CONTENTS

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I.—Men and Women Colonizers

II.—Connecticut Stretches Westward

III.—Pioneers of New Connecticut

IV.—Surveyors of the Western Reserve

V.—Reserve Settled and Mapped

VI.—Organization of Counties

VII.—Mail Routes and Post Offices

VIII.—Roadways and Waterways

IX.—Famous Men of the Reserve

X.—Judicial and Legislative

XI.—Defense of the Reserve

XII.—Men and Women of the Civil War

XII.- Religious Organizations

XIV.—The Old Western Reserve Bank

XV.—Press of the Western Reserve

XVI.—First Cemeteries of the Reserve

XVII.—Schools of the Reserve,

XVIII.—Medicine and Surgery

XIX.—Trumbull County

XX.—Lorain County

XXI.—Lake County

XXII.—Geauga County

XXIII.—Summit County

XXIV.—Medina County

XXV.—Erie County

XXVI.Huron County

XXVII.—Cuyahoga County
XXVIII.-Ashtabula County

XXIX.—Mahoning County

XXX.—Portage County

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Map of the Western Reserve (facing)

Development of the Western Reserve (three maps)

Development of Ohio Counties (four, maps)

Pioneers' Route from Connecticut

General Moses Cleaveland

Upper Dam and Water Works, Warren

Judge Kingsbury's House (1800)

Centennial Log Cabin

A Cabin Fire-place

Spinning Wheels for Wool and Flax

Centralized School and First Brick High School

A "Dutch Oven"

Old-Time Household Utensil

Simon Perkins' Home and Land Office

Map of Western Reserve (1829)

Early Ohio Governors from the Reserve

Joshua R. Giddings

The Perry Monument, Cleveland

James A. Garfield

William McKinley

House of General William B. Hazen

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Rouse

Floral Hall, Cleveland Sanitary Fair

Rutherford B. Hayes

Old Methodist Church Warren

Mormon Temple at Kirtland

Old Western Reserve Bank, Warren

Main Street, Warren (about 1848)

Old Austin House

Old James Scott House, Warren

Old Graeter House, Warren

John Lowrey's Saloon, 1807, Warren

Dana Musical Institute, Warren

The Kinsman Homestead, Warren

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Iddings' Map of Warren, 1816

Kinsman Church, Warren

Old and Present Court Houses of Trumbull County

Old Engine House (site of City Park), Warren

McKinley's Birthplace, Niles

Seven Churches of Niles

Chalker High School, Southington

Lorain County Court House, Elyria

Soldiers' Monument, Elyria

Historic Elm, Oberlin

First Congregational Church, Oberlin

Finney Memorial Chapel, Oberlin College

Peters Hall, Oberlin College

Talcott Hall,, Oberlin College

Warner Hall, Oberlin College

Oberlin College Campus and Vicinity, 1858

American Ship Building Company's Docks, Lorain

South Lorain Steel Works

St. Mary's Church, Lorain

"Gray Canyon" Quarry, Amherst.

Lake County's Court House, Painesville

Old Lake County Court House, Painesville

Charter Oak Park and Paine Statue, Painesville

Samuel Huntington House, Fairport

Old and New Bridges, Painesville

Painesville City Infirmary

Rider's Tavern, Painesville

Painesville High School

Public Square, Painesville

Main Buildings, Lake Erie College, Painesville

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Mary Evans and Luette P. Bentley, Lake Erie College Bentley Hall of Science, Lake Erie College

Murray Library, Lake Erie College

Fairport Light House, Lake County

Union School, Willoughby

Birthplace of Joseph Smith, Jr., Kirtland

Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Madison

A Geauga County Sugar Camp

Geauga County Court House, Chardon

Century Inn, Middlefield

Geauga Seminary, Chesterland

Grammar and High Schools, Chardon.

Old Hudson Residence, Hudson

House Built by John Brown, Hudson

Old Western Reserve College, Hudson

Cuyahoga Falls Water Power, Summit County

Main Street Looking North, Akron

Buchtel College Buildings, Akron

Summit County's Old and New Court Houses, Akron

Medina County Court House

B. & O. Bridge at Lodi

Bee Supplies Plant, A. I. Root & Company, Medina

Taylor's Inn, Lodi

Chippewa Lake, Medina County

Erie County Court House

First Engine Built in Sandusky, or the West

Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Sandusky

Confederate Cemetery, Johnson's Island

Great Glacial Grooves, Kelley's Island

Almon Ruggles' House, Ruggles Beach

Old Canal Basin, Milan

Thomas A. Edison at His Birthplace, Milan

Huron County Court House

Ruggles Map of the Fire Lands, 1818

Old Pioneers of Huron County

Old Huron County Jail (1819), Norwalk

Old and New Episcopal Churches, Norwalk

Platt Benedict (aged 75 years)

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East Main Street (1854), Norwalk

First Engine from Norwalk to Huron.

Bellevue High School

Pearl Street, Chicago Junction

West Main Street, New London

Park and School House, New London

Huron River View, Monroeville

Old Covered Bridge near Monroeville

Map of Cleveland (showing annexations)

Seth Pease Map of Cleveland (1796)

Seth Pease

Franklin House, Cleveland

Amos Spafford Map of Cleveland (1796)

First Court House, Cleveland

Map of Cleveland in 1814

Four Cleveland Pioneers

Cleveland in 1833

John W. Willey, First Mayor of Cleveland

Cleveland Harbor in 1849

Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Cleveland

Lincoln Lying in State, Cleveland Public Square

Garfield Memorial and Hanna Mausoleum, Lake View Cemetery

Cleveland in 1833

Edwin Cowles

Rockefeller's Boyhood and Present Homes, Cleveland

T. L. Johnson Residence, Cleveland

Marcus A. Hanna

River Scene at Ashtabula

Ashtabula County Court House

Old Bridge at Mechanicsville

Soldiers' Monument, Ashtabula

Port of Ashtabula (1873)

Ore Docks at Conneaut

Andover Band (about 1856)

Benjamin F. Wade (facing)

First Spencerian Writing School, Geneva

Ingersoll's Boyhood Home, Ashtabula

Mahoning County Court House

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Remains of the Old "Yellow Creek Furnace"

A Manufacturing Section of Youngstown

Lake Cohasset, Mill Creek Park, Youngstown

Reuben McMillan Free Public Library, Youngstown

West Federal Street, from Public Square, Youngstown

The Mygatt Homestead, Canfield

Swallow House (Old Hotel), Poland

Building where First Court in Portage was Held, Ravenna

McClintock Saw Mill, Garrettsville

Garrett Home, Garrettsville ; Campbell House, Campbellsport.

Almeda A. Booth

Hiram College (Original Building)

Hiram College and Campus

Old Court House and Jail, Ravenna (1865)

William R. Day

Sheldon Residence, Aurora (opposite)

Old School House and Woolen Mill, Garrettsville

Mr. and Mrs. E. Garrett

Old Feeder Dam, Cuyahoga River, Ravenna

Public Square and Chestnut Street, Ravenna

Riddle Coach and Hearse Factory, Ravenna

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INDEX

Abbey, George, 1355.

Abbey, Horace, 1214.

Abrams, John A., 1502.

Adams, Asahel, Jr. (mail carrier), 62.

Adams, Aseal E., 1554.

Adams, Eugene E., 1688.

Adams, Harry W., 1126.

Adams, Martin G., 1688.

Adgate, John H., 153.

Agler, Walter E., 1722.

Aiken, David H., 1283.

Ainger, Charles D., 1376.

Ainger, Charles E., 1488.

Akron-Founding of, 351; first house, 352; early

expansion, 352; first railroad, 352; the canal;

353; present city,. 353; industries, 354; Buehtel

College; 356; famous Akron school law, 362.

Akron School Law, 362.

Albert, Harvey E., 1616.

Albert, John M., 1693.

Alcorn, A. W., 672.

Alderman, Elsworth A., 1151.

Alderman, Florence L., 1151.

Alford, Darius M., 1434.

Alger, Russell A., 389.

Allen, James S., 1035.

Alvord, George W., 872.

Alvord & Peters Company, Sandusky, 405.

American House, Warren, 170.

Amherst-Great industry of the Cleveland Stone Company, 259; famous Amherst sandstone, 259; Postmaster General Hitchcock, 259.

Amherst sandstone, 259.

Amidon, Henry N., 1703.

Anderson, George F., 1780

Anderson, George S., 1395.

Anderson, John J., 1700.

Anderson, Robert, 984.

Andover-Its mineral springs, 565.

"Andover Citizen," 555.

Andress, Henry M., 1813.

Andrews, Chauncey H., 1624.

Andrews, Ebenezer, 1558.

Andrews, Eleanor, 1558.

Andrews, Louisa B. 1626.

Andrews, Norman (and family), 609.

Andrews, Stanley C., 1087.

Andrews, death of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace C., 296.

Andrew's Institute for Girls, Willoughby, 296.

Arms, Charles D., 615.

Arms, Freeman, 615.

Arms, Myron I., 1551.

Arms family, 615.

Arndt, Henry F., 1248.

Arrel, George F., 612.

Artman, William E., 1223.

Artress, Thomas H., 1632.

Ashtabula-Town in 1837, 537; early history, by H. L. Morrison, 546; newspapers, 552; high prices of 1855, 557; schools, 557; soldiers' monument, 558; the terrible railroad disaster, 558; present city, 559; enormous ore port, 560.

Ashtabula Academy, 558.

Ashtabula county-Postmasters, 66; "Mary Esther" county, 528; first settlers and home builders, 529; Jefferson, the county seat, 531; first court house, 532; disastrous southern migration, 533; judges and noted cases, 533; first births and deaths, 534; agriculture and industries, 535; first grist and saw Mills, 535; first marriages, 537;. towns in 1837, 537; early settlers by towns, 541; first schools, 541; Grand River Institute, 542; physi- cians, 545; early Ashtabula, 546; congressmen, 549; first churches and missionaries, 549; newspapers, 552; Ashtabula (present city), 559; early settlers of Geneva, 561; Conneaut, 562; Andover, 565; Joshua R. Giddings, 566; Benjamin F. Wade, 572; the Howells family, 576; Platt R. Spencer, 577; Robert Ingersoll, 578; women artists, 582.

Ashtabula railroad disaster, 558.

"Ashtabula Recorder," 552

"Ashtabula Sentinel," 554.

Ashtabula soldiers' monument, 558.

"Ashtabula Telegraph," 554.

Atkin, George, 1051.

Atkins, Nancy C., 895.

Atkins, Quintus, 579.

Atwater, Amzi, 34, 691.

Atwater, Caleb, 637.

Atwater township, Trumbull county, 41, 674.

Aurora township, Portage county, 675.

Austin, Benajah, 159.

Austin, Enos, 170.

Austin, Harmon, 160.

Austin, John, 1061.

Austin, Milo A., 819.

Austin, Raymond W., 1643.

Austinburg-In 1837, 537; first school, 541; churches, 550.

Austintown township, Mahoning county, 628.

Avery, C. A., 285, 288.

Avery, Catherine H. T., 489.

Avery, Elroy M., 1427.

Axtell, Manley W., 1710.

Babcock, Allison H., 1344.

Babcock, Betsey R., 1133.

Babcock, Charles, 1350.

Babcock, Horace C., 1147.

Babcock, James W., 1256.

Babcock, Joseph C., 920.

Babcock, John F., 969.

Babcock, Julia G., 1624.

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Bacon, Augustus H., 1489.

Bacon, Calista A., 998.

Bacon, Constant S., 998.

Bacon, David (and his colony), 350.

Bacon, William S., 1764.

Badger, Joseph, 123.

Bailey, David L., 1050.

Bailey, George B., 1833.

Bainbridge township, Geauga county, 320.

Baker, Adolphus, 1720.

Baker, Cyrus H., 1421.

Baker, David, 1117.

Baker, Elbert H., 511.

Baker, Willard M., 1454.

Baldwin, Alonzo G., 1263.

Baldwin, Columbus J. 1607.

Baldwin, Cornelius, 694.

Baldwin, David C., 934.

Baldwin family, 931.

Baldwin family, Youngstown, 615.

Baldwin, Harvey, 337, 1199.

Baldwin, Seymour W., 931.

Baldwin, Stephen, 694, 1855.

Baldwin papers, 650.

Baldwins of Hudson, 337.

Ballantine, William G., 239.

Bancroft, George H., 1743.

Bancroft, Lysander M., 1315.

Banks and Banking - First Western Reserve bank, 135; Union National bank, Warren, 135; stock-holders and directors of old Western Reserve bank, 136.

Barber, Allen A., 870.

Barber, Frank W., 879.

Barber, Ohio C., 1532.

Barberton-Founded by Ohio C. Barber, 357; its great industries, 358.

Barclay, George D., 981.

Barclay, John R., 1362.

Barclay, Marie G., 1376.

Bardwell, Seth E., 1564.

Barnard, Bertie A., 868.

Barnard, James B., 1738.

Barnard, Roy W., 1493.

Barnard, Samuel G., 866.

Barnes, Frank, 1004.

Barnes, Harley, 999.

Barnett, James, 115, 1760.

Barnum, James Mitchell, 76.

Barr, Thomas, 603.

Barrows, John H., 240.

Bartholomew, Leander, 837.

Basore, William H., 1427.

Bassett, Adelia W., 910.

Bassett, Edward W., 910,

Bates, George A., 1102.

Bates, Ira, 1712.

Bates, Miner L., 1720.

Bath township, Summit county, 359.

Battle of Lake Erie, 101, 473.

Battles, Mary M., 1510.

Beans, Allen M., 973.

Bear, Abraham, 1776.

Beard, Mrs. Harriet W., 306.

Beard, James H., 305.

Beard, William Y., 305.

Beatty, John C., 706, 916.

Beaver, John F., 195.

Bechtel, Henry C., 1797.

Bechtel, John C., 1798.

Beck, Frederick, 1136.

Beck, George S., 1034.

Beck, Henry A., 1174.

Beck, Joseph L., 1034.

Beckley, Willis J., 1202:

Bedford-Present village, 527.

Beebe, Artemas, 225, 227.

Beebe, Horace Y., 661, 708.

Beebe, Mrs. William (Ella Reeves), 215.

Beebe, William H., 1670.

.Beecher, John T., 1301.

Beede, Moses W., 1237.

Beidler, Jacob A., 1702.

Belden, Hiram, 1749.

Bell, Elbert J., 956.

Bell, Robert, 957.

Bell, William, 158.

Bellevue-Early settlers, 438; first things and events, 439; "Grandma Sawyer," 440; early village plats, 440; coming of railroads and incorporation of town, 440; schools and churches, 441; Y. M. C. A. and public library, 442; industries, banks and newspapers, 443.

Beman, Hiram S., 916.

Bemis, Mahlon C., 1402.

Benedict, Platt, 426, 430.

Benjamin, Allen N., 1056.

Benjamin, Reuben E., 1174.

Bennett, Lionel L., 882.

Bennington, Thomas B., 1568.

Benson, Edwin K., 1111.

Benson, Jeremiah C., 1103.

Bentley, Charles, 1345.

Bentley, Robert, 1363.

Berea-Sandstone industries, Baldwin University, etc., 527.

Bergin, John, 1369.

Berlin Heights-Present village, 418.

Berlin township, Mahoning county, 626.

Berry, Judson C., 1004.

Bierce, Lucius V., 355.

Biermann, George C., 1715.

Billings, George D., 1789.

Billmeyer, Henry F., 1502.

Billow, George, 900.

Billow; George W., 859.

Bingham, Charles A., 1508.

Birchard, Joseph A., 1424.

Bissell, Algernon B., 276.

Blaekney, Orlando S., 1554.

Blakely, Elbert F., 1869.

Blakeslee, John M., 1856.

Blair, William A., 1377.

Blake, Harrison G., 1524.

Blake, Merrill H., 1025.

Blanchard, Addison J., 1507.

Blish, Helen P., 1443.

Blood, Francis B., 1103.

Boardman township, Mahoning county, 628.

Bolenbocker, William, 1297.

Bolich, William, 1504.

Bolton, Sarah K., 526.

Bonnell, William S., 1593.

Booth, Almeda, 656.

Booth, Charles H., 1630.

Booth, Lloyd, 1630.

Boston township, Summit county, 345.

Bostwick, Abel A., 1537.

Bostwick, Abner F., 1537.

Boswell, Jesse, 1152.

Botsford, James L., 761.

Boynton, Washington W., 732.

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Braden, Andrew D., 914.

Bradford, Olin F., 1177.

Bradley, Alva, 1386.

Bradley, Arthur, 1431.

Bradley, Morris A., 1387.

Brady, Peter, 743.

Brady, Samuel, 688.

Brainard, E. P., 708.

Brainerd, Charles W., 1083.

Brakeman, George A., 1342.

Brakeman, Riley J., 1133.

Branson, Edwin C., 1097.

Bratten, Harry, 836.

Bratten, Robert, 836.

Braun, Edward A., 1647.

Brayman, Lorenzo E., 1565.

Brazee, Job, 1538.

Breckenridge, Benjamin F., 1841.

Breed, Nathan T., 1031.

Brett, William H., 492, 1634.

Brewster, B. W., 1027.

Brewster, Robert L., 1027.

Brewster, Wadsworth, 1028.

Bridgeman, Charles, 1121.

Briggs family, 1629.

Briggs, Daniel G., 1492.

Briggs, Frank W., 1630.

Briggs, Mary C., 1493.

Briggs, Rhoda A., 1492.

Briggs, Thomas G., 1492.

Brimfield township, Portage county, 677.

Britton, John H., 1416.

Brockett, Henry W., 1013.

Brockett, Lewis B., 926.

Brodbeck, John, 1341.

Brode, William H., 1461.

Brooks, Harry C., 1754.

Brooks, Thomas H., 1356.

Brooks, Walter E., 986.

Brough, John, 87, 521.

Brown, Alfred L., 1373.

Brown, Alvah T., 1732.

Brown, Anne F., 1639.

Brown, Antoinette, 235.

Brown, Benjamin, 939.

Brown, Benjamin, family, 939.

Brown, Celia S., 1008.

Brown, Edward P., 1730.

Brown, Ephraim, 45, 214, 1635.

Brown, Fayette, 1637.

Brown, Frederick, 1008.

Brown, Frederick H., 1373.

Brown, George M., 1382.

Brown, Henry, 1531.

Brown, John (at Hudson), 338.

Brown, John (of Ossawattomie), 688.

Brown, John, Jr., 220, 583.

Brown, Luther L., 941.

Brown, Mary B., 1635.

Brownlee, James, 616.

Brunswick township, Medina county, 379.

Brush, Charles F., 512.

Brush, Theodore M., 1840.

Bryant, Clark L., Sr., 1439.

Buchtel College, Akron, 356.

Buckley, Remus, 1084.

Buechner, W. H., 1620.

Buechner, W. L., 1620.

Bullard, John S., 1446.

Bullard, Wallace H., 1854.

Burgett, Henry, 1577.

Burgett, William, Jr., 1577.

Burke, Edward, 1354.

Burnett, W. R., 409.

Burr, Edward, 1233.

Burr, Ernest L., 1170.

Burr, George, 1656.

Burr, Martha, 1233.

Burrell, , Elbert J., 1522.

Burrell, Mahala, 1523.

Burridge, Eleazar, 1803.

Burroughs, Howard, 1342.

Burrows, Jerome B., 722.

Burrows, Julius C., 582.

Burrows, J. B., 582.

Burton Academy, 324, 490.

Butler, Alfred E., 1149.

Butler, J. G., Jr., 1633.

Butler, Lucius F., 1403.

Buttenbender, Charles H., 946.

Byers, Catherine P., 991.

Byers, Charles C., 1206.

Byers, George R., 1202.

Byers, John. F., 991.

Byers, William G., 973.

Cable, Edward J., 1550.

Cable, Laurence, 1549.

Cadwell, Darius, 583.

Cadwell, Ida B., 827.

Cadwell, James P., 825.

Cady, Francis M., 1396.

Caldwell, Elman L., 1725.

Callahan, Patrick J., 1524.

Callow, Charles, 1137.

Callow, Edmund, 1136.

Callow, Henry F., 1137.

Calvin, Anthony B., 1468.

Calvin Pease house, Warren, 174.

Camp, William L., 1224.

Campbell, Homer W., 1184.

Campbell, James A., 1766.

Campbell, James C., 1713.

Campbell, John, 637.

Campbell, John R., 1325.

Campbell, Robert C., 1208.

Canfield township, Mahoning county, 628.

Cappan, Benjamin, Jr., 635.

" Captain George," killing of, 80.

Captain Pipe (see Hopocan).

Carlton, Clarence C., 1169.

Carlton, Willis A., 1200.

Carnahan, Robert B., 1014.

Carpenter, James D., 1667.

Carraher, Arthur, 1501.

Carter, D. K., 661.

Carter, Oren F., 949.

Case, Eckstein, 1412.

Case family, 124.

Uase, Leonard, 155, 491, 521.

Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland, 491.

Case, William, 522.

Casement, John S., 115, 805.

Cassidy, James H., 1632.

Cassidy, Thomas K., 1222.

Castalia, Erie county, 420.

"Castle William," Warren, 167.

Cathcart, Wallace H., 1435.

Catherman, S. J., 399, 1548.

Cedar. Point, Sandusky Harbor, 402.

Cemeteries-First of Reserve, 143; distinguished dead of Warren, 143; biers and hearses, 144.

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Center, Clark, 1546.

Chagrin Falls-Thriving industrial village, 527.

Chalker, Charles W., 1107.

Chalker, Newton, 814.

Chamberlain, George H., 777.

Champion, joel H., 1150.

Chapin, Levi, 1409.

Chapin, Merton W., 1530.

Chapman, Chesley G., 1657.

Chapman, Eleazer P., 1227.

Chapman, Frank C., 1407.

Chapman, Franklin P., 884.

Chapman, S. D., 1802.

"Chardon Free Democrat," 328.

"Chardon Spectator and Geauga Gazette," 327.

Chardon township, Geauga county, 321.

Charlestown township, Portage county, 678.

Cheney, T. J., 1584.

Chesney, Jane, 175.

Chesney, Samuel, 175.

Chester township, Geauga county, 317.

Chicago Junction-B. & O. railroad town, 443; its great fire, 444; town organized and railroad

yards extended, 445; banks and "Chicago Times," 445; schools and churches, 446.

Chillicothe Road, 274.

Chisholm, Henry, 512.

Chisholm, William, 512.

Christy, John H., 833.

Christy, Will, 846.

Church, Augustus B., 852.

Churches (see Religion in the Reserve).

City Infirmary and Hospital, Cleveland, 518.

"City of Ohio," 480, 482.

Civil War Relief Work, 116; first work of Cleveland women, 117.

Clague, Edward J., 1198.

Clapp, Alvin R., 1672.

Clapp, E. J., 305.

Clapp, Henry S., 1109.

Claridon township, Geauga county, 319.

Clark, Addison M., 1559.

Clark, Edward P., 1413.

Clark, George A., 1457.

Clark, N. D., 708.

Clark, Porter 0., 1212.

Clarksfield-Present village, 451.

Claus, Bernhart, 1825.

Cleaveland, Charlotte Ursula, 220.

Cleaveland, Moses, 19, 20, 465.

Cleveland-The commencement of, 463; Moravian missions, 463; first Fourth of July, 464; biography of Moses Cleaveland, 465; spelling of the name, 467; first survey of Cleveland, 467; resurveyed, 468; made a port of entry, 471; founding of industries, 472; first court house, 472; incorporated as a village, 473; first public schools, 475; first newspapers and churches, 477; opening of Ohio Canal by Governor DeWitt Clinton, 477; Cleveland expands, 478; cholera epidemics, 478; incorporated as a city, 480; first harbor improvements, 481; pioneer railways, 482; absorbs Ohio City, 482; further expansion, 483; public schools systematized, 484; Cleveland's high schools, 486; school board women, 489; Western Reserve University, 490; Case School of Applied Science, 491; St. Ignatius College, 492; Cleveland Medical. College, 492; Public Library and Western Reserve Historical Society, 492; Old Volunteer Firemen, 493; city water works system, 495; Soldiers' and Sailors! monument, 496; "Cleveland Grays" and the Civil. War, 499; commencement of park system, 501; present system, 502; Clevelaad cemeteries, 502; Euclid avenue, 503; Arcades and viaducts, 507; newspapers, 508; industrial and commercial, 511; Cleveland's harbor and railroads, 515; Chamber of, Commerce, 516; churches and &irides, 516; hospitals, 518; notables of city and county, 518.

Cleveland, George H., 1078.

Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, 516.

Cleveland "Gazette and Commercial Register," 477.

Cleveland "Herald," 508.

Cleveland Medical College, 492.

"Cleveland Plain Dealer," 510.

" Cleveland Press," 511.

Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum, 518.

Cleveland Public Library, 492.

Cleveland State Hospital, 518.

Cleveland Stone Company, 259, 260.

Cleveland West High School, 487.

Clewell, D. M., 707.

Clinton, DeWitt, 477.

Coats, James M., 834.

Coburn, 'Edwin A., 922.

Cochran, Chauncey A., 1477.

Cochran, Lucius E., 1469.

Coe, Auga L. D., 959.

Coe, Harry P., 959.

Coe, Wilbur C., 1138.

Cohasset Lake, Youngstown, 601.

Colburn, Fairchild S., 1221.

Colburn, Frederick E., 1221.

Cole, Jedediah, 1741.

Cole, William B., 1850.

Coleman, Adam F., 1217.

Collins, David C., 1432.

Collister, William N., 1205.

Colton, George H., 1738.

Confederate conspiracy,. Johnson's Island, 409.

Conkle, Michael, 1494.

Conkling, Selwyn R., 793.

Conneaut Academy, 563.

Conneaut-The Town in 1837, 538; first settlement, 562; Conneaut harbor in 1850, 562; Giddings recollections, 563; schools, 563.

" Conneaut News-Herald," 553.

Conneaut township, Ashtabula county (first churches), 550.

Connecticut Land Company formed, 11.

Connor, W. H., 1200.

Converse, Julius C., 528.

Coifway, Thomas A., 1305.

Cook, Daniel A., 1435.

Cook, Eugene E., 1052.

Cook, Harry B., 1830.

Cook, Howard D., 1727.

Cook, James, 1226.

Cook, Luke, 1197.

Cook, Orrin B., 1205.

Cooke, Eleatheros, 395.

Cooke, Francis M., 764.

Cooke, Henry D., 396.

Cooke, Jay, 107, 396.

Cooley, George 5., 1532.

Cooley, Lathrop, 1606.

Coolidge, Carlos, 1284.

Coolman, D. C., 707.

Coolman, Jacob, 1644.

Coons, William N., 1215.

Copeland, James W., 1199.

Copley township, Summit county, 359.

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Cornell, James A., 1089.

Corner, Horace B., 1410.

Corning, Warren, 1441.

Cornwell, Llewellyn M., 1496.

Costley, John, 1298.

Cotgreve, William, 144.

Cottingham, Guy C., 935.

Cotton, Elmer F., 971.

Cotton, George W., 1448.

Coughlan, Frank T., 1847.

Covell, Silas, 1275.

Coventry township, Summit county, 347.

Cowell, Philip S., 1782.

Cowles, Betsey, 580.

Cowles, Edmund, 509.

Cowles family, 580.

Cowles, Giles H., 580.

Cowles, Horace A., 1520.

Cowles, Samuel, 1485.

Cowles, William T., 1157.

Cox, Allen M., 1812.

Cox, Charles A., 1433.

Cox, Jacob D., 87, 110.

Crafts, William H., 752.

Craig, Olive, 928.

Craine, Samuel J., 1158.

Cramblett, Ida A., 1251.

Crane, Bentley F., 1306.

Crane, C. M., 686.

Crary, William R., 829

Crawford, William, 1621.

Crehore, Charles J., 1018.

Crile, George W., 1368.

Crosby, Dwight L., 1586.

Crosby, Eliakim, 360.

Crosby, Silas, 1171.

Crouse, George W., 717.

Crowell, Dwight, 1357.

Culver, Edwin R., 1614.

Culver, Henry T., 952.

Cumings, Frank A., 1094.

Cumings, Homer P., 995.

Cumings, Henry H., 1053

Currie, Tabiatha, 19.

Cutler, Carroll, 340.

Curtis, Amos, 1188.

Curtis, L. L., 1559.

Curtis, W. D., 1558.

Curtiss, Carl I., 911

Curtiss, Roswell C., 906.

Curtis, Ralph M., 1777.

Curtis, John P., 823.

Cuyahoga county-Postmasters, 68; now almost purely industrial, 461; organization, 461; commencement of Cleveland, 463; Moravian missions, 463; first Fourth of July, 464; character of land, 465; county pioneers and happenings, 468; Cleveland a port of entry, 471; rise of Newburg, 471; opening of Ohio Canal, 477; United States senators and congressmen from the county, 484; schools of the county, 490; County Early Settlers' Association, 493; military history, 499; notables of the county, 519.

Cuyahoga Falls-Origin of name, 349; founding of great water power, 349; schools and newspapers, 349; claims to fame, 349.

Dager, William F., 1408.

Dale, Walter, 1394.

Damon, George J., 728.

Dana Musical Institute, 172.

Daniels, David, 41.

Dauch, Jacob J., 1508.

Davey, James A., 1141.

Davey, John, 885.

Davis, Carrie C. 1293.

Davis, Charles C., 1463.

Davis, Edward L., 825.

Davis, Irvin B., 1776.

Dawley, Jay P., 1745.

Dawson, Samuel, 1353.

Day, George T., 886.

Day, Luther, 87, 709.

Day, William L., 1398.

Day, William R., 663, 671.

Dayton, L. D. 1264.

Dean, Arthur H., 1113.

Dean, Asa B., 1412.

Dean, Bailey S., 780.

Dean, David H. 1412.

Dean, Mary, 290.

Deane, Lavinia (Mrs. Delamater), 163.

Decker, William, 1201.

Deeley, Benjamin E., 1779.

Deerfield township, Portage county, 679.

Deetrick, James W., 1471.

Dellefield, George M., 1814.

"Democratic Press," Ravenna, 651.

Denmark township, Ashtabula county (first churches), 552.

Denton, Paul E., 330, 1511.

Derhammer, Samuel, 1851.

Derhammer, William H., 1851.

Derthick, Frank A., 1446.

Devereux, John H. 519.

Dewey, Joel A., 112.

Dexter, John H., 1404.

Diamond Match Company, Barberton, 358.

Dick, Charles, 1784.

Dickerhoff, William, 1791.

Dickey, Edward J., 1714.

Dickinson, Arthur F., 982.

Dickson, Orr A., 1605.

Dix, John F., 1042.

Dix, John P., 1042.

Doan, John, 39.

Doan family, 39.

Dodge, Hiram L., 1295.

Dodge, William J., 1660.

Doll, Charles, 1225.

Dollar Savings & Trust Co., 1552.

Donaldson, Harry N., 1302.

Doolittle, Amos, 43.

Doolittle, Charles R., 1333.

Doolittle, Herbert M., 1291.

Doolittle, Horace A., 1131.

Douglas, Edward A., 1294.

Downing, Sanford M., 875.

Downs, Marcellus R., 1364.

Drugan, Cornelius, 1736.

Drury, John, 1278.

Dudley, Arthur L., 1776.

Dulmage, David J., 1838.

Duncan, Samuel, 899.

Dunham, Truman, 1627.

Dunning, Almon S., 1119.

Dussel, John H., 1193.

Dyer, Albion M. 1242.

Eady, Henry ., 1071.

Early Settlers' Association of Cuyahoga County, 493,

Eason, Daniel,. 1431.

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East Cleveland-Village of, 527.

East End Park, Youngstown, 601.

Easton, Giles M., 994.

Easton, Mary .C., 994.

Eaton, Dan (originally Heaton), 604, 617.

Eckert, Herbert C., 880.

Eddy, George S., 766.

Edgerton, Mary P., 355.

Edgerton, Sidney, 354.

Edinburg township, Portage county, 682.

Edison, Thomas A. (birthplace of), 420.

Edson, Susan, 584.

Education-Reserve lands sold for support of schools, 145; Ohio school laws (1802-53), 146; Yalikee idea of schooling, 146.

Edwards, Anna C., 286.

Edwards, John M., 607.

Edwards, John S., 78, 156.

Edwards, Lewis, 1602.

Edwards dwelling house, Warren, 174.

Elliott; Lee, 1619.

Ellsworth township, Mahoning county, 627.

Ellsworth, James W., 341.

Elwell, Wesley A., 1800. .

Ely, Heman, 224.

Ely, Joshua S., 1830.

Ely, Lewis, 42.

Ely family, 1796.

Elyria-Founded by Heman Ely, 224; made the county seat, 224; pioneer events, 227; first churches, 227; schools,. newspapers and banks, 228; public library, 228; W. C. T. U., 228; industries, 229; public school system, 230; municipal water works, 230.

Epworth Memorial church, Cleveland, 517.

Erie county-Postmasters, 68; Fort Sandusky founded, 390; Ogontz Place, 391; deaths of Omic and Semo, 392; the Castalia massacre, 392; first permanent settlers, 393; original Sandusky flats, 393; pioneer merchant, 394; first engine built in Sandusky, 399; modern Sandusky, 400; Kelley's Island, 401; Put-in-Bay and Gibraltar, 401; Pelee Island, 401;. Sandusky Harbor and Cedar Point, 402; Soldiers and Sailors' Home, 408; Confederate Conspiracy, Johnson's' Island, 409; Glacial grooves, Kelley's Island, 412; settlement of Kelley's Island, 413; Huron, 414; Vermilion, 416; Ruggles Beach, 417; Berlin Heights, 418; Milan, 418; Castalia, 420; Venice, 421.

Eries-Extermination of, by the Iroquois, 97.

Essex, Edward C., 1461.

Euclid avenue, Cleveland, 467, 503.

Euclid township, Cuyahoga county, 527.

Evans, William N., 1719.

Evans, William R., 1706.

Everingim, Thomas, 1495.

Fairchild, Albert B., 792.

Fairchild, James H., 238.

Fairport-The present village, 291; in the forties, 292; first lighthouse, 293; Fairport's harbor,

293; ore and coal movements, 293.

Falkner, Arthur, 1374.

Faucher, Thaddeus W., 1222.

Farmer, Lydia H., 526.

Farnham, Patrick H., 985.

Fassett, Henry, 583.

Fauver, Frank R., 984.

Fauver, Lester A., 1269.

Faxon, Isaac D., 785.

Faxon, John H., 787.

Faxon, John H., 784.

Faxon, Theodore E., 786.

Faxon, Theodore S., 786.

Faxon family, 784.

Feick, Adam, 1371.

Feick, Emil A., 1141.

Feick, George, 1140.

Feick, John A. 1372.

Feick, Lewis A., 1372.

Fenn, Charles M., 1246.

Fenton, Mary B., 1013.

Ferguson, Albert D., 844.

Ferriman, Thomas, 1795.

Fesenden, Angie E., 1747.

Fessenden, Bryon W., 1747.

Fetterman, Roney H., 1394.

Fetzer, Calvin M., 1675.

Fiebach, Peter, 1758.

Fifield, H. O., 257.

Findley, May Record, 799.

Findley, May Record, Memorial Chapel, 799.

Findley, Walter T., 799.

Finney, Charles G., 236.

"Fire Lands," 10.

Firelands Historical Society, Norwalk, 432.

First engine built West of the Alleghanies, 399.

First National & Dollar Savings Banks, 1539.

First Ohio Agricultural Society, 621.

Fish, David A., 804.

Fish, Lewis B. 803.

Fisher, Bert Z. J., .1422.

Fisher, Charles E., 1456.

Fisher, Cornelius, 1460.

Fisher, James A., 1175.

Fisk, Amos C., 1228.

Fitch, Edward H., 1037.

Fitch, O. H., 581.

Fitch, Sarah, 526.

Fitch, Winchester, 1040.

Fitch family, 1036.

Fitzsimons, William J., 1640.

Flagg, John A., 1435.

Flagler, Henry M. 450.

Flickinger, England D., 1663.

Foley, Thomas F., 1703.

Folger, Della M., 1768.

Folger, Thomas, 1766.

Ford, Albert J., 1396.

Ford bank failure, Geauga county, 323.

Ford, James E., 1057.

Ford, James H., 605, 902.

Ford, John S., 1863.

Ford, Pearley V., 1058.

Ford, Seabury, 87.

Fordyce, George L., 1599.

Foster, Charles, 431.

Frank, Charles H., 1779.

Frank, Frank J., 1311.

Frank, Pryor L., 869.

Franklin House, Cleveland, 469.

Franklin House, Warren, 172.

Franklin Mills-Founded, 687; early manufactories, 688.

Franklin township, Portage county, 687.

Frazer, William, 673. Frazier, Samuel R., 1300.

Frederick, Charles H., 1822.

Freedom township, Portage county, 684.

Freeman, Charles D., 1516.

Freeman, Isaac A., 1185.

Freeman, Joseph H., 1598.

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Freeman, Myron I., 615.

Freeman home, Warren, 178.

French, Amos, 1183.

French, Birney A., 952.

French, Edward, 1182.

French, George R., 817.

French, Helen M., 1147.

French, Henry L., 1539.

French, Milton, 1771.

French, Newton E., 831.

French, Theodore L., 1146.

Frick, Celestia, 1120.

Friedman, Adolph, 1207.

Frost, James B., 1770.

Fuller, Clifford W., 1834.

Fuller, Francis J., 1086.

Fuller, Otis, 965.

Gage, Fanny Dana, 216.

Gage, Louis P., 964.

Gallup, Caleb H., 433, 435, 723.

Gallup, Mozart, 1611.

Gard, John, 1305.

Gardner, Christopher C., 814.

Garfield, Mrs. Eliza, 653.

Garfield, James A., 14, 87, 109, 653.

Garfield home (Lawnfield), Mentor, 301.

Garford, Arthur L., 854.

Garlick, Henry M., 1540.

Garlick, Richard, 1310.

Garlick, Theodore, 605.

Garrett, Robert, 1346.

Garrettsville-Founded by John. Garrett, 685; village incorporated, 686; newspapers, 686; present village, 687.

"Garrettsville Journal," 652, 686.

Garrison, Maxwell G., 978.

Gaskill House, Warren, 169.

Gates, Frederic H., 1071.

Gates, Nahum B., 1069.

Gates, William N., 1070.

Geauga county-First settlement, 39; origin of name and natural features, 307; dairy products, 307; maple sugar and syrup, 308; population, 309; civic organization, 310; first court house, 311; County Agricultural Society, 312; first school houses and churches, 314; Burton, 315; Middlefield, 315; Chardon, 321; great drought of 1845, 323; Ford bank failure, 323; schools, 325; early epidemics, 325; early physicians, 327; first newspapers, 327; old county roads,. 330; railroads, 331; war of 1812, 331; Civil war, 332.

"Geauga County Record," 329.

Geauga "Freeman," 327.

Geauga Furnace, Painesville, 281.

Geauga Furnace & Manufacturing Company, Painesville, 282.

"Geauga Leader," 330.

"Geauga Republican," 329.

General History-Men and women colonizers, 1; Puritan mothers and fathers, 1; New World divided, 2; England demands Connecticut's charter, 7; Connecticut in Pennsylvania, 8; ordinance of 1787, 8; saves her Western Reserve, 9; Clark, and the Northwest, 14; pioneers of New Connecticut, 17; surveyors of the Western Reserve, 27; Reserve settled and mapped, 37; organization of counties, 56; roadways and waterways,. 69; famous men of the Reserve, 75; judicial and legislative, 91; defense of the Reserve, 97; men and women of the Civil war, 107; religious or-ganizations, 121; banks of the Reserve, 135; press of the Reserve, 138; schools of the Reserve, 145; medicine and surgery, 148.

Geneva-First saw mill, 536; early settlers, 561; in 1837, 538.

"Geneva Times," 553.

Genung, Charles W., 975.

George, Robert, 1108.

Gibbs, Earl N., 1840.

Giddings, Joshua R., 87, 563, 566.

Giddings family letters, 569.

Gilbert, Edwin J., 1681.

Gilcher, William H., 1557.

Gill, Harlan P. 1079.

Gillett, Isaac, 954.

Gillett, Stephen E., 1164.

Gillette, Buell S., 1205.

Gilimore, Quincy A., 110, 261.

Gillmore, Quincy A., 1018.

Girdled Road, 274, 593.

Gist, David D., 881.

Gist, Tunie A., 882.

Glitsch, George L., 1228.

Gladding, Henry A., 1868.

Golde, William, 1388.

Golden, H. G., 892.

Goodell, Carlton, 1106.

Goodell, Homer, 1106.

Goodhue, Nathaniel P., 868.

Gordon, F. E., 1060.

Gordon Park, Cleveland, 502.

Goss, Clara W., 1246.

Gougler, Harvey E., 1841.

Graeter, Augustus (and family), 165.

Grafton-Village of today, 260.

Graham, Abelino, 1005.

Grand River Institute, Mechanicsville, 542.

Granger, Gideon, 531, 533.

Granger township, Medina county, 381.

"Granny" Beckwith (heroine), 530. Grant, Charles P., 1098.

Grant, Jesse, 661.

Grant, Noah, 661.

Grant, Roswell M., 38.

Grant family, 606.

Graves, Alice L., 1605.

Graves, Erasmus D., 1605.

Gray, Elisha (the inventor), 158.

Gray, Frank M., 861.

Gray, J. W., 510.

Gray, Martin E., 860.

"Gray Canyon" quarry, Amherst, 258.

Green, Clarence B., 918.

Greene, George G., 937.

Greene, J. H., 374.

Greene-Its quaint cemetery, 221.

Greenlee, Albert D., 977.

Greenwich-Present village, 451.

Gregory, Edwin, .338.

Grierson, Benjamin, 603.

Griesinger, Andrew, Jr., 1596.

Griesinger, Andrew, Sr., 1596.

Griffith, Thomas M. 796.

Griffin, Frederick A., 1280.

Griffin, Frederick E., 1280.

Griggs, Oscar P., 968.

Grills, Albert T., 1661.

Griswold, Giles O., 1626.

Griswold, Irving H., 1323.

Griswold, Olive F., 790.

Griswold, Roger W., 936.

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Gross, Martin, 1285.

Guerin, William E., Jr., 1314.

Guilford township, Medina county, 377

Gun, Ann, 19.

Hageman, Albert V., 1327.

Hahn, Charles, 1778.

Hahn, Henry J., 1208.

Haines, Clark W., 928.

Hale, John C., 525.

Hall, Almira C., 905.

Hall, Edwin L., 1745.

Hall, Levi, 905.

Hall, Marvin C., 1143.

Hall, Sereno E., 1450.

Hall, Walter D. 1815.

Hall, William J., 1494.

Hallock, Hiram A., 919.

Halstead, Reuben O., 1094.

Hambden township, Geauga county, 318.

Hamlin; Henry B., 1755.

Hamlin, Lorenzo D., 1059.

Hammond, Herman O., 1125.

Hanna, Marcus A., 523, 711.

Hannold, William H., 1278.

Hanselman, Sheldon F., 1172.

Hardy, Asa S., 1082.

Hardy, George S., 1072.

Hardy, Mary E., 1206.

Harmon, Aaron, 1517.

Harmon, Albert, 1252.

Harmon, Edwin, 1252.

Harmon, Elias, 691.

Harmon, Frank S., 1517.

Harmon, Heman, 165.

Harmon, Julia, 1517.

Harmon, Olive, 143.

Harmon, Orrin G., 1154.

Harmon, Sheldon, 1517.

Harper, Alexander, 529, 861.

Harper, Alexander J., 861.,

Harper, Jane, 861.

Harper, Polly, 861.

1Harper, Robert; 861.

Harper, Robert E., 772.

Harper, Stella C., 861.

Harper family, 861.

Harpersfield township, Ashtabula (first county churches) , 550.

Harrington, Charles A., 194.

Harris, Albert, 1666.

Harris, Alfred F., 1849.

Harris, Hugh C., 955.

Harris, J. A., 508.

Harris, Minnie S., 1849.

Harris, Nelson, 1665.

Harris, S. D. 651.

Harris, W. S., 1805.

Harrison, Catherine C., 1091.

Harrison, Dan M., 1110.

Harrison, Frederick W., 1109.

Harrison, Hannah, 1091.

Harrison, John, 1090;

Harrison, John H., 1091.

Harrison, Thomas, 1091.

Harrison, Thomas H., 1091.

Hartle, James W., 1117.

Hartman, John, 1510.

Hartsgrove township, Ashtabula (first county churches), 551:

Hartzell, Stephen P., 306, 1234.

Harvey, Thomas W. 945.

Hasenpflug, John W., 1813.

Haserodt, Otto E., 1398.

Haskell, William, 1673.

Hathaway, Russell, 1820.

Haueisen, Edward B., 1224.

Hausch, O. O., 1300.

Hawks, Roswell, 285.

Hawley, Amos H., 1261.

Hawley, Charles M., 1003.

Hawley, Edwin H., 1001.

Hawley, Frank H., 1261.

Hawley, Miles S., 1716.

Hawley, Theodore E., 1623.

Hayden, George, 713.

Hayden, H. C., 288.

Hayes, Titus, 530.

Hayes, Rutherford B., 87, 431.

Haymaker, Arvin O., 1009.

Haymaker, Mary S., 1014.

Haymaker, Oscar F., 1014.

Haymaker, William J., 807.

Haynes, John T., 409, 1608.

Hazen, William B. 11, 694.

Heaton, Daniel, 207.

Heaton, James, 208, 617.

Heaton, Maria, 208.

Heighton, Marius H., 1375.

Heiser, john B., 1198.

Heldmyer, William, 1503.

Hemmeter, William E., 1597.

Henninger, Jacob F., 1501.

Herb, Herbert, 1650.

Herrick, Myron T., 87, 1340.

Herriff, Ira L., 760.

Hess, George F., 1361.

Hess, Gust, 1497.

Heyman, Frank W., 1592.

Heyman, Rose B., 1592.

Hickenlooper, Andrew, 112.

Hickox, Asa W. W., 552.

Hicks, Loren, 1111.

High, U. Grant, 1653.

Higley, Alfred M., 1417.

Higley, Mary R., 1418.

Higley, Philander R., 1411.

Higley, William A., 1642.

Hill, George, 1618.

Hill, George F. 1577.

Hill, Jasper, 999.

Hill, Sidney G., 1047.

Hill, William W., 998.

Hilliard, Jay B., 1498.

Hillman, James, 38, 587.

Hills, Clinton W., 997.

Hills, Howard B., 1471.

Hiltz, Joseph, 1591.

Hinckley hunt, Medina county, 383.

Hinckley township, Medina county, 383.

Hinds, George E., 1686.

Hine, Cecil D., 1567.

Hine, Horace L., 737.

Hine, Sydney H., 993.

Hinkson, Harry, 1017.

Hillman, Albert G., 1410.

Hinman, Edgar H., 1016.

Hinsdale, Maria C. 848.

Hinsdale, Roldon C., 849.

Hiram College-Founding of, 665; President Amok

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S. Hayden, 667; President B. A. Hinsdale, 668; Presidents E. V. Zollars and Minor L. Bates, 668.

Hiram township, Portage county-Description of, 699; first settlers, 699; Smith and Rigdon tarred

and feathered, 699.

Hirst, Thomas H., 1590.

Hitchcock, Frank H., 259.

Hitchcock, Julia A., 622, 623.

Hitchock, Peter, 324.

Hitchcock, Reuben, 288; (death), 289.

Hodge, Orlando J., 719.

Hoeg, Decatur, 959.

Hoeg, William R., 959.

Hogue, Fred R,, 745.

Holcomb, Dereath R., 1462.

Holcomb, Saphronia C., 1680.

Holcomb, Wanzer, 1679.

Holden, Harry C., 1180.

Holden, L. E., 510.

Holden, Liberty E., 1860.

Holden, Sarah P., 1385.

Holden, William L., 1029.

Holland; Ronald G., 1810.

Hollinger, Harvey M., 788.

Hollinger, Jennie W., 788.

Holm, James B., 1662.

Honey, Abraham S. 635, 691.

Hooper Henry, 847.

Hoose, Warren L., 835.

Hopkins, George C., 1437.

Hopkinson, A. G., 487.

Hopocan (Captain Pipe), 347, 620.

Hopper, George H., 1040.

Hopper, Harriet A., 1040.

Hopper family, 1040.

Horner, John, 1853.

Horner, Margaret B., 1853.

Horner, William J., 1659.

Horning, Edward W., 876.

Horr, Roland A., 257.

Horr, Roswell P., 257.

Horton, Joseph D., 707.

Hoskin, Marion, 989.

Hoskin, Milton B., 1314.

Hoskin, Ozro A., 988.

Hosmer, Stiles A., 1631.

Hostetler, Walter S., 383, 1873.

House, Charles F., 751.

House, Edward L., 1269.

House, Everett J., 838.

House, Samuel R., 838.

Houser, John, 837.

Howard, Francis M., 1194.

Howe, Eber D., 291.

Howe, Frederic C., 1760.

Howe, Orville D., 965.

Howell, Charles A., 1289.

Howell, Edna C. A.,.1290.

Howells, Joseph A., 576, 1534.

Howells, W. C., 554.

Howells, William Dean, 576.

Howells, William D. H., 1536.

Howells family, 576.

Hower, M. Otis, 903.

Howk, Albert M., 1822.

Howland, Charles E., 744.

Howland, W. P., 583.

Howland township, Trumbull county, 153.

Hoyt home, Warren, 178.

Hubbard, Henry, 581.

Hubbard, Watson, 1648.

Hubbell, Charles J., 835.

Hudson, David, 40, 336.

Hudson house, Hudson, 338.

Hudson-Incorporated, 340; famous Ellsworth campaign, 340.

Hudson township, Summit county, 343.

Huene, Adolph, 1821.

Hug, Edward V., 1753.

Hulbert, Elmer C., 1409.

Hulbert, Marcena M., 1406.

Hulburt, Julia, 1579.

Hulburt, Halsey, 1578.

Hulburt, William, 1579.

Hull; Barton O., 1763.

Humphreys, James O., 1067.

Humphreys, Roswell, 1067.

Hunt, Edward C., 1344.

Hunt, Henry H., 1488.

Hunter, Jacob W., 1114.

Huntington, Edwin G., 730.

Huntington, Ralph E., 1711.

Huntington, Samuel, 82, 87, 272, 475.

Huntington, William R., 1286.

Huntley, Truman, 1504.

Huntsburg township, Geauga county, 318.

Hurd, Frank, 1627.

Hurlburt, David E., 987.

Hurlburt, Sage, 1129.

Huron-History of, 414; commerce and ship build-ing, 414; transfer point for ore and coal, 415.

Huron county-Postmasters, 68; organized, 422; survey of the "Fire Lands," 423; Ruggles surveys, 423; settlement of the townships, 424; county organization, 424; Norwalk, 425; county seat established, 426; Bellevue, 438; Chicago Junction, 443; New London, 447; Monroeville, 448; Greenwich, 451; other settlements of the county, 451; pioneer medical societies, 455; "Underground Railways," 455; Wellington rescue case, 457; ; war history of the "Fire Lands." 458.

Hutchins, Francis E., 87.

Hutchins, John, 193.

Hutchins, John C., 1458.

Hutchinson, Patrick J., 736.

Hutson, Herbert O., 993.

Iddings, Richard, 174.

Iddings homestead, Warren, 174.

Ingersoll, Charles B., 1819.

Ingersoll, Henry W., 1244.

Ingersoll, Robert, 578.

Inman, William C., 995.

Irish, Charles M., 1196.

Iron Furnaces-First in the West, 592; second successful plant, 602; the Heaton furnace, 617;. first American blast furnace, 617; other Youngstown furnaces, 617; first and second rolling mills, 618.

Isaacs, Sallie, 80.

Jackson, Josiah J., 1664.

Jackson township, Mahoning county, 627.

Jefferson made county seat, Ashtabula county, 531, 533.

"Jefferson Gazette," 554.

Jenkins, Arlie B., 1183.

Jenkins, Charles C., 840.

Jenkins, Wilbur A., 1183.

Jenne, Albert K., 1821.

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Jenne, John P., 1753.

Jennings, Albert B., 1129.

Jennings, George W., 1116.

Jennings, Isaac, 362.

Jennings, Louis E., 1129.

Johnson, Albert H., 958.

Johnson, Alonzo, 1008.

Johnson, Andrew, 1655.

Johnson, Britton S., 883.

Johnson, Cyrus L., 1445.

Johnson, Dell, 1378.

Johnson, E. G., 821.

Johnson, Eliza P., 1656.

Johnson, James C., 1271.

Johnson, Tom L., 522.

Johnson, William H., 1104.

Johnson's Island, Sandusky harbor, 412.

Joiner, V. R., 1080.

Jones, Asahel W., 612.

Jones, Asa W., 194.

Jones, Edward, 153.

Jones, Ensign N., 1449.

Jones, James, 1704.

Jones, John D., 1705.

Jones, J. Powell, 1323.

Jones, Millard F., 1601.

Jones, L. C., 194.

Jones, Pheodora T., 1474.

Judges of the Reserve supreme court, 91; court of common pleas, 91.

Kaiser, John, 1049.

Kauffman, Henry C., 872.

Kean, William, 1463.

Kelley, Ambrose E., 1379.

Kelley, Henry S., 904.

Kelley's Island, Sandusky harbor, 401, 412.

Kellogg, Henry H., 1530.

Kellogg, Walter M., 765.

Kelsey, Carlos, 1791.

Kendeigh, Alonzo H., 1635.

Kendeigh, Charles D., 1159.

Kendeigh, Milo C., 1726.

Kendall, Franklin H., 946.

Kennan, George, 431.

Kennan, Jairus R., 721.

Kennedy, Hiram F., 802.

Kennedy, James, 1541.

Kennedy, Ransom, 802.

Kent, Charles S., 1063.

Kent, Horace H., 1698.

Kent, Marvin, 688, 748.

Kent, William S., 751.

Kent, Zenas, 745.

"Kent News," 652.

"Kent Saturday Bulletin' " 652.

Kents in England, New England and Western Reserve, 1696.

Kewish, Helen J., 1868.

Kewish, Lucius L., 1867.

Kilbourn, Charles L., 1725.

Kilbourne, Margaret, 290.

Kile, James T., 1487.

Kimball, Elliott, 1854.

Kimball, Leila Helen, 1212.

Kimball, Lemuel H., 1210.

King, Alfred A., 1162.

King, Edmund B., 1538.

King, Frank J., 1217.

King, Guy S., 1166.

King, Henry C., 240.

King, Howard H., 1459.

King, Gertrude S., 1044.

King, William G., 1772.

Kingsbury, James, 31, 37.

Kingsley, Algernon, 1512.

Kingsville Academy, 563.

Kinsman home, Warren, 176.

Kirtland, Jared P., 606.

Kirtland, Turhand, 593, 594.

Kirtland-First settlers, 301;

Mormon Temple, 303..

Kirtland Bank, 131.

Kishman, Adam, 1824.

Kishman, Henry B., 1215.

Kishman, Martha C., 1824.

Kumph, Nathan D., 902.

Klute, John, 1617.

Knapp, Arthur D., 1694.

Knapp, Cyrus C.,1567.

Knapp, Frank A., 1291.

Knapp, Gilbert, 1567.

Knapp, Henry J., 1204.

Knight, Maurice A., 1309.

Knowles, Rufus, 1171.

Knowlton, James C., 1381.

Knox, Agnes C., 955.

Kolbe, Henry, 1701.

Kreider, William A., 1504.

Kuder, George, 1654.

Kuebeler, Jacob, 1575.

Kulp, Eli S., 1651.

Kummel, Charlotte C., 1021.

Kurtz, Andrew, 1065.

Kurtz, Frank, 1065.

Kyle, John W., 1254.

Ladd, Mrs. Eunice B., 291.

Ladd, George T., 306.

Ladd, Isaac, 57.

Ladd, William A., 1772.

Lake county-Organization, 265; natural features, , 266; schools, 266; first as a pear producer, 266; prehistoric fort, 266; last of the Indians, 267; coming of the first whites, 269; first permanent settler, 270; county roads and railroads, 273; bridges, 277; Painesville, 278; county court house, 278; Lake Erie College, 282; Fairport, 291; Richmond, 293; Willoughby, 295; Mentor, 300; Kirtland, 301; Madison, 304; Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, 305; postmasters, 1850-2, 68.

"Lake County Herald," Painesville, 291.

Lake Erie College-Founded as Lake Erie Female Seminary, 282; removes to Painesville, 285; Miss Mary Evans and Miss Luette P. Bentley, 286; respect for work and worker, 287; faithful trustees, 288; the Hitchcock fund, 288; the college as it is, 289.

Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, 503.

La Marche, Frank C., 1446.

Lampson, Edward C., 1352.

Lampson, Elbert L., 554, 1351.

Lamson, Charles, 1100.

Lane, Charles F., 1331.

Lane, Henry (and family), 153, 172.

Lane street, Warren, 172.

Langshaw, Thomas, 1173.

Lanterman Mills, Youngstown, 600.

Larkcm, Giles N., 1362.

Larnard, Hiram L., 1768.

Latham, Thomas W., 1019.

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Latter Day Saints, 128.

Lawrence, Amos E., 1058.

Lawrence, Edward E., 974.

Lawyer, Charles, 843.

Lea, James D., 1560.

Lea, Lewis M., 1560.

Leatherman, Daniel, 1646.

Leatherman, John N., 1513.

Leavitt, John, 166.

Leavitt, John (and family), 155.

Lee, Aldisa, 1647.

Lee, Ann (the Shaker), 126.

Lee, George P., 1647.

Lee, Mrs. Henry,338.

Leffingwell, Fred L., 1614.

Leggett, Mortimer D., 112, 525.

Leicester King House, Warren, 176.

Leiter, Ida M., 1313.

Leiter, Thomas C., 1311.

Lersch, Robert B., 1254.

Lewis, Betsey, 175.

Lewis, Eber H., 1164.

Lewis, George W., 1163.

Licey, Alvan D., 773

Licey, John O., 1414.

Lincoln, Andrew P., 1787.

Lincoln, Henry, 245.

Lines, Charles N., 1392.

Litchfield township, Medina county, 386.

Little, William N., 1243.

Livenspire, Edgar C., 1388.

Liverpool township, Medina county, 366.

Livingston, Elmer C., 1031.

Lloyd, Robert T., 1457.

Lockwood, Sarah, 1641.

Loehr, Jeremiah, 1650.

Loehr, Lewis, 1616.

Longsworth, Myron V., 948.

Loomis, H. R., 1148.

Loomis, Susan R., 923.

Loomis, Timothy G., 922.

Loomis, Walter H., 1138.

Lorain-Its founding, 247; early shipbuilding, 247; railroads come, 248; American Shipbuilding Company, 249; Lorain Steel Works (National Tube Company), 249; other Lorain industries, 250; harbor of Lorain and fish industry, 251; banks, 251; electric service, 252; property valuation, 253; newspapers, 253; water works, 253; schools, 254; public library, 255; as a Catholic community, 255.

Lorain county-First settlement, 223; Elyria, the county seat, 224; different court houses, 224; County Historical Society, 224; County Infirmary, 225; early post routes, 226; first churches, 227; Oberlin College, 231; Lorain founded, 247; village of Wellington, 257; Amherst, 258; Grafton and Carlisle, 260; famous soldiers, 261; postmasters, 1850-2, 67.

Lowe, John W., 1359.

Lowell, Almon G., 1227.

Luther, Sylvester M., 1691.

Lyman, Darius, 672.

McBride, Marion G., 1685.

McClave, Charles, 1466.

McComb, John W., 1748.

McConnell, Harry A., 994.

McCready, George A., 1481.

McCurdy, Robert, 755.

MacDonald, S. F., 979.

McElroy, Hugh L., 1478.

McFarland, Samuel, 595.

McGarvey, John F., 1369.

McGee, Thomas C., 1649.

McGovern, Thomas, 1053.

McKelvey, John, 1317.

McKelvey, Mathew, 1317.

McKelvey, Nancy A., 1318.

McKinley, William, 87, 109, 211.

McKinnon, William S., 1346.

McNab family, 608.

McPherson, James B., 109, 431.

Maag, William F., 1473.

Mack, Egbert H., 405.

Mack, Isaac F., 405..

Mack, John D., 405.

Mack, John T., 405.

Mack, Mrs. John T., 405.

Mackey, James, 607.

Madison-Present village, 304;

Madison Seminary, 305; Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, 305.

Madison Seminary, 305.

Mahan, Asa, 234.

Mahan, Willard, 1190.

Mahoning county-Surveyors enter the county, 585; the Salt Springs tract, 586; first settler (James Hillman), 587; John Young, founder of Youngstown, 589; meeting of Hillman and Young, 589; first mills, 591; first western iron manufactured, 592; first births, 595; Youngs- town platted, 595; county seat, 596; Canfield chosen for the time being, 597; origin of name, 598; county seat question settled, 598; last county of the Reserve, 598; Youngstown of the present, 598; Mahoning Valley Historical Society, 602; first successful iron furnace, 602; first Western Reserve lemons, 606; Struthers, 608; first American blast furnace, 617; bituminous coal industry, 618; mails, 619; county's only execution, 620; state senators and representatives, 624; population, .625.

"Mahoning County Republican," 595.

Mahoning valley-First dwelling in, 38.

Mahoning Valley Historical Society, 602.

Manchester, Healey M., 1848.

Manchester, Robert, 1711.

Manley, Orville T., 1724.

Manning, John W., 1576.

Manning, Margaret, 1577.

Mantle, Frank E., 763.

Manton, Irvin R., 828.

Manton, Harriet R., 772.

Manton, James B., 771.

Mantua township, Portage county, 691.

March, Frank W., 1190.

March, James E., 1190.

Marine Hospital, Cleveland, 518.

Markham, Caroline A. 897..

Marshall, Elizabeth, 580.

Marshall, James E., 1585.

Martin, Alba B. 858.

Martin, Clark, 923.

Marvin, Edwin W., 1675.

Marvin, George W., 1324.

Marvin, James, 1470.

Marvin, Richard P., 886.

Mason, George L., 1581.

Mason, Levi J., 1440.

Mather, George E., 1707.

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Mather, Samuel, 715.

Mathews, Mrs. Ellen, 261.

Matteson, Charles F., 1475.

Matteson, Gordon F., 1165.

Matteson, Horace E., 1461.

Maxson, Edgar W., 1160.

Mayhew, Ernest D., 1010.

Maytham, Edward C., 1192.

Means, Henry, 854.

Mecca-Dixie-Its exploded oil boom, 218.

Medbury, Asahel, 605.

Medicine and Surgery-The unsung hero (old-time doctor), 148; mysterious cures, 149; frightened into health, 149.

Medina-Village founded, 371; first Fourth of July, 371; the city, 372; Root's manufactory of bee supplies, 372; banks and newspapers, 374.

Medina county-Postmasters, 67; area and natural features, 364; pioneer settlers, 364; first native white child, 364; increase in population, 365; first survey, 366; War of 1812, 366; first school,

369; Medina village founded, 371; pioneer roadways, 370; township organization, 370; the present Medina, 372; Lodi, 375; Chippewa Lake, 376; village of Seville, 379; Brunswick, 379; Wadsworth, 381; war history of the county, 387.

"Medina County Gazette," 374.

Medina township, Medina county, 369.

Meek, Gordon S., 950.

Mentor-Its pioneer, 300; Lawnfield (the Garfield home), 301.

Meriam, Theodore F., 1004.

Merrell, Phineas, 1098.

Merrill, G. C., 298.

Merrill, F. H., 298.

Merrill, J. H., 298.

Merrills, George H., 795.

Merts, Charles, 1033.

Mertz, Jacob, 1563.

Mertz, John, 1564.

Metcalf, Birdsey S., 1486.

Metcalf, Chauncey, 893.

Metcalf, Eliab W., 1845.

Metcalf, Ezra R., .893.

Metcalf, Friend, 892.

Metcalf, Irving W., 1846.

Metcalf, Isaac S., 1842.

Meyer, Jacob, 1413.

"Middlefield Messenger 330.

Mighton, Perceptemas J., , 1023.

Milan-History and description, 418; once a ship- building port, 419; birthplace of Edison, 420. Mill Creek Park, Youngstown, 600.

Miller, Frederick S., 1237.

Miller, Henry, 1497.

Miller, James F., 1505.

Miller, Joel, 944.

Miller, Joseph R., 1288.

Miller, Mary F., 1236.

Miller, Seth E., 1245.

Miller, William B., 1509.

Miller, William E., 1235.

Miller, William S., 1236.

Mills, Alfred L., 1396.

Mills, Asahel, 42.

Mills, Delaun, 42, 692.

Mills, Isaac, 42.

Mills William S., 271.

Mills family, 638, 1395.

Milton township, Mahoning county, 626.

Minich, Napoleon J. A., 774.

Mixer, William F., 1247.

Monosmith, Olney B., 1454.

Monroe,. Pauline B., 1871.

Monroe, Thomas E., 1870.

Monroeville-History of, 448.

"Monroeville Spectator," 450.

Montgomery, Mrs. Louisa M., 602.

Montgomery, Robert, 602, 617.

Montville township, Geauga county, 322.

Monument Park, Cleveland, 468, 495.

Moodey, Charles A., 1167.

Moodey, Frank C., .1576.

Moore, Cheney J., 1099.

Moore, Henry, 1570.

Moore, Mary J., 1571.

Moore, Thomas M., 1065.

Moravian missionaries, 14, 122, 223, 463.

Morley, Charles T., 1143.

Morley, J. H., 290.

Mormon Temple, 131, 132.

Morris, Spencer B., 939.

Morrison, Henry L., 1676.

Morrison, Nancy P., 1677.

Morrissey, P. J., 1336.

Morse, Anna, 623.

Morse, Charles H., 1016.

Morse, Elkanah, 613.

Morse, Hiram, 1015.

Morse, John, 612.

Morse family, 612.

Moseley, E. L., 413.

Munson, Albert, 1681.

Munson township, Geauga county, 322.

Murray, Frederick H., 1792.

Murray, William P., 1831.

Myers, Addison D., 862.

Myers, Elsie L., 920.

Myers, Holmer J., 879.

Myers, Worthy A., 920.

Mygatt, George, 608.

Nash, George K., 389.

Nearing, Kate C., 1358.

Nelson, Luman T., 1296.

Nelson, Orlo E., 1400.

Nelson township, Portage county, 692.

Nettleton, Mrs. A. B., 260.

New Haven-Present village, 451.

New London-Present village and early settlement 447.

New Lyme township, Ashtabula county, 564.

Newberry, John S., 116, 355.

Newberry, Willis J., 1641.

Newburg-Cleveland 's early rival, 471, 483.

Newbury township, Geauga county, 319.

Newman, Andrew J., 1123.

Newspapers (see Press). Newton, Charles B., 1678.

Newton, Eben, 86.

Newton Falls-Past and present, 216.

Nicholl, Edward H., 1716.

Nicholl, Ella H., 1283.

Nicholl, James, 1281.

Nichols, Abner P., 743.

Nichols, Adelaide A. N., 1155.

Nichols, Bernard H., 1426.

Nichols, Byron G., 1423.

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Nichols, John L., 1604.

Nichols, Lyman C., 1387.

Nichols, Marcus H., 1257.

Nichols, Paris C., 1012.

Nichols, William M., 1011.

Nicholson, Lancelot S. 1424.

Nicholson, Lewis C., 808.

Nickel Plate Milling Co. 1011.

Nieding, Anthony, 1049.

Niles-Founding of, 206; pioneer iron furnace (Yellow creek), 206; first white native child, 208; Niles named, 209; manufactures, 209; schools, 210; McKinley's birthplace, 210; churches, 212.

Niles, Carl, 1105.

Nolan, Harry T., 1139.

North Fairfield-Rise and decline, 451.

Northfield township, Summit county, 351.

Northampton township, Summit county, 344.

Northway, Sherman B., 1110.

Northway, Stephen A., 583.

Norton, David Z., 1857.

Norton, Edson J., 1216.

Norton, Eugene J., 1234.

Norton, Rollin C., 923.

Norton township, Summit county, 358.

Norwalk-Founding of, 425; county seat muddle settled, 426; first church organized, 427; a paper mill in 1831, 427; Elisha Whittlesey and Platt Benedict, 429; schools and Norwalk Academy, 430; Hayes, Foster and McPherson boys, 431; Norwalk Seminary and Institute, Whittlesey Academy and the Public Library, 432; Fire Lands Historical Society, 433; a famous :execution (Ne-Go-Sheck and No-gon-a-ba), 435; railroads wake up Norwalk, 436; industries and churches, 437; newspapers, 438.

Norwalk Academy, 430.

Norwalk "Experiment-News," 438.

Norwalk "Reflector," 438.

Norwalk Seminary and Institute, 432.

Nye, Clark H., 725.

Nye, David J., 726.

Oakes, I. N., 943.

Oakes family, 943.

Oakley, John H., 751.

Oatman, Simeon S., 1130.

Oberlin-City and college founded together, 231; schools and churches, 242; Oberlin Cemetery Association, 244; clubs and societies, 245; Oberlin-Wellington rescue case, 245; Oberlin made a village, 246; water works system, 246.

Oberlin College-Its founding, 231; the historic elm, 232; first Oberlin colonist, 233; first college building, 233; first ladies' hall, 233; First Congregational church, 233; Big Tent and Cincinnati

Hall, 234; President Mahan, 234; Lucy Stone and Antoinette Brown, 235; President Finney and Finney Memorial Chapel, 236; Carnegie Library, 237; Oberlin in the Civil war and in the Boxer uprising, 237; President Fairchild's administration, 238; "Oberlin College Review" founded, 239; President Ballantine, 239.; Presidents Barrows and King, 240; new deans Created, 240; endowment fund created, 241; Warner and Peter halls, 242; Spear laboratory, 242; Talcott hall, 242.

Oberlin College Library, 1348.

Oberlin Musical Association, 235.

Oberlin Telegraph school, 244.

Oberlin Temperance Alliance, 239.

Oberlin-Wellington Rescue Case, 245.

O'Blenis, Guy A., 1788.

O'Brien, Matthew, 904.

Oden, George W., 1363.

Odenbach, Frederick, 492.

Ogontz (his death), 391.

"Ohio Star," 650.

Ohio State Teachers' Association, 362.

"Old Forge" district, Akron, 352.

Old Stone church, Cleveland, 517.

Oldest Coach Company in the United States, 704.

Olds, Charles J., 330.

Olin, James E., 1127.

Olson, Mary Darrow, 221.

Omic, 392.

Opdyke, Emerson, 113.

Orton, John J., 1447.

Ostrander, George L., 1668.

Ostrander, Solomon, 1668.

Otis, Charles A., Jr., 1420.

Otterbacher, John M., 1829.

Owen, Harriet B., 13844

Paddack, Abbie H., 956.

Paddack, Joseph H., 955.

Page, Elam B., 1214.

Page, Christiana B., 1214.

Page, Florence A., 1708.

Page, John M., 1708.

Paine, Alfred J., 1735.

Paine, Charrie M., 926.

Paine, Edward, 30, 270.

Paine, Henry, 925.

Paine, Hendrick E., 925.

Paine, George E., 1582.

Paine, George B., 1583.

Painesville-Founding of as Champion, 272; present city, 278; court house and hospital, 278; Rider 's Tavern, 279; industries, 279; schools, 281; pioneer iron plants, 281; Lake Erie College, 282; Morley Library, 290; .newspapers, 290; Y. M. C. A., 291.

Painesville Citizen's Band, 281.

Painesville "Telegraph-Republican," 290.

Palmer, Albert, 1807.

Palmer, Charles H., 1809.

Palmer, S. J., 1567.

Palmer, Vanderlyn, 1566.

"Palmyra Lump" coal, 640.

Palmyra township, Portage county, 694.

Pape, Thomas W., 1773.

Paris township, Portage county, 695.

Parker, Allen L., 889.

Parker, Elmore M., 1719.

Parker, Florence, 1490.

Parker, Frank W., 1490.

Parker, Herman C. 1774.

Parker, Nathan, 1394.

Parker, Oren N., 1425.

Parker, Thomas M., Jr., 754.

Parkman Academy, 324.

Parkman township, Geauga county, 318.

Parmly, Jahial, 1251.

Parmly, Mary E. 993.

Parmly, James L., 991.

Parsons, Charles C., 262.

Parsons, Edward A., 769.

Parsons, Hartley C., 329, 1523.

Parsons, Samuel H., 18, 76.

Parsons, Timothy G., 1691.

Parsons, Stephen B., 1245.

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Parsons, Thomas L., 1747.

Parsons House, Warren, 165.

Patchin, Edward, 1521.

Patton, A. A., 942.

Payne, Orlando, 1166.

Payne, Carl W., 1166.

Payne, Corwin N., 877.

Payne, Mary Perry, 526.

Pearl, Addison H., 1588.

Pearce, John J., 1066.

Pearson, Sarah E., 622, 623.

Pease, Calvin, 84, 620.

Pease, Seth, 19, 21, 32.

Peck, Bertie W., 1583.

Peck, Charlotte I., 1500.

Peck, Charles W., 1156.

Peck, Julius, 1823.

Peck, Lucius W., 1500.

Peck, William E., 1815.

Peck, Wilson, 1030.

Peckham, George A., 775.

Penfield, Louis W., 1702.

Pepoon, Benjamin, 1316.

Pepoon, Helen A., 1317.

Pepoon family, 1315.

Perkins, George T., 739.

Perkins, Henry B., 62.

Perkins homestead, Warren, 177.

Perkins, Joseph, 518

Perkins, Martha S., 526.

Perkins, Simon, 61, 98, 177, 352, 361, 1536.

Perkins, Mrs. Simpn, 6L

Pfile, Cory O., 1230.

Phelps, Abel W., 1851.

Phelps, Clinton A., 1304.

Phelps, Francis B., 1384.

Phile, Jacob, 1310.

Physicians and Surgeons (see Medicine and Surgery). Pickton, Thomas C., 990.

Pierce, Elisha M., 1337.

Pierce, William H., 1142.

Pierce, Walter O., 1432.

Pitney, Elizabeth, 60g.

Pitzele, William A., 1436.

Plaisted, J. M., 1209.

Plank, E. H., 1674,

Plato, Henry A., 1825.

Plato, John A., 1274.

Plato, John E., 1274.

Plimpton, Florus B., 695.

Plum, Samuel J., 1634.

Poe, William L., 824.

Poland township, Mahoning county, 629; Hannah Smith's notes, 631.

Poland Union Seminary, 630.

Pole, Wilbur S., 1332.

Pond, Arkinson B., 1756.

Pond, Chester .H., 244.

Population-Western Reserve for a century, 96. Portage county-Name and natural features, 634; New Englanders and Pennsylvania Dutch and Germans, 634; Scotch-Irish, 635; first settler, 635; first child born, 637, 675; first marriage, 637; first bride, 638; pretty lakes, 638; old roads, 639; coal ("Palmyra lump"); 640; first court, 641; first settlers, 641; stories about pioneer lawyers, 641; first marriages and first births, 642; first deaths and first schools, 643; first churches and sermons, 644; first saw mills, 645; -names and proprietors of townships, 645; pioneer agricultural society, 647; horticulture and floriculture, 643; 648; area and population, 650; newspapers, 650; railroads, 652; Garfield homestead, 653; greatest woman of the Western Reserve, 656; congressman, 659; state senators, 659; state representatives, 660; schools, 660; Hiram College, 664; first court house and jail, 669; executions, 669. .

"Portage County Democrat," 651.

Portman, Fred, 1148.

Post, Harry A., 1327.

Post, Sidney J., 1684.

Postoffices of the Western Reserve, 64.

Potter, Selden J., 1155.

Power, Charles M., 1484.

Powers, A. M., 1230.

Powers, Frank W., 1482.

Powers, Harry W., 1225.

Poxon, Samuel D., 1180.

Pratt, Charles A. R., 962.

Pratt, Frances M., 963.

Pratt, Parley P., 128.

Prentiss, Edwin, 1499.

Press of the Western Reserve-The first newspaper, 138; newspapers of 1850-2, 141.

Price, Benjamin F., 994.

Price, David W., 1702.

Price, Joseph, 993.

Price, Merritt C., 1338.

Prichard, Lucius W., 1389.

Prindle, George W., 1118.

Pryce, Samuel V., 1195.

Put-in-Bay, Erie county, 401.

Putnam, Charles S., 1308.

Pyle, Frederick T., 1005.

Quinby, Ephraim, 151.

Quinby, George I., 152.

Quinby, Samuel, 215:

Quinby, Sarah, 215.

Quinby residences, Warren, 177.

Quine, Chalmers L., 1169.

Quine, Lynn, 1169.

Quirk, Fred J., 1769.

Railroad accident--First fatal, in Ohio, 276.

Ramsey, Russell K., 1542.

Randolph township, Portage county, 696.

Ranney, Henry C., 1297:

Ransom, Caroline L., 582.

Ransom, Delos C., 1774.

Rasmussen, Niels M., 1405.

Rathbone, Abel G., 1306.

Ravenna-Connection with Fugitive slave law, 663; Lincoln's visit, 664.

Ravenna township, Portage county, 700.

Rawdon, Freeman R., 1232.

Rawson, Samuel B., 937.

Ray, Franklin, 1162.

Ray, Frank H., 1476.

Rayen, William, 604.

Rayen school, Youngstown, 616.

Raymond, Glenn H., 1729.

Rebman, Frederick B., 1484.

Record, George J., 797.

Record, Mary J., .798.

Redfield, Charles W., 1777.

Reed, Charley, 1386.

Reed, Herman A., 1437.

Reed, Luther A., 1290.

Reed, Robert, 1380.

Reed, Walter W., 1397.

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Reed, William W., 1385.

Rees, William F., 1452.

Reese, Frank, 1663.

Reese, Newton N., 1645.

Reeve, Joel R., 789.

Reeve, Leander, 1334.

Reeve, Olive F., 792.

Reeves, John, Jr., 215.

Reich, William, 1653.

Reichlin, Charles, 1351.

Reid, Virginia, 85.

Reilly, J. W., 113.

Reisinger, Bert J., 1596.

Religion in the Reserve-Moravian missionaries 122; public moneys for religion, 122;' early preachers, 123; the first sermon, 123; first churches, 124; the religious "jerks," 125; the Shakers, 126; the "New Lights," 127; Latter Day Saints, 128.

Renner, George J., 1529.

Reno, James M., 1864. Rescue case, 457.

Reuben McMillan Free Public Library, Youngstown, 622.

Reynolds, Arlington G., 783.

Reynolds, Franklin E., 1403.

Reynolds, James C., 976.

Reynolds, Terrence, 1528.

Rhodenbaugh murder, 671.

Rice, Grover C., 1667.

Rice, George W., 1706.

Rice, Harvey, 485.

Rice, Joseph J., 1292.

Rice, Joseph P., 1615.

Richard, Isaac H., 1126.

Richards, S. A., 619,

Richards, Thomas, 1105.

Richards, William, 619.

Richardson, Calvin J., 853.

Richardson, John, 1603.

Richardson, John E., 824.

Richfield township, Summit county, 358.

Richmond-At the height of its fame (1835), 293; trade of today, 294; Thomas Richmond, its founder, 294.

Richmond, Albert J., 1253.

Richmond, Bird, 1254.

Richmond, Thomas, 294.

Riddle, Albert J., 576, 692.

Riddle, H. Warner, Sr., 707.

Riddle, Henry W., 1219.

Riddle Coach & Hearse Company, Ravenna, 705.

Rider, Joseph, 279.

Rider, Zerah P., 888.

Riedinger, Fred, 989.

Rieg, John P., 1793.

Rigdon, Sidney, 128, 131, 699.

Riley, Girdeon L., 1770.

Rissmann, Paul A., 1445.

Ritscher, Lemuel K., 1526.

Ritter, George W., 1307. -

Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, 503.

Roads of the Western Reserve-Girdled road, 69; State road, 69; Indian trail, 70; Warren turnpike, 70.

Roath, Harvey D., 1346.

Roberts, James W., 1338.

Roberts, Orlo, 1444.

Roberts, Robert P., 1299.

Robinson, A. D., 1035.

Robinson, Byron W., 924.

Robinson, Claire W., 1635.

Robinson, Thomas L., 1562.

Rockefeller, John D., 519.

Rockefeller (Doane Brook) Park, Cleveland, 502,

Rockwell, David L., Sr., 1191.

Rockwell, David L., 873.

Rockwell, Mary E. 1192.

Rodgers, Joseph C., 960.

Rogers, Charles H., 1503.

Rogers, Wilbert W., 1671.

Rohrer, Abram H., 1651.

Rood, Frank P., 963.

Root, Amos I., 372.

Root, The A. I. Company, .372.

Root, Azariah S., 1348.

Root, Earnest :R., 373.

Root, Elizabeth A., 1189.

Root, John W., 1736.

Rootstown township, Portage county, 680.

Rose, Charles P., 812

Ross, Franklin R., 1330.

Rothgery, Joseph W., 1404.

Rouse, Duane W., 794.

Rouse, Rebecca E. C., 117, 519.

Rowe, H. G., 375.

Royce, Corrin N., 1518.

Royer, Elmer E., 999.

Rudesill, Milton L., 935.

Ruedi, Jacob M., 839.

Ruedi, Jennie W., 839.

Ruggles, Almon, 417.

Ruggles,. Benjamin, 533.

Ruggles, Charles, 417.

Ruggles, Frances; 417.

Ruggles, Hiram L., Jr., 1794.

Ruggles Beach, 417. Rundschau, The, 1473.

Russell township, Geauga county, 322.

Rust, Ann L., 1115.

Rust, Corodyne O., 1115.

Ryder, Brainard F., 983.

Sackett, Skene D., 1204.

St. Ignatius College, Cleveland, 492.

St. John, Gamaliel C., 297.

St. Joseph's Hospital, Lorain, 256.

St. Joseph's Roman Catholic church, 904.

St. Mary's church, Lorain, 255.

St. Paul's Episcopal church, Norwalk, 427, 437.

Salt Spring region, 18, 586.

Sandusky-Founding of (as Fort Sandusky), 390; Ogontz Place, 391; first settlers and surveys, 393; John Garrison, pioneer merchant, 394; the Cookes, 395; first engine built in Sandusky, 399; modern Sandusky, 400; Confederate monument and cemetery, Johnson's Island, 400; Sandusky Harbor and Cedar Point, 402; the fish business, 402; coal, lumber, iron, wine, etc., 403; banks, 404; Chamber of Commerce, 404; press, 404; water works and public. schools, 405; Public Library and churches, 406; artists, 407.

Sandusky "Demokrat," 405. .

Sandusky "Register," 404.

Sandusky "Star-Journal," 405.

Satterlee, Bertha M., 1010.

Satterlee, Marcus D., 1010.

Sawyer, Charles W., 986.

Sawyer, Victor P., 1055.

Schaible, John G., 1828.

Schibley, Christian B., 1268.

Schibley, George, 1262.

Schoepfle, Christian F., 1873.

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Schramling, Alvin, 756.

Schultz, Henry, 878.

Schumacher, Ferdinand, 1534.

Scofield, Levi T., 1390.

Scott, Mr. and Mrs. James, 162.

Scoville, James F., 1101.

Scribner, Burr P., 1302.

Searls, Charles W., 929.

Seely, Jesse, 1171.

Seeley, Wesley A., 1171.

Seher, William, 1440.

Seiberling, Charles W., 804.

Seiberling, Frank A., 842.

Sellers, Edgar A., 894.

"Seneca," 269, 345.

Sessions, Lydia A., 286.

Seville-History of village, 379.

Sexton, Meritt, 1550.

Shaker Heights (near Cleveland), 127, 502.

Shalersville township, Portage county, 696.

Shankland, S. D., 773.

Sharon Academy, Medina county, 387.

Sharon township, Medina county, 386.

Sharp, William G. 918.

Shaw, John E., 1669.

Shaw, Thomas, 1514.

Shaw, Zimri A., 1383.

Shehy, Daniel, 592.

Sheldon, Albert G., 1218.

Sheldon, Amos D., 1181.

Sheldon, Christopher W., 1444.

Sheldon, Ebenezer, 41, 636.

Sheldon, Richard E., 1754.

Shelley, James H., 1850.

Shepard, Eugene D., 1185.

Sherman, A. Jenette, 1402.

Sherman, John W., 1403.

Shewell, Albert G., 1258.

Shilliday, Alexander, 989.

Shilliday, Elgie, 1437.

Shilliday, George, 971.

Shilliday, John, 1279.

Shilliday, William G., 973.

Shinn, Nathan, 1575.

Shinn, Sarah A., 1576.

Shipherd, John J., 231

Shively, Charles, 1110.

Shook, Jonathan, 1012.

Shreader, John J., 1213.

Shulenberger, W. J., 1674.

Silver Lake, Summit county, 344.

Simison, David, 990.

Simmons, Ansel T., 811.

Simmons, L. O., 448.

Simpson, David P., 86.

Simpson, Mary A., 742.

Simpson, William A.,.740.

Simonds, Charles H., 1505.

Simonds, Charles S., 1504.

Sites, Eugene, 1262.

Skinner Abraham, 1032.

Slabaugh, Amos L., 1000.

Sloane, Jonathan, 672.

Sloane, Rush R., 1580.

Sloane, Thomas M., 1546.

Small, Vivian B., 289, 1789.

Smead, David D., 1091.

Smith, Ashbel G., 1365.

Smith, Mrs. Charles (nee Scott), 164.

Smith, Charlotte A., 1490.

Smith, Edmond, 219.

Smith, Ellen M., 1059.

Smith, Enos C., 1743.

Smith, Fred N., 1187.

Smith, George, 1267.

Smith, Hall (first Ashtabula merchant), 556.

Smith, Henry K., 767.

Smith, Mrs. Henry W. (nee Stone), 164.

Smith, Irving, 1574.

Smith, James C., 947.

Smith, James F., 1221.

Smith, Jane, 164.

Smith, Jay C., 1562.

Smith, John F., 789.

S1mith, Joseph, 699.

Smith, Joseph, Jr. 131, 132, 303.

Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Justus, 163.

Smith, Lucia E., 1575.

Smith, M. R., 1587.

Smith, Olive, 56.

Smith, Reuben S., 1058.

Smith, Samuel H., 1561.

Smith, Welding E., 1491.

Smith, Wilbur F., 1783.

Smith, Wynne S., 1048.

Snowden, James G., 1564.

Snyder, Custer, 1339.

Snyder, Cyrus B. 1874.

Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Madison, 305.

Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Sandusky, 408.

Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Cleveland, 496.

Soldiers' Monument, Windsor, 564.

Sonnanstine, B. F., 1393.

Southington-Chalker High School, 217.

Spafford, Amos, 19, 468.

Spaulding, Charles. R., 1801.

Spaulding, Rufus P., 355.

Spear, William T., 195.

Spear, Mrs. William T., 195.

Speers, Henry, 124.

Spelman, Henry, 876.

Spelman, Marcus, 696.

Spencer, Harvey S., 851.

Spencer, Lewis C., 852.

Spencer, Platt R., 577.

Sperra, Orion P., 778.

Sperry, Calvin, 1464.

Sperry, Perry, 1158.

Spicer, Avery K., 818.

Spiegelberg, William H., 1443.

Spiers, Emanuel R., 1777.

Spitler, George H., 1554.

"Spotted John," 81.

Sprague, Mrs. Harriet G., 421.

Sprague, J. H., 1510.

Sprague, John W., 113.

Spray, William, 1787.

Spring, Amos A., 906.

Spring, Flavius A.,-846.

Springfield township, Summit county, 351.

Sprotbery, William F., 1447.

Squire, Andrew, 1455.

Squire, Nancy W., 913.

Squire, Samuel, 913.

Stack, James F., 1648.

Stahl, Harlow C., 1249.

Stambaugh, Harry J., 1483.

Stambaugh, John, 607, 1602.

Stamm, Arthur C., 1107.

Stanley, Abram H., 1620.

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Stanley, Wilber F., 1587.

Stanton, Arthur, 1349.

Stanton, Herbert M., 1328.

Starr, udson G., 1259.

Stearns, Myron A., 1646.

Steele, Andrew J., 1662.

Steele, George T., 290.

Steinbacher, Erhard, 863.

Steinbacher, Jane S., 864.

Steinbrueck, Otto G., 1077.

Stephenson, Thomas S., 1524.

Stevens, Benjamin, 1757.

Stevens, Harriet, 1758.

Stevens, Horace (and family), 173.

Stevens, James H., 1245.

Stevens, Mary, 173.

Stevens, Mary C., 1758.

Stevens, Orrin, 1189.

Stevens Phebe A., 1189.

Stewart, James B., 1772.

Stewart, Philo P., 231.

Stiles, Job, 29, 30.

Stillson, Dwight, 1064.

Stillson, Martha, 1064.

Stillson, Rollin, 1064.

St&king, Chauncey H., 1325.

Stocking, William W., 865.

Stolzenburg, William, 1649.

Stone, Judson N., 1652.

Stone, Lucy, 235.

Storm, Stephen T., 1798.

Storrs, Charles B., 340.

Storrs, Mary E., 1480.

Storrs, William G., 1479.

Storrs, Willis P., 1480.

Stow, Joshua, 19.

Stow township, Summit county, 343.

Stratton, Josephine A., 931.

Stratton, Samuel, 931.

Streetsboro township, Portage county, 681.

Strenick, James F., 1274.

Strickland, John W., 977.

Strong, Cornelia, 582.

Strong, Henry C., 1543.

Struthers, John, 608.

Stuart, Emma, 1267.

Stuart, Michael, 1264.

Stuart, Robert, 1132.

Stull, John M., 1849.

Sturdevant, H. A., 1364.

Stutzman, Aaron B., 912.

Sudro, Charles F., 1336.

Suffield township, Portage county, 697.

Summit county-Postmasters, 67; a county of natural lakes, 334; Cuyahoga Valley, 335; the Divide and Portage Path, 335; first settler (David Hudson), 336; Western Reserve College, 340; village of Hudson, 340; first marriage and death, 343; first school house, 343; Monroe Falls and its falls, 344; Northampton as a war center, 345; Boston and its downfall, 346; Cuyahoga Falls, 348; first public library, 350; founding of Akron, 351; Middlebury, 352; present city of Akron, 353; Barberton, 357; county charities, 361; Akron vs. Cuyahoga Falls (county seat) fight, 361; newspapers of the county, 362; banks, 363; Civil war, 363.

Sutliff, Ruth (Granger), 217.

Swager, John, 595.

Sweet, Mahlon E., 864.

Sweitzer, Louis S., 810.

Swetland, Salmon, 1007.

Swift, Isaac, 708.

Swift, Zephaniah, 143.

Symmes, Anna (marriage of), 76.

Symmes, John Cleves, 76.

Taft, Frederick L., 712.

Talcott, E. W., 1026.

Tallmadge Academy, Summit county, 350.

Tallmadge township, Summit county, 350.

Tappan, Benjamin, 40, 79.

Tattersall, Charles W., 951.

Taylor, Benjamin, 1287.

Taylor, Charles M., 1178.

Taylor, Ezra B., 195, 694.

Taylor, Grant W., 1800.

Taylor, James H., 1799.

Taylor, Richard V., 1147.

Taylor, Robert W., 607.

Taylor, Royal, 672.

Tenney, Roxanna B., 284.

Tew, Enos, 1163.

Thayer, Burton E., 1519.

Thomas, David W., 1343.

Thomas, Edith M., 584.

Thomas, Fred F., 3.857.

Thomas, John M., 1717.

Thomas, Robert M., 1717.

Thomas, Stephen S., 1453.

Thompson, Charles H., 961.

Thompson, Delia Blair, 962.

Thompson, John D., 1196.

Thompson, John H., 983.

Thompson, Thomas, 1122.

Thompson, William B., 1231.

Thompson township, Geauga county, 316.

Thornton, Carroll, 1599.

Thorp, Joel (and family), 530.

Thwing, Charles F., 730.

Tibbals, John S., 1132.

Tidball, Alonzo H., 827.

Tilden, Daniel R., 525, 672.

Tilden, Mason B., 1654.

Tillotson, Loyal H., 1835.

Tillotson, Mrs. Sarah, 379.

Tinker, Burritt J., 1327.

Tod, David, 609, 1838.

Tod, George, 80, 98, 611.

Tod, Henry, 1572.

Tourgee, Albion W., 582.

Towne, Benjamin (Uncle Ben), 167.

Towne Hotel, Warren, 167.

Townsend, J. Fred, 1613.

Treat, John M., 1229.

Trinity Church, Cleveland, 517.

Tripp, Charles E., 1373.

Tripp, Edward S., 1372.

Troxel, David S., 1078.

Truesdale family, 608.

Trumbull county-Subscriptions to first court house, 56; Youngstown fights for the county seat, 58; postmasters, 1850-2, 66; first supervisor of highways, 71; river improvements, 71; Ephraim Quinby and Richard Storer, first settlers, 150; other early settlers, 151; second party of settlers, 152; first settlers from Connecticut, 152; Warren tax payers in 1804, 161; Warren selected as county seat, 161; pioneer hotels in Warren, 166; pioneer woman suffragist, 175; Main street in the old days, 175; Warren map of 1816, by Louis M. Giddings, 178; first sermon preached

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in Warren, 181; pioneer teacher, 186; development of present school system, 186; women on the school board, 188; women physicians, 189; physicians of the county, 190; bar of the county, 190; common pleas judges, 197; state senators since 1874, 197; Trumbull county's only hanging,

197; the '49ers from Warren, 198; destructive fires, 199; fire department, 201; Warren City Hall, 201; Warren Public Library, 202; newspapers of the county, 204; Masons and Odd Fellows, 205; Trumbull county artists, 206; Niles, 206; Newton Falls, 216; Southington, 217; Greene, 221.

Troy township, Geauga county, 320.

" Trump of Fame " 138.

Tryon, Edmund 902.

Tuckerman, Elizabeth E., 1112.

Tuckerman, Jacob, 543, 1112.

Turner, Benjamin F., 1085.

Turner, Edith M., 1220.

Turner, George, 1474.

Turner, Harry, 1220.

Turner, Horatio N., 1475.

Turner, Matthew, 1475.

Turner, Reuben, 1085.

Turney, Carlos A., 1073.

Turney, Omar A., 1076.

Tuttle, Charles, 1436.

Tuttle, George M., 194.

Tuttle, Grandison N., 1276.

Tuttle, Isaac D., 1547.

Tuttle, Lloyd G., 1609.

Tuttle, Martin A., 1044.

Tuttle, Vine H., 1492.

Tyler, Erastus B., 114.

Tyler, Henry W., 800.

Twinsburg Institute, Summit county, 360.

Twinsburg township, Summit county, 359.

Upson, Joseph E., 1370.

Upson, William H., 355.

Upton, Harriet. T., 188, 196.

Vair, Alexander, 963.

Vanarnam, James L., 1810.

Vanderslice, John V., 839.

Van Deusen, Clarence E., 1288.

Van Fleet, John, 1573.

VanGorder, James L., 167.

Van Orman, George P., 1274.

Vaughn, John C., 109.3.

Venice Erie county, 421.

Vermilion-Present village, 416.

Vienna Academy, 189.

"Vindicator " The, 1472.

Vischer, William, 1811.

Vrooman, Arba E., 1118.

Wade, Benjamin F., 87, 572.

Wade, Edward, 575.

Wade, James F. 811.

Wade, Jeptha H., 501, 1593.

Wadsworth, Elijah, 60.

Wadsworth, Harry A., 809.

Wadsworth-Present village, 382.

Wadsworth "Banner-Enterprise," 383.

Wadsworth township, Medina county, 381.

Waite, James E., 1077.

Wakefield, Edmund B., 1722.

Wakeman-Present village, 451.

Walker, Charles, 900.

Walker, Charles H., 1237.

Wallace, Anna D., 1120.

Walworth, John, 41, 269.

War of 1812-First company from the Reserve, 99; results of Hull's surrender, 99; effects of the war, 100; Giddings' account of Sandusky battle, 100; battle of Lake Erie, 101.

Ward, Elijah, 1714.

Ward, Elijah A., 757.

Ward, John C., 988.

Ward, Jonathan, 820.

Ward, Joseph A., 759.

Ward, Robert C., 1088.

Warner, Carlos J., 1594.

Warner, Elbridge O. 1708.

Warner, F. G. L., 1190.

Warner, Sally U., 364.

Warren-Tax payers in 1804, 161; selected as county seat, 161; pioneer hotels, 166; oldest business building, 172; Iddings, map of 1816, 178;. churches, 181; Warren's School Association and Academy, 186; present school system, 186; women on the school board, 188; destructive fires, 199; city hall, 201; Public Library, 202; newspapers, 204.

Warren, Arthur J., 1401.

Warren, Moses, 19, 34.

Waterways of the ReserveImprovement of Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas rivers, 72; Lake Erie and

Ohio Canal, 72; Mahoning Canal, 73. Watson, George B., 1095.

Watson, Sarah L., 1095.

Wean, Addie, 1124.

Webb, Eli, 1285.

Webb, Rollin S., 1861.

Webb, Thomas D., 144, 193.

Webber, Amos R., 728.

Webber, Tice L., 1135.

Webber, W. M., 305.

Webster, Edward F., 1241.

Webster, Daniel N., 981.

Webster, Mary A. C. S., 829.

Webster, Norman, 828.

Webster, Russell B., 1240.

Webster family, 1239.

Wedge, Edwin, 1124.

Wedge, Louisa C., 1124.

Weldy, George W., 919.

Weller, George L,, 982.

Wellington-Present village, 257; home of the Horrs, 257.

Wells, Benjamina, 1746.

Wells, Edward, 1816.

Wells, Guy E., 1819.

Wells, John F., 812.

Wells, Lewis, 1746.

Werner, Edward P., 794.

Werner, Paul E., 890.

Wesbecher, Joseph, 1299.

West, Thomas B., 1161.

West, William T., 1242.

Western Reserve Bank, Warren, 135.

"Western Reserve Chronicle," 138.

Western Reserve College, Hudson, 340.

Western Reserve Historical Society, 492.

Western Reserve Teachers' Seminary, Kirtland, 303.

Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 490. Westover, Ira, 1186.

Wetmore, Henry, 1566.

Wheatley, William E., 1290.

Wheeler, Richmond O., 1159.

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Wheelock, Adelbert W., 1000.

White, Albert J., 897.

White, Charlotte, 1631.

White, Fred H., 1680.

White, Henry A., 1140.

White, Joseph W., 327.

White, Wilford W., 1683.

Whitner, Frank M., 857.

Whiton, Joseph L., 1827.

Whittlesey, Charles, 493.

Whittlesey, Elisha, 85, 429.

Whittlesey Academy of Arts and Sciences, Norwalk, 432.

Whitworth, John, 1557.

Wick, Henry K., 1764.

Wick, Myron C., 1698.

Wick, Paul, 1826.

Wick, William C., 123.

Wick family, Youngstown, 601.

Wick Park, Youngstown, 601.

Wickens, Elizabeth, 1420.

Wickens, George, 1419.

Wickens, George B., 1740.

Wickham, Charles P., 1622.

Wickham, Frank D. E., 1688.

Wickham, W. S., 438.

Wickware, Mary, 1055.

Widmann, Joseph S., 1614.

Wiegand, John G., 1234.

Wightman, Charles D., 1515..

Wilcox, Aaron, 285, 288, 289.

Wilcox, Olive S., 1273.

Wilcox, William L., 1704.

Wilder, Horace, 581.

Wilkes, John, 1256.

Wilkes, Lucy E., 1256.

Wilkins, Charles H., 1608.

Wilks, Anna, 1064.

Wilks, Sarah, 1064.

Wilks, Tyler, 1064.

Wilks, John, 1064.

Willey, John W., (Cleveland's first mayor), 480, 484.

Williams, Adam C., 1046

Williams, Culton E., 324.

Williams, Edgar L., 1048.

Williams, H. B., 406.

Williams, John B., 1718.

Williams, J. H., 1506.

Williams, Perry S., 1452.

Williams, Roy H., 1619.

Williams, Seward H., 1643.

Williard, John H., 887.

Willoughby - Present village, 295; Andrew's Institute for Girls, 296; burning of the steamer "Griffith," 298.

Willoughby Female Seminary, 284.

"Willoughby Independent,” 298.

Willoughby Public Library, 1624.

Willson, Andrew, 1329.

Willyard, Charles H., 1220.

Wilson, Sidney S., 777.

Wilson, Sidney V., 776.

Wilson, Volney, 1560.

Wilt, Lucian A., 1226.

Winch, David, 1128.

Winchell, Warren, 1711.

Winchester, Jonathan, 1039.

Winchester family, 1036.

Windham township, Portage county, 698.

Winsor township, Ashtabula county (first churches) 551.

Wiswell, Bert, 1030.

Wiswell, Rollin E., 1029.

Witter, Elijah C., 1601.

Witter, James B., 1600.

Wolcott, Christopher P., 356.

Wolcott, Duncan B., 779.

Wolcott, Simon P., 779.

Wolcott, William F., 1096.

Wolfram, Ralph, 1270.

Women on Western Reserve school boards, 93.

Wood, James B., 735.

Wood, Reuben, 87, 521.

Wood, Thomas C., 1260.

Woodbridge, Timothy, 611.

Woodbury, Hamilton B., 583, 1043.

Woodbury, Mary E., 1044.

Woodman, Thaddeus F., 1468.

Woodrow, Mrs.. Eunice, 143.

Woodruff, Lewis, 1400.

Woods, Edward H., 1666.

Woods, Sallie Ann (Mrs. Lanterman), 600.

Woodward, William W., 1591.

Woodworth, Gilman A., 840.

Woolsey, Sarah Coolidge, 526.

Woolson, Constance Fennimore, 526.

Wooster, Moses F., 116.

Work, Alanson, 927.

Wright, George M. 908.

Wright, Henry, 951.

Wright, Hubert J., 1429.

Wright, Isaac S., 1054.

Wright, Jabez, 1571.

Wright, John A., 739.

Wright, John B., 895.

Wright, Thompson H., 1781.

Wright, Walter J., 1416.

Wurst, Henry W., 1449.

Wybel, A. A., 923.

Yeend, James C., 882.

Y. M. C. A. (for steel workers), Lorain, 256.

Yoder, Philip N., 1374.

Yoder, Lucy J., 1373.

York, H. B., 1441.

York, Henry E., 980.

Young, Clinton, 770.

Young, John, 38; 589.

Young, Reuben C., 1871.

Youngstown-First land buyers, 591; first mills erected, 591; two Youngstown traits, 592; Youngstown founded, 595; first newspaper and first cemeteries, 595; county seat question settled, 598; city incorporated, 598; industries, 598; Mill Creek Park, 600; East End and Wicks Parks, 601; old times in Youngstown, 603; first Ohio agricultural society, 621; Youngstown

Humane Society, 623; mayors of Youngstown 623; railroads, 625.

Zabst, George, 1781.

Zelnar, Harry T., 1777.

Zurhorst, Edmund H., 1555.

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