - 33
Frontier Wars - 418
- G -
Gas Companies - 229
Geological Survey - 52, 54
Gillivan – 181, 287
Glacial Evidences - 56
Governors of Ohio - 58
Grand Army of the Republic - 447
Grand Jury, First - 414
Grange, The - 246
Grants, Land - 52
Grasses and Herbs - 53
Greenville, Treaty at - 45
Growth of Education - 271
- H -
Harmar, Hon. Joseph - 44
Health and Welfare League - 351
Helpenstine, Major Peter - 416
Helpenstine, Philip - 416
Highways - 112, 122, 222
Hogs of Early Days - 232
Horses - 233
- I -
Imported Live Stock - 233
Independent Order of Odd Fellows - 328
Indian Wars - 44
Indians - 120
Infirmary, County - 79
- J -
Jail History - 69
Jefferson -123
Jefferson Township—
Boundaries - 118
Churches - 285, 287, 310, 324
Distillery - 119
Drainage - 118
Election, First - 62, 65
Erection of - 51, 118
Indians - 120
Listers - 67
Location - 118
Mounds - 465
National Road - 224
Natural Features - 118
Roads - 122
Soil - 119
Streams - 119
Tavern License - 66
Judges, President - 385
Judges Since 1851 - 389
Judicial Circuits - 379
Judicial Districts - 392
Judiciary Since 1851 - 380
Jury, First Grand - 414
Justices of the Peace - 379, 381
- K -
Kile - 177
Kiousville - 180
Knights of Columbus - 334
Knights of Pythias - 330
HISTORICAL INDEX.
Lafayette - 178, 288, 314, 367
Land Grants of Ohio - 52
Langham, Col. Elias - 415
Langham's Trace - 222
Lawrenceville - 109, 178
Lawyers, Living Resident - 408
Lawyers, Visiting - 397
Legislative Districts - 82
Legislature, First Northwest Territorial - 40
License Rates, Early - 66
Licenses, Early - 66
Licenses, Liquor - 85
Lilly Chapel—
Banks - 258
Belgium Relief Fund - 460
Business Interests - 179
Churches - 291, 316
Growth - 179
Improvements - 180
Mills - 179
Physicians - 371, 376
Platted - 179
Population - 179
Postoffice - 179
Settlement - 179
Limerick - 109, 178
Limestones - 53
Liquor Officials - 85
Listers - 67
Live Stock - 232
Liverpool - 369
Lodges - 326
London—
Annual Holiday - 213
Banks - 253
Big Trees - 193
Belgium Relief Fund - 459
Board of Trade - 214
Business Interests - 214
Carnegie Library - 205
Chosen County Seat - 68, 196, 199.
Churches - 285, 298, 300, 306, 311, 316, 320
Clubs - 338
Council Proceedings - 199
Early Conditions - 191
Election, First - 199
Florence Gift - 206
Free Library - 204
Growth - 193, 198
High School - 279
Incorporation - 198, 199
Industries - 217
Laid Out - 68
Library Association - 203
Light Plant - 217
Lodges - 325, 328, 330, 331, 333; 335
Newspapers - 259
Officers, First - 199
Officers, Present - 202
Oldest House - 191
Ordinances, First - 199
Past History - 190
Penitentiary Farm - 213
Physicians - 354, 376
Plat of - 197
Postoffice - 220
Public Library - 202
Reading Room - 202
Schools - 279
Sewer System - 220
Site Donated - 194
State Reformatory - 213
Tavern License - 66
Temperance Association - 449
Vision of the Future - 194
Waterworks - 215
W. C. T. U. - 450
London Club - 339
Losantville - 43
- Mc -
McKendree 184
- M -
Mammals - 59
Married Ladies Thimble Club - 353
Masonic Order - 326
Maumee Road Lands - 55
Medical Association - 375
Medical History - 354
Methodist Episcopal Churches - 285
Methodist Protestant Churches - 299
Mexican War - 420
Meyers - 189
Midway - 184, 365
HISTORICAL INDEX.
Mileage, Railroad - 228
Military History - 415
Military Record, State - 50
Mills - 93, 94, 98, 123, 127, 136, 142, 144, 146, 148, 154, 166, 174, 179
Ministerial Lands - 56
Mission Churches - 319
Missionaries, Early - 33
Monroe Township-
Boundaries - 126
Churches - 285
Erection of - 51, 126
Location - 126
Mills - 127
Mounds - 465
Natural Features - 126
Products - 126
Schools - 129
Settlers - 127
Streams - 129
Timber - 126
W. C. T. U. - 456
Moravian Grant - 55
Morgan's Raid - 440
Mound Builders - 464
Mt. Sterling-
Banks - 257
Business Interests - 183
Churches - 293, 304, 313
Fair - 246
Incorporation - 183
Laid Off - 183
Location - 183
Lodges - 329, 331
Newspapers - 265
Officers, First - 183
Physicians - 363, 376
Population - 183
Schools - 183
Stores, First - 183
W. C. T. U. - 457
- N -
National Road - 112, 122, 223
Natural Drainage - 51, 95, 104, 115, 119, 126, 131, 135, 145, 154, 155, 164
Natural Features of County - 52
Newport - 370
Newspapers - 259
Northwest Territorial Legislature, First - 40
Northwest Territory - 33, 36
- O -
Oak Run - 285
Oak Run Township-
Boundaries - 130
Election, First - 131
Erection of - 51, 130
Location - 130
Mounds - 464
Settlers - 131
Streams - 131
Surface - 131
Odd Fellows - 328
Officials, County - 86
Ohio Admitted as a State - 46
Ohio Land Company Purchase - 52
Ohio, Natural Features - 60
Ohio Politics - 57
Ohio, Situation of - 60
Ohio, Streams and Lakes - 60
Ordinance of 1787 - 37
Original Townships - 51
- P -
Paint Township-
Churches - 285
Erection of - 51, 134
Location - 134
Mills - 136
Pioneers - 135
Schools - 137
Settlers - 135
Soil - 135
Streams - 135
Surface - 134
Timber - 134
W. C. T. U. - 455
Penitentiary Farm - 213, 466
Phelps Township - 51
Physicians of Madison County - 376
Pike Township-
Boundaries - 138
Churches - 285
Erection of - 51, 138
Location - 138
Mills - 142, 144
Roads - 144
HISTORICAL INDEX.
Survey of County - 63, 64
Surveyors, County - 84
Surveys, First Territorial - 37
Symmes Purchase - 53
- T -
Tavern Licenses - 66
Tax Collectors - 85
Taxation, Early - 67
Telegraph Companies - 229
Telephone Companies - 229
Temperance Movements - 449
Temple Mound - 465
Territory Northwest of the Ohio - 34
Timber - 57
Topography of County - 52
Towns and Villages - 174
Township Elections, First - 62
Townships, Original - 51
Tradersville - 159, 296, 370
Transportation - 222
Treasurers, County - 83
Treaty at Greenville - 45
Turnpike Lands - 56
Turnpikes - 225
Twentieth Century Club - 350
- U -
Union Township—
Boundaries - 164, 172
Cemeteries - 173
Churches - 285, 294
Election, First - 62, 65
Erection of 51
Infirmary - 79
Location - 164
Mills - 166, 173
Mounds - 464
Officials, First - 173
Organization - 172
Pioneers - 165
Prairies - 164
Roads - 222
Soil - 154
Streams - 164
Surface - 164
Tavern License - 66
Timber - 164
United Brethren Church - 316
United States Military Lands - 54
Universalist Churches - 306
- V -
Valuations, Railroad - 228
Verdicts, Unusual - 414
Villages - 174
Virginia Military District - 54
- W -
Walnut Run - 181, 293, 300
War of 1812 - 418
War of the Rebellion - 420
Warnersville - 180
Water Supply, Natural - 58
Watersheds - 51
Wayne, Gen. Anthony - 44
West Canaan - 174
West Jefferson—
Banks- 258
Belgium Relief Fund - 460
Business Interests - 124
Churches - 288, 298, 319
Growth, Early - 123
Improvements - 124
Laid Out - 122
Lodges - 327, 328, 333
Mills - 123
Name Changed - 123
Newspapers - 265
Officials, First - 123
Officials, Present - 124
Ordinances, Early - 123
Physicians - 362, 376
Platted - 123
Population - 124
Public Utilities - 124
Stores, Early - 122
Wheat Harvests, Pioneer - 230
Wild Animals - 461
Wolf Hunt - 462
Wolf Scalps - 67
Woman's Christian Temperance Union - 450
Woman's Club - 340
Woman's Elective Franchise Association - 347
Woman's Relief Corps - 335
Woman's Temperance Alliance - 450
Zane Sections - 56
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
- A -
Alkire, Floyd - 834
Anderson, Charles B. - 499
Anderson, Daniel - 710
Anderson, James R. - 827
Anderson, Mrs. Lacy - 902
Andrix, James W. - 758
Armstrong, M. B. - 934
Armstrong, Robert W. - 905
Armstrong, Samuel C. - 906
Atchison, J. R. - 611
Atkinson, Charles F. - 720
- B -
Baer, Jonas A. - 612
Bales, Elijah W. - 518
Bales Family, The - 741
Ballinger, John T. - 635
Ballinger, William I., M. D. - 692
Bay, Harry E. - 702
Beach, William M., M. D. - 883
Beadle. W A. - 561
Beath, Robert C. - 625
Becker, Philip - 623
Beery, Foster - 514
Bell, James F. - 491
Bennett, George W. - 751
Betchtel, Elmer L. - 607
Bethards, Charles S. - 813
Betts, Henry - 562
Bidwell, Clarence - 570
Bidwell, Eber W. - 663
Bidwell, Mrs. Minnie J. - 533
Bidwell, Monroe - 736
Black, James T. - 875
Black, Mary Ann (Harrington) - 875
Blue, Alvin J. - 865
Boerger, William J. - 715
Bogard, Jacob H. - 799
Boice, George A. - 842
Booth, Mrs. Louise M. - 616
Booth, Walter T. - 515
Bower, Henry - 932
Bower, Jesse S. - 908
Bowers, James W. - 619
Bowman, Howard D. - 647
Boyd, Robert - 532
Boyd, Robert W. - 528
Bradfield, Robert G. - 550
Bradley, Arthur - 712
Bridgman, john C. - 475
Brown, David - 757
Bryan, Chester E. - 488
Bryan, Ormond M. - 888
Buffenburg, Peter - 564
Buffington, Jonathan E. - 766
Burnham, Asa F. - 690
Burnham Dewitt C. - 941
Burnham, M. L. - 512
Burnham, Walter D. - 620
Burrell, Alpheus - 554
Buswell, George W. - 923
Buswell, John L. - 671
Butler, Charles - 591
Butler, John C. - 662
- C -
Calhoon, Alvah - 704
Carl, W. H. - 852
Carpenter, Burr E. - 646
Carpenter, Thomas H. - 829
Carter, Stephen - 790
Cartzdafner, George W. - 777
Cary, Andrew - 605
Cary, Henry - 756
Chandler, William E. - 613
Chandler, William J. - 637
Chaney, H. M., D. D. S. - 544
Chapman, Eugene C. - 621
Chenoweth, Francis M. - 848
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Chenoweth, J. Scott - 552
Chenoweth, John W. - 819
Chenoweth, Rea - 915
Chenoweth, Robert F. - 856
Chenoweth, W. D. - 614
Cheseldine, Charles - 484
Chrisman, Reed - 599
Christopher, Harry V., M. D. - 508
Christopher, W. H., M. D. - 485
Clark, Dennis - 656
Clawson, Joseph C. - 782
Clawson, William A. - 925
Clingan, James H. - 743
Cole, Edward E. - 845
Converse, Charles D. - 734
Converse, Henry B. - 724
Converse, Howard J. - 726
Converse, Ira - 937
Converse, Ruby N. - 604
Cook, Newton K. - 814
Coons, Ralph V. D. - 530
Coover, Bertha - 836
Cornwell, Leroy - 922
Corson, Benjamin F. - 936
Cowan, William - 815
Crabb, Judge Oliver P. - 510
Crabbe, Charles C. - 880
Crabbe, Fred L. - 926
Crawford, Burton B. - 806
Creath, George - 531
Creath, M. M. - 589
Creath, Thomas L. - 822
Cross, Grant - 681
- D -
Daugherty, Elmer P. - 707
Davis, David - 699
DeBolt, William L. - 698
Dennison, Abraham J. - 849
DeVore, John W. - 755
Dickason, Oscar - 706
Dille, Ira R. - 831
Dorn, Charles A. - 802
Dorn, Frederick W. - 833
Dorn, George - 911
Douglas, Thomas - 657
Duff, Prof. Orris E. - 882
Dun, John G. - 500
Dun, Walter A. - 776
Dungan, Major James M. - 497
Durflinger, John W. - 632
Durflinger, Judge Sylvester W. - 873
Dwyer, Michael E. - 648
- E -
Edwards, William J. - 691
Emery, Ben - 896
Emery, Payton R. - 877
Engelsperger, Lawrence C. - 684
Enright, Thomas C. - 939
Erwin, Benjamin F. - 729
Evans, Luther E., M. D. - 935
- F -
Farrar, Asa E. - 789
Farrar, Xerxes - 494
Fattlar, Henry - 830
Fauver, Harry F. - 872
Fields, Nathan - 572
Finley, Clement D. - 860
Finley, Horace T. - 687
Finley, Oscar W. - 938
Finley, W. S. - 676
Fisher, Edwin P. - 513
Fisher, George M. - 835
Fisher, Zebulon D. - 844
Fitzgerald, Edward J. - 563
Fitzgerald, George R. - 940
Fitzgerald, William E. - 547
Florence, John - 772
Flynn, Bryan - 869
Flynn, Ella - 869
Flynn, Julia - 869
Folmer, Henry D. - 543
Foster, Kemper L. - 870
Frey, Henry - 670
- G -
Gain, Charles E., M. D. - 580
Gain, Jesse S. - 784
Gallagher, Frank - 879
Gallagher, Thomas A. - 519
Gaynard, Peter C. - 761
Gaynard, Thomas C. - 793
Geer, James Q. - 748
Gillespie, Isaiah - 809
Gillespie, Nathan - 805
Gilliland, Samuel I. - 823
Goodson, J. Wilson - 559
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Gordin, Elisha S. - 487
Gordon, M. E. - 727
Gossard, George W. - 781
Gossard, John A. - 767
Gossard, John M. - 779
Graham, Auburn L. - 675
Green, Amos F., M. D. - 603
Green, Hon. Charles C. - 832
Greenbaum, G. A. - 719
Gregg, Pierce M. - 886
Gregg, Thomas C. - 644
Gunnett, Samuel N. - 677
- H -
Hafey, Thomas F. - 669
Hambleton, Prof. J. C. - 742
Hames, Harry C. - 542
Hamilton, James - 504
Hamilton, James - 680
Haner, William H. - 658
Hankinson, Charles C. - 824
Harbage, Arnett - 696
Harbage, Owen - 688
Harbage, Raymond - 683
Harbage, Robert - 694
Harbage, Vynul - 708
Harvey, Esta Coover - 836
Headley, William H. - 596
Heath, Harry - 811
Hewitt, Carl C. - 826
Hewitt, Palmer G. - 859
Hildinger, Henry L. - 627
Hodges, Charles W. - 843
Hoffhines, W. E., D. D. S. - 549
Holland, William - 739
Hooper, William T. - 682
Horen, Matthew A. - 590
Horn, Lee - 730
Hornbeck, Cyrus R. - 904
Hornbeck, George - 792
Hornbeck, Hon. Roscoe G. - 912
Hott, Frank H. - 847
Houston, Lawrence C. - 689
Houston, Thomas J. - 722
Huber, Nicholas M. - 734
Huff, Lysander G. - 650
Huffman, Harlan - 778
Hull, Scott - 753
Hume, J. W. - 527
Hunter, Lewis J. - 794
Hutson, Austin S. - 522
- I -
Iliff, Harry S. - 597
Irwin, John H. - 914
- J -
Jackson, H. F., D. D. S. - 553
Jenkins, Morgan J., M. D. - 622
Johnson, Mrs. Abner - 600
Johnson, Edward W. - 576
Johnson, Joseph H. - 624
Johnston, John W. - 927
Johnston, Luther M. - 930
Jones, Albert N. - 602
Jones, Cary - 548
Jones, Frank - 588
Jones, Horace G. - 526
Jones, Omer E. - 493
Jones, Hon. William M. - 478
Jones, Willis - 861
Junk, Clinton - 919
Junk, Willis R. - 828
- K -
Kaufman, George - 585
Keefer, David O. - 769
Keller, William H. - 686.
Kellough, John W. - 788
Kelly, Henry - 771
Kennedy, John H. - 626
Kennedy, Swaine - 731
Kilbury, Emilius M. - 645
Kilbury, Thomas - 728
Kile, Elton M. - 652
Kile, Fred - 647
Kilgore, Simeon G. - 745
Kilgore, William B. - 654
Kious, Lewis R. - 864
Klever, Charles - 629
- L -
Lane, Leonard - 641
Langen, George - 760
Lenhart, Leon D. - 871
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Lewis, Howard A. - 713
Lindsey, John T. - 774
Linson, Benjamin F. - 763
Locke, Capt. John F. - 408
Lohr, Berthier - 672
Lombard, Mrs. Jennie - 700
Long, Harvey E. - 555
Long, Joseph A. - 840
Looker, Cloyd D. - 803
Lowry, William F. - 653
Lucy, Daniel - 770
Lukens, W. E. - 541
- Mc -
McCafferty, Herschel L. - 483
McClimans, James H. - 608
McCloud, Richard H. - 568
McDonald, John, III - 571
McKinley, Peter P. - 895
- M -
Mallon, Thomas - 787
Markley, Philip - 594
Martin, Dr. Joseph S. - 796
Meade, Edward B., M. D. - 818
Mendenhall, W. O. - 855
Miller, Manasses - 749
Millikin, Mrs. Elizabeth - 617
Millikin, James - 636
Minshall, Wyatt - 474
Minter, John - 573
Minter, William - 583
Mitchell, Charles E. - 752
Mitchell, Harry S. - 524
Mitchell, Raleigh - 711
Mitchell, Samuel M. - 733
Montgomery, Thomas - 817
Moody, Pearl V. - 868
Morgridge, William - 664
Morrison, John - 783
Morse, John M., M. D. - 659
Morse, Wallace C. - 717
Motteler, Louis - 651
Murray, Judge Frank J. - 477
Murray, J. Clark - 931
Murray, Michael S. - 536
Myers, Rev. F. Marion - 642
- N -
Neff, Court M. - 804
Nelson, Frank - 631
Neville, Jerry - 581
Noland, Frank E., D. D. S. - 587
- O -
O'Day, John - 850
O'Day, Scott - 846
Oglesbee, John M. - 900
O'Hara Family, The - 916
Overturf, Elmer C. - 721
Overturf, Rev. William M. - 746
- P -
Parker, James S. - 705
Parker, John W., M. D. - 910
Parrett, Harland E. - 899
Patterson, John - 671
Paullin, Samuel J. - 816
Payne, William - 909
Peard, Richard - 640
Perry, Daniel - 718
Peterman, Jacob L. - 682
Phellis, Verne H. - 732
Phifer, Albert T. - 913
Plimell, H. C. - 558
Plymell, George W. - 578
Plymell, William L. - 579
Porter, James A. - 750
Powell, Edgar - 679
Pratt, James W. - 675
Pratt, Wyatt C. - 674
Price, Mrs. Sarah - 609
Pringle, Charles W. - 907
Prugh, Charles L. - 677
- Q -
Quinn, Edward - 569
- R -
Rausch, Martin - 731
Rea, Matthew L. - 582
Reay, John W. - 858
Rector, John W. - 738
Reece, Wilson H. - 638
Reese, Herbert E. - 735
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Rice, Prof. W. H. - 501
Richmond, Hiram W. - 480
Riddle, William H. - 901
Roberts, Benjamin F. - 740
Roberts, Mrs. Margaret S. - 716
Robison, Edward J. - 887
Rogers, Rev. Amos L. - 610
Roseberry, Fenton M. - 723
Rosnagle, F. E., M. D. - 525
Rowland Family, The - 538
Runyan, Prof. James A. - 482
- S -
Sanford, Charles F. - 820
Sanford, Marion F. - 661
Schryver, Robert H. - 800
Schurr, John A. - 786
Scott, John - 697
Shaw, R. K. - 516
Sheehan, Simon - 615
Shepherd, Isaiah - 810
Shepherd, Milton L. - 862
Sherwood, Andrew E. - 634
Sherwood, Charles - 535
Sherwood, Webster E. - 639
Shover, George A. - 650
Sidner, Jacob - 574
Simpson, John - 920
Slagle, Arthur - 754
Slyh, Robert - 649
Smeltzer, William F.; M. D. - 503
Smith, Claude L. - 768
Smith, Luke D. - 566
Smith, Stephen C. - 791
Smith, Stephen M. - 701
Smith, Wade H., D. V. S. - 556
Snyder, Edward T. - 867
Sparling, H. P., M. D. - 505
Speasmaker, Casper - 592
Stalbird, Meritte D. - 686
Stalbird, Thomas W. - 685
Stateler, John R. - 716
Stoddard, Pearl J. - 797
Stone, Nelson H. - 903
Stout, Mrs. Lydia J. - 933
Street, William - 575
Stroup, James R. - 780
Stroup, John M. - 778
- T -
Tanner, John R. - 496
Taylor, Mrs. Margaret - 929
Taylor, William - 655
Thomas, Milton E. - 601
Thomas, Ralph W. - 747
Thornton, Frederick H. - 850
Timmons, Grant - 551
Tingley, John - 762
Toland, Aquila, M. D. - 598
Toops, John W. - 821
Toops, Orla H. - 841
Torbert, Andrew J. - 643
Truitt, Delilah J. - 628
Trumpet, Samuel P. - 546
- U -
Underwood, Guy - 534
- V -
Van Cleve, Samuel S. - 537
Van Dyke, George M. - 798
Van Wagener, George H. - 560
Vent, John T. - 520
Vogelsberg, Theodore - 660
- W -
Waldo, John N. - 853
Walker, Arch - 606
Wallace, Charles H. - 769
Wallace, Milton H. - 511
Warner, Francis M. - 565
Warner, Henry - 898
Warner, William - 764
Watkins, Martin H. - 765
Watson, David - 471
Watson Family, The - 471
Weaver, Harold - 729
Weaver, Lewis - 701
Welsh, Harford B. - 506
West, Welcome A. - 737
Wheeler, Thomas - 630
White, Mrs. Lovina - 863
Willard, Edwin E. - 693
Williams, John M. - 854
Williams, Lee H. - 495
Williams, William D., M. D. - 489
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Wilson, Caleb G. - 773
Wilson, Charles - 618
Wilson, Charles A. - 507
Wilson, Charles A. - 860
Wilson, Clark - 663
Wilson, Col. Eugene T. - 928
Wilson Family, The - 889
Wilson, Harry - 678
Wilson, Hiram R. - 744
Wilson, Homer C. - 851
Wilson, John R. - 855
Wilson, Lamar P. - 759
Wilson, Leroy - 798
Wilson, Robert A. - 604
Wilson, Valentine - 695
Wilson, Valentine H. - 924
Wingfield, John R. - 812
Withrow, James - 808
Wood, William D. - 857
Worthington, Clyde B. - 714
Worthington, Hubert S. - 703
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Yerian, J. J. - 584
Young, Seymour P. -844
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