3	50	100	150
200	250	300	350
400	450

VOLUME TWO - BIOGRAPHICAL

477	500	550	600
650	700	750	800
850	900

PREFACE As author and compiler of this history of Morrow county, the task has been a pleasant one. As we successively entered the various townships, we were greeted with a cordial welcome, characteristic of the good people of the county. To all who have aided us in any way, we wish to here express our thanks. The author does not flatter himself, nor does he cherish the presumption of claiming for this work any great degree of literary excellence or originality of style, but has written it in an unassuming, unpretentious way, that might be productive of a history that would be acceptable, comprehensive, impartial and useful. How far our efforts have been successful, we will leave the people of Morrow county to judge. A. J. BAUGHMAN, Mansfield, Ohio, September, 1911. CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. STATE AND COUNTY DESCRIBED.

OHIO ALWAYS A STATE-SURFACE OF COUNTRY-CHIEF RIVERS-, GEOLOGY OF THE STATE-GEOLOGY OF THE' COUNTY-BUILDING STONE, CLAYS, ETC.- DRAINAGE, SOIL AND NATURAL WEALTH -"OHIO, GOOD AND TRUE,." 3-12

CHAPTER II. PRIMITIVE MEN IN THE COUNTY

MOUND BUILDERS IN MORROW COUNTY-LOCATION OF MOUNDS-SACRED TO THE INDIANS-THE ORIGINAL OHIO MAN-GARDEN OF EDEN IN MORROW COUNTY? THE INDIANS AS A RACE - OHIO, THE BATTLE GROUND-NEAR-BY INDIAN MASSACRES-INDIAN TALES BY PIONEERS -EARLY INDIAN TRAILS. 13-26

CHAPTER III. AS STATE AND PEOPLE

OHIO A STATE        PHYSICAL ASPECTS-FIRST SETTLEMENTS- COALS IRON AND SALT-INTERIOR COMMERCE-EDUCATION AND CHARITY-FUTURE DEVELOPMENT-THE ANCESTRY OF THE OHIOAN. 27-41

vi - CONTENTS CHAPTER IV. EVOLUTION OF OHIO COUNTIES.

CONTROVERSY OVER NEW COUNTIES-DIVISION OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY- COUNTIES OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY-ORIGINAL STATE COUNTIES. 42-53

CHAPTER V. MORROW COUNTY OFFICIALLY.

MORROW COUNTY OPPONENTS-RIVAL CLAIMS AT COLUMBUS-MORROW'S FINAL CAMPAIGN-MINORITY REPORT ON NEW COUNTIES -HOW THE GILEAD CLAIM WON-COUNTY'S CREATIVE ACT-FIRST YEAR OF INFANCY-POLITICAL RECORD-OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVES OFF THE COUNTY-MORROW COUNTY INFIRMARY. 54-75

CHAPTER VI. PIONEER MEN AND WOMEN

CHANGE SINCE PIONEER DAYS-MEN AND WOMEN TOGETHER-OLD ROADS- IMMIGRATION FROM 1830 TO 1848-TALES OF PIONEERS -ROSS N. MATEER, MT. GILEAD PIONEER-THE REMARKABLE RINEHART FAMILY-" FROM FIRST TO LAST "((BY MRS. MARTHA M. HARLAN ) -INDIANS AND A SCALPING KNIFE-FIRST WHITE SETTLERS-THE LEGISLATIVE STRUGGLES-PROGRESS-" IN THE LONG AGO" ( BY CAPT. L. N. CUNARD ) -MT. GILEAD IN FEBRUARY, 1848 -MT. GILEAD 'S DAY OF DAYS-THE BOYS OF MORROW COUNTY-FIRST NEWSPAPERS- EXCITING FINANCIAL EPISODE-GODFATHER OF MT. GILEAD-A MEMORY PRODIGY-MRS. SMITH DEMUTH 'S RECOLLECTIONS. 76-105

CHAPTER VII. FARMING IN MORROW COUNTY

RICH AND VARIED SOIL-MIXED HUSBANDRY-AGRICULTURAL

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IMPLEMENTS-FIRST FARM MACHINERY-UNDERDRAINING AND DITCHING- GRASS CROPS AND LIVE STOCK-FRUIT CULTURE-THE FARMERS' BROADENING LIFE-MORROW COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY (BY ROBERT F. BARTLETT ) -"JOHNNY APPLESEED” (BY A. J. BAUGHMAN). 106-122

CHAPTER VIII. MORROW COUNTY WAR HISTORY

THREE MONTHS' MEN IN CIVIL WAR-COMPANY I, THIRD REGIMENT, 0. V. I. (THREE YEARS) -COMPANY C, FIFTEENTH REGIMENT-COMPANY A, TWENTIETH REGIMENT-COMPANIES C AND E, TWENTY-SIXTH REGIMENT-COMPANY E, THIRTY-FIRST REGIMENT -COMPANY B, FORTY-THIRD REGIMENT-FIFTY-FIFTH INFANTRY-COMPANY C, SIXTY-FOURTH REGIMENT-COMPANY D, SIXTY-FIFTH INFANTRY-COMPANY K, SIXTY-SIXTH REGIMENT-COMPANIES F, G AND K, EIGHTY-FIRST REGIMENT-COMPANY C, EIGHTY-SECOND INFANTRY- COMPANIES B AND C, EIGHTY-FIFTH REGIMENT-EIGHTY- SEVENTH AND EIGHTY-EIGHTH REGIMENTS-COMPANIES C AND D, NINETY-SIXTH REGIMENT- ONE HUNDRED AND SECOND, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIRST, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHTH, ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIXTH, ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY- FOURTH, ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-NINTH, ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTIETH AND ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY REGIMENTS-ARTILLERY AND CAVALRY--OHIO BOYS IN OTHER COMMANDS-UNITED STATES ARMY AND NAVY-SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. 125-180

CHAPTER IX. THE COURTS AND THE BAR

FIRST YEAR OF BENCH AND BAR-OTHER LEADING LAWYERS - THE DIVORCE BUSINESS -- CHANGES IN COURT SYSTEMS-CIRCUIT BENCH-RESIDENT PRACTICING ATTORNEYS-MADE THEIR MARKS ABROAD-JUDGES, ATTORNEYS. SHERIFFS AND CLERKS. 181-197

viii CONTENTS CHAPTER X SCHOOLS AND NEWSPAPERS.

STATE SCHOOL LAWS-PIONEER SCHOOLS-DEFECTS IN PRESENT SYSTEM-" LICKIN AND LARNIN TEACHERS-UNION SCHOOLS OF MOUNT GILEAD- SUPERINTENDENTS-DISTINGUISHED GRADUATES-HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES (1876-1910) -TEACHERS AND COURSE OF STUDY-HESPER MOUNT SEMINARY- JESSE HARKNESS--T HE ALUM CREEK ACADEMY-OHIO CENTRAL COLLEGE-PRESS AND COUNTY COEXTENSIVE. 198-223

CHAPTER XI. THE MEDICAL PROFESSION

DEMANDS ON THE PIONEER DOCTOR-EARLY PHYSICIANS OF THE COUNTY- MORROW COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY. 224-232

CHAPTER XII. MT. GILEAD AND VICINITY

FIRST FOREST LANDS TAKEN UP-CLEARING OFF THE FORESTS-FIRST PERMANENT SETTLERS-WHETSTONE LAID OUT-THE YOUNG AND HARRIS FAMILIES-HOW THE PIONEERS LIVED-NATHAN NICHOLS, JR., AND DESCENDANTS-OTHER PIONEER FAMILIES AND CITIZENS-DISTANT PRODUCE MARKETS-MT. GILEAD AS IT IS-RAILROADS AND INDUSTRIES. 233-255

CHAPTER XIII. PAST AND PRESENT MT. GILEAD

EARLY BUSINESS MEN-MAYORS AND MUNICIPAL MATTERS-MEMORIAL DAY AND SOLDIER DEAD-MT. GILEAD AS IT IS-RAILROADS AND INDUSTRIES-BANKS OF MT. GILEAD. 256-270

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CHAPTER XIV. CHURCHES OF MT. GILEAD

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN MOUNT GILEAD-THE METHODIST CHURCH-THE BAPTIST CHURCH-UNIVERSALIST CHURCH-PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH-CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST. 271-280

CHAPTER XV. FRATERNAL, SOCIAL AND LITERARY

FIRST LODGE (ODD FELLOWS)-OTHER ODD FELLOW BODIES-THE MASONS IN MOUNT GILEAD-PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES-KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS-SKETCH OF PYTHIANISM-LITERARY CLUBS-MOUNT GILEAD FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY- TEMPERANCE MOVEMENTS. 281-299

CHAPTER XVI. GILEAD AND CARDINGTON TOWNSHIPS

NATURAL FEATURES OF GILEAD TOWNSHIP-POLITICAL-EARLY SETTLERS- PIONEER MILLS AND ROADS-FIRST VILLAGES-TERRITORY OF TOWNSHIP-JOHN BEATTY-EDISON -CARDINGTON TOWNSHIP- ISAAC BUNKER AND FAMILY-OLD MILLS AND HOSPITABLE MILLERS -INDIAN VILLAGE ON THE WHETSTONE- SETTLEMENT AROUND THE WHETSTONE MILLS-APPROVED BEE HUNTING-FIRST ROAD-- WATER COURSES AND DRAINAGE. 300-319

CHAPTER XVII VILLAGE OF CARDINGTON

FOUNDED, PLATTED AND IMPROVED-MAYORS OF CARDINGTON- EARLY EVENTS AND SETTLERS-FOUNDING OF THE CHURCHES-THE PARK MUSEUM-FOUNDING OF INDUSTRIES-HON. CALEB H. NORRIS AND C. S. HAMILTON-CARDINGTON IN 1850-CARDINGTON SIXTY YEARS AGO-RAILROAD BETTER THAN COURT. HOUSE-THE OLD CARDING MILL-CARDINGTON IN 1911. 321-352

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CHAPTER XVIII. CHESTER AND SOUTH BLOOMFIELD.

FIRST SETTLERS OF CHESTER-THE CHESTER SETTLEMENT-FIRST MILLS IN THE TOWNSHIP-CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS CHESTERVILLE-FIRST CHURCHES- CHESTERVILLE (MILE' CROSS ROADS) FOUNDED-SOUTH BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP-SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES-SPARTA OF THE PRESENT-METHODIST AND CHRISTIAN CHURCHES-SPARTA OF THE PAST-BLOOMFIELD. 353-373

CHAPTER XIX. BENNINGTON AND CANAAN TOWNSHIPS.

EVENTS UP TO THE EARLY THIRTIES-MARENGO-PAGETOWN AND VAIL 'S CROSS ROADS-MORTON'S CORNERS-CANAAN TOWNSHIP -FRIENDS IN NEED- CHURCHES OF THE TOWNSHIP -DENMARK -CLIMAX. 374-389

CHAPTER XX CONGRESS AND FRANKLIN TOWNSHIPS

SOIL AND DRAINAGE OF CONGRESS TOWNSHIP-PIONEERS -WILLIAMSPORT- FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP-DEFUNCT TOWNS-SCHOOL HOUSES-JOHN COOK AND OTHERS PULASKIVILLE. 390-402

CHAPTER XXI. HARMONY AND LINCOLN TOWNSHIPS

PHYSICAL FEATURES OF HARMONY TOWNSHIP-SETTLERS PRIOR TO 1830- LATER SETTLERS-RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS-PENLAN -LINCOLN TOWNSHIP ERECTED-PIONEER SETTLERS-CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS-FULTON. 403-417

CONTENTSxi CHAPTER XXII. NORTH BLOOMFIELD AND PERRY

FORMATION AND NATURAL FEATURES OF NORTH BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP- EARLY SETTLERS AND SETTLEMENTS-ROADS AND POST OFFICES-BLOOMING GROVE-PERRY TOWNSHIP-PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS-ORGANIZED-THE EARLY ARRIVALS-CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS-JOHNSVILLE-NORTH WOODBURY. 418-431

CHAPTER XXIII. PERU AND TROY TOWNSHIPS.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF PERU TOWNSHIP-CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS SIDE BY SIDE-PIONEER CHARACTERS AND EVENTS-SOUTH WOODBURY-WEST LIBERTY-OLD TIME TRAPPING AND HUNTING-EARLY SETTLEMENT ON ALUM CREEK-GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF TROY TOWNSHIP-FIRST WHITE SETTLERS-STEAM CORNERS. 432-455

CHAPTER XXIV. WASHINGTON AND WESTFIELD.

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP GENERALLY-BENJAMIN SHARROCK AND OTHER PIONEERS-SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES-IBERIA-WESTFIELD TOWNSHIP-THE SHAWS-SCHOOLS, ROADS AND MAILS -WESTFIELD-WHETSTONE (OLENTANGY) AND ST. JAMES. 456-470

INDEX

Ackerman, John, 399 Adams, Samuel E., 203 Agard, Noah, 433 Agriculture (see Farming) Agricultural implements, 109 Agricultural schools, 112 Albach, William H., 186, 192, 257 Aldrich, Timothy, 467 Alexander, Josiah, 215 Alexander, Samuel, 216 Alextown (see North Cardington) Allison, Charles W., 181, 186 Allison, John, 914 Alum creek, 8, 9, 411, 432, 444 Alum Creek Academy, 221, 435 Anderson, David, 86 Andrews, Abraham G., 384 Andrews, Bertrand, 181, 183, 185, 257 Andrews, Harry S., 884 Andrews, Hester A., 279 Andrews, John, 323 Andrews, Joseph, 216 Andrews, William, 394 American House, 256, 325 Antrim, Jabez J.. 173 Arnold, Nathan, 385 Ashley, William H., 365, 367, 370, 415 Auker, William E , 833 Avery, Edward, 188 Ayres, Lyman N., 133 Babcock, Thomas W., 885 Babson, Dexter J. 631 Babson, D. J., 344 Bailey, James, 304, 305 Baker, Adam, 427 Baker, I. G., 423 Ball, Fanny Berry. 291, 296 Balliett, Isaac S.. 739 Bankes, W. J., 348 Barber, Hiram, 772 Barcelona (see Corsica) Barge, Lewis, 325 Barnabay, Stephen, 377 Barnes, William, 314, 325	Barnhard, William H., 192 Barre, Stephen S., 498 Bartlett, C. H., 223 Bartlett, C. M., 223 Bartlett, John 0., 150 Bartlett, Martha Miller, 292, 296, 481 Bartlett, Mary J. 203 Bartlett, Nathan J., 886 Bartlett, Robert F., 113, 115, 125, 163, 181, 192, 198, 206, 233. 256, 271, 281, 477 Bartlett, William F., 116, 268 Bartley, Thomas W., 188 Barry, J. W. 323 Barry, John W., 186, 192, 193, 556 Barry, Lawrence A.. 611 Barry, Minnie 0., 566 Baxter, John Chambers. 148, 149 Baxter, John Comly, 170 Baughman, L. Harvey, 256 Beard, Philander C., 181 Beard, Randall L . 758 Beatty, James, 274, 304 Beatty John. 104, 130, 257, 305, 332 Beatty, William 0., 169, 193, 257, 323 Peck, Arthur, 763 Bee hunting, 316 Beebe, Carl V., 222 Beebe, Charles S., 222 Beebe, J. J., 287 Beebe, James H., 196 Beebe, John T., 115, 229 Beebe, Judson A,, 181., 1.83. 222 Beebe, Roberta Vorhies, 291 Beebe. William G. 222, 255 Bell, Zephaniah, 275. 276, 328, 460 Bench and bar-First year, 182; other leading lawyers, 183; the divorce business, 187: changes in court systems, 188; district judges, 188; circuit bench. 191; resident practicing attorneys, 192; made their marks abroad, 194; judges, attorneys, sheriffs and clerks, 196. Bender', James, 784 Benedict, Aaron, 436, 45 Benedict, A. S., 439
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Benedict, Cyrus, 91, 309, 311, 436, 444-51 Benedict, Mrs. Cyrus, 444-51 Benedict, Elizabeth, 451 Benedict, Reuben, 435, 436, 442 Benedict, Sarah, 436 Benedict, William, 436 Bennett-Beebe, Mayme E., 285, 297 Bennett-Robeson Family, 861 Bennett, Mrs. Sarah E., 861 Bennett, Walter C., 601 Bennett, W. C., 232 Bennington-Contest for county of, 56-71 Bennington township-Events of the early thirties, 375; physical features, 376; schools and churches, 377; Marengo, 379; Pagetown and Vail 's Cross Roads, 381; Morton's Corners, 382 Bigelow, Russell, 274 Bigelow, Russell, 413, 414 ''Big Four'' ' Railroad, 248-343 Bingham, D. C., 115 Bishop, Samuel, 688 Bitzer, Chris, 586 Blair, E. B., 307 Blaney, J. B. 215 Blayney, William F., 770 Bliss, David; 225, 365 Bloomfield, 373 Blooming Grove, 419, 422 Blooming Grove Methodist church, 423 Blue, Joel G., 116 Bockover, Ransom T., 881 Boggs, Andrew R., 185 Boner, John, 431 Booher, D. D., 257 Borham, Stephen, 419 Bowen, James B., 142 Bowen,  Julia 287 Bowyer Isaac, 310 Boyd & Ackley, 430 Boyes, John, 385 Braden, Andrew D., 257 Brady, James, 397	Brown, H. A., 285 Brown, S., 323, 352 Brown, Samuel P., 259 Brown, Silas M., 250 Brown, Stephen, 181 Brown, Theodore, 863 Brown, Victor E., 615 Brown, William, 279 Brown, William T., 227 Bruce, George S., 224 Bruce, William F., 192, 193, 258, 288, 289 Brumback, Henry C., 136, 181, 185 Bryn Zion Baptist church, 395 Buck, Collins 415 Buck, Edmund, 412, 415, 436 Buck, J. T., 415 Buck, Rachael, 438 Buck, Thaddeus E., 616 Buckingham, William,, 420 Buckmaster, Wilbur, 371 Bump, J. C., 323 Bump, Winters N., 921 Bunker, David G., 325 Bunker, Elwood E., 864 Bunker, Isaac, 308, 309, 324 Bunker, Joseph, 325 Bunker, Peleg, 310 Bunker, Slocum, 308, 323, 324, 325, 331 Burns, Alfred, 229 Burns, Ross, 94, 99 Burt, Merritt, 345 Bushfield, John M., 182 Bushfield, Samuel, 257. Butters, Alfred, 225, 376, 377 Buxton, Bushrod, 230 Byrd, Miles, 685 Caddy, Charles, 323 Campbell, Charles, 430 Campbell, Harry B., 632 Campbell, Robert M., 190 Campbell, W. T., 398 Canaan township-Territory, 383 ; early settlers, 384; churches, 387; Denmark, 388; Climax, 389
Bratton, David, 847 Branch, William, 277 Breese, Charles, 98 Breese. James, 357 Breese, L. H., 88 Brenizer, William C., 771 Brenizer, William G., 916 Brice, Calvin S., 104, 388 Briggs, Frederic F., 911 Briggs, J. M., 230, 231 Briggs, James M., 257, 268 Brinkerhoff, Jacob, 188 Brollier, William A., 729 Brooks, William, 549 Brown, George R., 279	Cardington, 91, 248; first Sunday school 328; fraternal societies, 350; founded, platted and improved, 321; early events and settlers, 323; mayors, 323; founding of the churches, 325; the Park Museum, 330; founding of industries, 335; Cardington in 1850, 338; sixty years ago, 340; railroad better than court house, 342; the old carding mill, 343; Cardington in 1911, 346; industries, 335; physicians, 350; social clubs, 350.
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Cardington Cabinet Company, 347 Cardington Canning Company, 347 Cardington Catholic church, 329 Cardington Cement Tile & Block Company, 347 Cardington Christian church, 341 Cardington First Presbyterian church, 328 "Cardington Flag," 345 Cardington German Lutheran church, 329 "Cardington Independent," 352 Cardington Ladies' Public Library, 351 Cardington Methodist church, 327 Cardington Public Library, 325 "Cardington Reveille," 351 "Cardington Republican," 351 Cardington township—Isaac Bunker and family, 309; old mills- and hospitable millers, 311; Indian village on the Whetstone, 313; settlement around the Whetstone. 315; approved bee hunting, 316; first road, 316; water courses and drainage, 317 Cardington United Brethren church, 325 Carlisle, James, 242, 249, 252 Carlisle, William M,, 242, 268, 269 Carpenter, John R., 258, 279, 538 Carpenter William B., 372 Case, C. W., 323 Cattle, 111 Catty, B. J., 192 Center United Brethren church, 416 Chamberlain, Gideon, 392 Chapman, John ("Johnny Appleseed"), 117-22, 236 Chase, Benjamin, 373 Chase, Beverly W., 740 Chase, E. C., 249, 257 Chase, Martha, 740 Chase, Plimpton B., 740 Chase, William, 370, 372 Chesterville, 63, 356, 360-3	E, Thirty-first Regiment 138; Company B, Forty-third Regiment, 139; an escaped Andersonville prisoner (Calvin D. French), 141; Forty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 146; Company C, Sixty-fourth Regiment, 147; Company D, Sixty-fifth Regiment (by Washington Gardner), 148; Company K, Sixty-sixth Regiment, 155; Companies F, G and K, Eighty-first Regiment, 155; Company C, Eighty-second Regiment, 158; Companies B and C, Eighty-fifth Regiment, 158; Company I, Eighty-seventh Regiment, 158.; Eighty-eighth Regiment, 159; Companies C and D, Ninety-sixth Regiment, 159 Clark, George L., 624 Clark, George N., 67, 75, 95, 159, 269, 433 Clark, James, 624 Clark, J. B., 323 Clark, John R., 722 Clark, Marshall, 366 Clark, Roswell, 366 Clark, Wesley C., 284 Clark, William, 135 Clerks of courts, 196 Clevenger, Ellsworth W., 807 Climax; 389 Close, Robert, 370 Clouse, Adam, 865 Clymer, Francis, 325 Clyne, Z. M., 230 Coe, Edward; Jr., 636 Coe, George 0., 591 Coile, Edward R., 721 Cole, Hugh, 467 Coleridge, John A., 461 Collins, Benjamin, 412 Conaway, E. IL, 348 Conaway, W. R., 346, 351 Conard, Elijah, 816 Conard, Cornelia, 816
Chester county—Contest for, 56-71 Chester township—First whites of, 354; the Chester settlement, 356; first mills, 358; churches and schools, 359; Chesterville, 360 Christie, Jonathan S., 257 Circuit judges, 191 Civil war history—Underground railway stations, 126; Three Months' men, 128; Company I, Third Regiment, 130; Company C, Fifteenth Regiment, 131; Company A, Twentieth Regiment, 133; Company C, Twenty-sixth Regiment, 135; Company E, Twenty-sixth Regiment, 136; Company	Congress township—Soil and drainage, 390; pioneers, 391; Williamsport, 394; West Point, 395 Conrad, Henry E., 130 Conrad, William, 385 Connolly, James A., 194 Cook, Elisha, 373 Cook, John, Sr., 391, 398, 399 Cook, John W., 282, 849 Cook, Mark, 247 Cook, Noah, 453 Cook, Perry, 247 Cook, Seth, 323 Cook, Thomas, 182 Cook, William F., 797 Coomer, Ira E., 664
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Coomer, Jerry E., 135 Cooper, John S., 205, 932 Cooper, Elias F., 281 Cooper, Elijah, 932 Cooper, William, 242, 245 Cornwall, Elisha, 430 Corsica (see Blooming Grove) Corwin, Arthur C., 730 Corwin, Benjamin, 401 Corwin, Stephen, 415 Counterman, William H., 812 Counties-Of the Northwest territory, 51; of the state (original), 53 County auditors, 73 County commissioners, 71, 74 County coroners, 74 County Infirmary directors, 75 County Infirmary superintendents,75 County officers, 73-5 County recorders, 74 County surveyors, 74 County treasurers, 73 Courtenay, A. M., 38 Court house, 71 Cover, J. J., 268 Cover, Upton J., 668 Craig, John W., 278 Cratty, Thomas, 462 Craven, Arthur, 575 Creigh, J. T., 94 Crider, Adam, 745 Crider, Joseph, 856 Cronk, Henry, 378 Cross, Ann R., 271 Cross, George D., 271 Cruikshank, Harry S., 498 Culp, John B., 757 Culver, Jesse B., 826 Cunard, L. M., 94 Cunard, Lee S., 866 Cunard, Stephen T., 94, 99, 115, 188	Denman, Joseph S., 356, 645 Denman, Uriah, 356 Denman, William, 356 Denman, William, 645 Denmark, 385, 387, 388 Denmark Episcopal church, 388 Dennis, Samuel, 427 Dennison, Edith Talmage, 296 Devor, William T., 191 Dickey, Jabez, 181, 186, 190 Dickey, Moses R., 190 Dillingham, Sylvester, 414 Dirlam, Darius, 190 District Judges, 188 Dolin, William, 94 Donovan, Daniel J., 653 Doty, Frances, 297 Doty, George W., 415 Doty, John, 94 Doty, Stephen, Jr., 415 Doty, Stephen, Sr., 414 Double-headed baby, 267 Douthitt, Fletcher, 181, 195, 257 Dumble, John B., 97, 115, 222 Dumble, William P., 223 Duncan, Thomas E., 190 Duncan, William F., 207 Duncan, William K., 195 Dunlap, James, 460 Dunn, Andrew K., 181, 186, 202, 268, 284 Dunn, Frank K., 497 Dye, Lloyd, 698 Eagleson, W. S., 273 Earl, A. K., 323, 327 Earl, Benjamin, 434 Earl, William C., 281 Eaton, C. M., 230 Eaton, John, 435 Eccles, George, 75 Eccles, William M., 205 Edgar, Alexander, 415, 436 Edison, 307 Education (see Schools)
Dakan, William, 394 Dalrymple, Charles H., 171 Dalrymple, Mary B., 285 Dalrymple, Robert, 362 Dalrymple, Thomas H., 181, 183, 257 Darling, John, 504 Daugherty, Elza, 371 Davis, Byron, 663 Davis, Henry P., 181 Davis, William, 405 Day, Luther, 188 "Deadening," 380 Dean, Jerry, 332 Delaware and Mansfield road, 311 Delaware and Mansfield State Road, 305 "Democratic Messenger," 97 DeMuth, (Mrs.) Smith, 103	Ekelberry, Jacob, 869 Elder, John, 420 Eldridge, Daniel B., 522 Elliott, Hugh, 215, 216 Ely, John, 430 Ely & Shauck, 427 Emerson, Charles W., 638 Emerson, Walter S., 249, 782 Ensign, Silas, 275, 276, 328, 352, 394 Evans, Edward, 355, 356 Evans, John W., 603 Ewart, James K., 136, 260 Ewing, S., 230 Fargo (see Morton's Corners) Farley, John, 115 Farming-Rich and varied soil, 107;
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mixed husbandry, 107; agricultural implements, 109; first farm machinery, 109; grass crops and live stock, 110; fruit culture, 112; the farmer's broadening life, 112 Farquer, William, 228 Fate, James D., 491 Fate, Samuel A., 917 Faust, Amy Payne, 334 Feigley, David, 737 Ferguson, William A.; 733 Finch, Sherman, 186 Finley, Ann Eliza, 267 Finley, Barkley, 304 Finley, Joseph, 267 First drain tile, 110 First election, 73 First farm machinery, 109 First forest lands taken up, 233 First marriage record, 72 First National Bank of Mt. Gilead, 268 First plows, 110 First school in 'Whetstone (Youngstown), 203 First schools (by townships, alphabetically), 200-3 Five Corners ( see Vail's Cross Roads) Flack, John, 454 Fleming, Harper, 871 Flemming, Henry, 435 Flemming, William, 433 Flickinger, Finley H., 348, 490 Florida Grove, 397 Fluckey, George W., 186, 258 Fluckey, J. H., 336 Fogle, Mary V., 511 Forest clearing, 234 Foster, Samuel, 461 Foust, Jacob, Jr., 310 Foust, Jacob, Sr., 310, 314, 317 Foust, Perry L., 836 Foust, Wilson, 777 Fox, Peter, 438 Foy, John D., 257 Franklin township, 354	Gage, Samuel P. 269, 480 Galleher, John P., 281 Garberich, John W., 755 Gardner, Asa A., 149, 155, 192 Gardner, (Mrs.) A. G., 299 Gardner, Anna P., 795 Gardner Family War Record, 891 Gardner, John, 891 Gardner, Marquis, 23 Gardner, Reuben, 445 Gardner Washington, 148, 150, 152,153, 154, 155, 789 Garver, John A., 258, 282 Garverick, John, 392 Gates, Lafayette, 717 Geddes, George W., 189 Geller, William, 57, 94, 99, 228 George, Enoch, 407 George, Ernest P., 747 George, Henry, 358, 359, 360 Geyer, Jacob, 387 Gilead township—Natural features, 301; political, 302; early settlers, 303; pioneers mills and roads, 304; first villages, 305; territory of township, 306; Edison, 307 Gilruth, J., 327 Glenn, Alexander E., 281 Glidden, Theodore P., 226, 230 Globe Hotel, 256 Godman, James E., 136 Goge, Samuel P., 482 Goodhue, Josiah, 468 Goodhue, Justin A., 135 Goodrich, Benton E., 749 Goodwin, Isaac, 433 Goodwin, Smith, 433 Gordon, Asa, 385 Gordon, George, 217 Gordon, Mahala D., 754 Gordon, Thomas F., 597 Gordon, William, 361 Granger, George, 229 Grass crops, 110 Graves, J. L., 230 Green, Benjamin, 427 Green, H. S., 230, 231, 350
Franklin township—General description; 395; defunct towns, 397; school houses, 398; John Cook and others, 399; Pulaskiville, 401. Freeman, Elijah, 433, 438 Freeman, Isaac P., 380, 381 Freeman, Thomas, 57 French, (Mrs.) A. B., 330 French, Calvin D. 141 French, Oscar L. R., 136 French, W. H., 218 Friendsborough, 91, 305 Frizzell, William M., 573 Fruit culture, 112 Fulton, 416	Green, Henry S., 161 Green, William H., 137 Greenville treaty line, 402 Gregory, David, 344, 345 Gregory, James, Jr., 344, 345 Gregory, James, Sr., 322, 343, 447 Gressner, Andrew S., 179 Griffin, F. F., 350 Griffith, Frank, 228 Griffith, Harry E. 223 Griffith, Harry S., 223 Griffith, J. W., 486 Griffith, John W., 223 Griffith, Mabel, 294 Grove Family, 874
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Grove, Mary E., 877 Gunsaulus, Calvin, 229, 231 Gunsaulus, Frank W., 919 Gunsaulus, George W., 258 Gunsaulus, Joseph, 181 Gunnard, S. T., 57 Gurley, John J., 181, 184 Gurley, William W., 207, 489 Hackedorny, G. G., 230 Haft, Mary J., 216 Hair, Henry C., 633 Halferty, William, 427 Haldeman, Daniel J., 719 Hales, Candace, 287 Halliday, R. P., 249, 252 Hamilton, C. S., 338 Hance, Thomas, 376 Hance, William, 57, 59 Hanna, William, 94 Hardenbrook, Lewis, 234, 236, 242, 303 Hardenbrook, Lodwick, 236, 242 Hardenbrook, Ralph, 242, 303 Harding, Amos, 419 Harding, George T., 419, 423 Harding, Salmon E., 419, 423, 424 Harker, Charles G., 148, 149 Harkness, Cynthia, 218-20, 435 Harkness, Jesse S., 218-21, 434, 435 Harlan, Henry H., 192, 193, 268 Harlan, Martha Mosher, 90 Harle, James E., 179 Harmony Old School Baptists, 408 Harmony township-Physical features, 403; swamps, 404; settlers, prior to 1830, 405; later settlers, 407; religious organizations, 408; Penlan, 409	Herring, O. M., 425 Hersliner, George W., 698 Heskett, George W., 554 Hester Mt. Seminary, 218, 435 Hess, George, 449 Hess, Jonathan, 365 Hetrick, Abraham, 425 Hewitt, Sylvester M., 136, 228, 257 Hickman, Thomas C., 373 Hickman, Thomas N., 650 Hicks, Elizabeth, 203 Hicks, S. Thomas, 696 Hickson, Isaac, 934 Higgins, Clinton O., 682 Hildebrand, Adam, 598 Hiskett, George W., 116 Hitchcock, Peter, 188 Hixenbaugh, James A., 922 Hoagland, B. F., 371 Hoffa, J. M., 223 Hogs, 112 Holcomb, D. B., 351 Holloway, David, 357 Holmes, Samuel, 461 Holmes, William H, 430 Holt, Evan, 91, 354 Holt, Frank, 627 Holt, (Mrs.) J. H., 297 Holt, Silas, 257 Hook brothers, 336 Horr, Celestia, 438 Horr, Joshua, 331 Horticulture (see Fruit Culture) Hosler, George B., 431 Hoskins, John C., 778 House, Beatty & Company, 306, 337 House brothers, 397 House, Nathan N., 242, 246 House, Richard, 94, 188, 246, 268, 337
Harris, Charles, 348 Harris, Enoch, 364, 365 Harris, Fred, 570 Harris, James, 237, 238 Harris, George, 237, 238 Harris, William, 419 Harrod, Clement L. V., 648 Harrod, Mills, 371 Harrod, Minor, 249 Hart, Benjamin, 400, 426 Hart, Enoch, 391, 392, 394 Hartshorn, Hugh, 368 Hartsook, C. H., 117 Hastings, G. D., 351 Hathaway, Joseph, 257 Hayden, Samuel, 115, 406 Hayden, William, 406, 408 Heimlich, Charles, 341 Helt, John, 365, 367 Herbert, Lemuel, 329 Herring, John F., 425	House; Richard J., 268, 337 House, (R.) & Company, 257 Houston, Mrs. Lena V., 291 Houston, William, 273 Howard, Horton, 311 Howell, David, 327 Howell, D. A., 231 Howes, Edwin, 897 Hubbard, W. B., 284 Hubbell, Melvina, 367 Hubbell, Shadrack, 415, 431 Huggins, Thomas A., 547 Hughes, Marion, 650 Hull, Charles, 304 Hull, Jesse S., 226 Hull, William, 268 Hull, W. E., 351 Hull & Conaway, 352 Hulse, Orville, 873 Hunting, 439 Huntsman, Jonathan, 425 Hurd, Alfred H., 285
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Hurd Post No. 114, G. A. R., 285 Hurd, Rollin C., 187 Hyatt, Elisha, 133 Hyatt, Thomas H., 587 Hydraulic Press Co., 857 Hydraulic Press Manufacturing Company, 249-55 Iberia, 460 Iberia Methodist church, 461 Iberia Presbyterian church, 462 Immigration (1830-48), 79 Indians, 21, 26, 410, 453 Irwin, William S., 115, 166, 181, 257, 268 Jackson, Freeman 370 Jackson, John, 461 Jackson, L. E., 257 Jago, Amos J., 588 James, A. D., 230 James, Daniel, 100, 237 James, David, 311 James, Ed., 351 James, Leno R., 552 James, Samuel E., 767 James, Thornton L., 259 Jamestown, 305 Jeffrey, Albert L., 823 Jenner, John W., 191 Jinkins, Byran T., 540 Johnny cake, 81 Johnson, Harvey, 178 Johnson, Samuel, 381 Johnson, William, 423 Johnston, Anna C., 285 Johnston, Eli, 304, 437 Johnsville, 429 Jones, David, 358 Jones, Levi, 21 Julian, John, 438 June killing frost (1858), 108	Knights of Pythias (historical sketch), 289 "Know Nothings," 222 Koon, John, 152 Kreis, Jacob, 173 Lane, W. H., 230 Langdon, William J., 752 Laning, J. F., 42 Launing, James B., 683 Lauffer, M. F., 348 Lavelle, F. N., 323 Lawyers (see Bench and Bar) Leachner., John, 333 Lee, Orson A., 906 Lefever, Blanche, 294 Lefever, Wilson G., 635 Lefever, William S., 788 Lehner, Milton C., 660 Leiter, Samuel, 428 Lemmon, Henry, 459 Lepp, Henry, 689 Lepp, William, 552 Lersch, H. V., 75 Levering, Allen, 268 Levering, Bynum, 779 Levering, Rachel Ella, 221 Levering, William, 399 Levering, William A., 643 Lewis, Bryant B., 746 Lewis, James B., 567 Lewis, John W., 672 Lewis, Jonathan, 154 Lewis, Mabel, 297 Lewis, Milton, 205, 207 Lewis, Morgan, 467 Lincoln Christian church, 415 Lincoln township—Created, 410; pioneer settlement, 412; churches and schools, 415; Fulton, 416 Lindsay, Christopher K., 57, 98
Kaufman, William M., 192, 193, 258 Keese, John, 436 Keller, Andrew J., 694 Kelley, Allen, 397 Kelley, Charles, 230 Kelley, H. R., 229 Kelley, James H., 815 Kelley, William, 397 Kelly, Samuel, 183 Kelly, Walden, 137 Kenyon, William, 421 Ketcham, Charles W., 159 Kile, Nicholas, 364, 365 Kile, Peter, 364, 365 Kingman, Alexander, 414 Kingman, Joseph, 413, 414 Kingman, Stephen C., 192 Kinney, :John M., 223 Kinsell, Enoch B., 57, 94, 188 Kinsell, Russell B., 156	Linn, William, 396 Live stock, 110 Llewellyn, James C., 898 Lloyd, David, 167 Lockart, William, 426 Loeffert (John) Cigar Company, 347 Log cabins, 80 Log rolling, 235 Long, Hubert C., 596 Long, Thomas E., 513 Long (H. C.) Handle Company, 347 Lord, J. M., 229, 231 Lord, Richard E., 225, 358, 359, 362 Loveland, Eleazar, 373 Loyer, Philip, 343 Luce, Reuben, 395 Lyman, Henry C., 695 Lyman, John S., 496 Lyon, Stephen B., 584
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Lyon, Tom, 90 Lyon, Walker, 84 Lyon, William, 363 Macomber, Aaron, 368 Main, Hamilton, 227 Mansfield, Edwin, 190 Manville, Fleming, 365 Marengo, 57, 92, 379-81 Marion county, 54, 69, 92 Markey, John, 430 Martin, Ebenezer, 133 Marshman, James, 139, 181 Marvin, Alexander, 373 Marvin, James, 370 Marvin, Matthew, 367 Marvin, W. H., 224 Marvin, William H., 269 Masters, George F., 831 Masters, W. Odell, 844 Mateer, Elizabeth Porter, 86 Mateer, Emeline, 287 Mateer, Gertrude, 287 Mateer, Lemuel R., 88 Mateer, Margaret B., 88 Mateer, Mary E., 88 Mateer, Ralph V., 88 Mateer, Ross N., 86, 87 Mateer, Tolla B., 192, 193 Mateer, William N., 86 Mather, Dan S., 805 Mathews, William D., 193 Matthews, Alice Wilson, 296 Matthews, William, 387 Matthews, William D., 286 Maxwell, Charles, 323, 351 May, Manuel, 190 McAnall, Agnes, 294 McAnall, Clement, 574 McAninch, Seymour, 715 McCammon, James L., 487 McCartney, Daniel, 100-3 McCausland, John, 766	McDonald, William, 72 McFarland, Dr., 423 McFarland, Joseph, 227, 813 McFarland, Ray L., 839 McFarland, (Mrs.) W. C., 299 McFarland, Willis C., 848 McGinnis, David, 372 McGowen, B. B., 249 McGowen, (B. B..) & Son, 249 McKee, Red, 250 McKibbin, John S., 152 McKinnon, Hugh A., 855 McKinnon, Jane Jago, 296 McMillan, Edward M., 208 McMillan, Frederick N, 208 McMillin, Frank B., 253, 255, 857 Harry B., 255, 269, 704 McMillin, Margaret Bower, 296 McMillin, Milton, 273 McNeal, John, 710 McPeek, Henry, 169 Mead, L. W.; 380 Meckley, Edward D., 671 Medical profession (see Physicians) Memorial day (Mt. Gilead), 260. Mercer, A. J., 223 Meredith, Bryant M., 731 Meredith, Jesse; 135 Meredith, John, 356, 357 Meredith, Thomas, 407 Merrin, William, 205 Merritt, Matthew, 385, 387 Merritt, Thomas, 385 Meteor shower (1833), 359 Meyers, Frederick, 461 Miles, David, 57 Miles, Enos, Sr., 201, 360: 361, 362, 363 Miles, James G., 281 Miles, J. Rufus, 282 Miles, Milton F. 140 Miles' Cross Roads (see Chesterville)
McClenehan, Samuel, 392 McConica, Alf, 230 McClure, Andrew, 323 McCormick, Emma Ward, 296 McCormick, J. C., 203, 232 McCormick, Jacob C., 674 McCoy, Arch, 421 McCoy, Thomas, 323 McCoy, Thomas W., 181, 185 McCracken, Charles, 405 McCracken, Elsie, 287 McCracken, James, 355 McCracken, Mason W., 502 McCracken, William, 517 McCracken, William W., 133 McCray, Henry L 190 McCrary, James, 405 McCrory, John, 227	Miller, Dr., 232 Miller, David, 355, 358 Miller, Edward C: S., 205 Miller, Frank 1,, 644 Miller, Gilbert E., 75, 154 Miller, Hiram, 131, 179 Miller, Lewis, 765 Miller, Ralph P., 282 Miller, Sarah George, 292, 296 Miller, W. E., 255, 269 Miller, William E., 798 Milligan, John, 316 Mills, Dick, 344 Mills, Jesse, 344 Mills, T. S., 230 Mitchell, Abigail Harris, 237, 238 Mitchell, Dan., 391, 393, 426 Mitchell, George, 454 Mitchell, Lavina, 394
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Mitchell, Lewis C., 735 Mitchell, Robert B., 257 Mitchell, William H., 192, 193 Mitchell, Z. H. 393, 395 Mixed farming, 107 Moccabee, W. D., 350 Modie, Isabel N., 670 Modie, George, W., 669 Moffett, John, 392 Mohican river, 418, 424, 452 Molison, J. T., 350 Moody, Miller, 385 Moore, Bruce, 206 Moore, John M., 834 Morehouse, Albert P., 104 Morehouse, Daniel, 435 Morehouse, Stephen, Jr., 433, 435 Morris, Jane, 330 Morris, Joseph, 100, 330 Morrison, Thomas P., 397 Morrow county-Geology of, 7; building stone, clays, etc., 10; drainage, soil, natural wealth, 11; Mound Builders, 13; Garden of Eden in ( ?), 17; near-by Indian massacres, 19; early Indian trails, 26; opponents to its creation, 56; Morrow’s final campaign, 59; county’s creative act, 68; first year of infancy, 71; official representatives, 78; Morrow County Agricultural Society, 113 Morrow County Building and Loan Company, 347 Morrow County Farmers, Mutual Insurance Company, 348 "Morrow County Herald," 351 "Morrow County Independent," 351 Morrow County Infirmary, 75 "Morrow County Republican," 223 "Morrow, County Sentinel," 222, 223	Mt. Gilead Church of Christ, Scientist, 280 Mt. Gilead Dry Goods Company, 257 Mt. Gilead Episcopal church, 279 Mt. Gilead Free Public Library, 296 Mt. Gilead High School graduates, 1876-1910, 209 Mt. Gilead Knights of Pythias, 288 Mt. Gilead Masons, 283 Mt. Gilead Methodist church, 274 Mt. Gilead National Bank, 268 Mt. Gilead Presbyterian church, 271 Mt. Gilead Savings and Loan Company, 269 "Mt. Gilead Sentinel," 223 Mt. Gilead Sorosis, 291, 295, 296 Mt. Gilead Universalist church, 278 Mt. Gilead Union schools, 203 Mt. Gilead Woman 's Christian Temperance Union, 297 Mt. Pisgah church, 363 Mulford, Lewis, 329 Munk, Armondo L., 640 Myers, George W., 512 National Bank of Morrow County, 269, 704 Neal, C. H., 230, 350 Neal, E. E., 352 Neal; Johnson, 352 Neal, William, 395 Neff, Aaron, 230 Nelson, James W., 582 "New Mocassin" (see Galion) Newson, Abraham, 233, 245 Newson, Henry B., 207 Newson, Joseph P., 274 Newson, Lucy Friend, 245 Newspapers, 222 Niblet, Reuben, 222 Nichols, George, 322 Nichols, W. C., 323 Nickols Ann, 244
Morrow County Telephone Company, 258 Morton, Mr., 382 Morton’s Corners, 376, 382 Morton’s Corner's Wesleyan Methodist church, 382 Mosher, Asa, 90, 91, 233, 236, 304, 308, 311 Mosher, Joseph, 115, 116 Mosher, Robert; 311 Mosher, R. F., 348 Mound Builders, 386 Mozier, William H., 155 Mt. Gilead, 56, 71, 86, 92, 94, 233, 237, 264, 302; banks, 268; first permanent settlers, 236; industries, 247; water works, 259 Mt. Gilead Baptist church, 277	Nickols, Harriet, 244 Nickols, John, 234,, 243 Nickols, Margaret, 244 Nichols, Martha, 244 Nickols, Mary Elizabeth, 244 Nickols, Massey, 243 Nickols, Nathan, Jr., 242, 243 Nickols, Sarah Thomas, 239, 244 Nimmons John, 382 Noe, Robert L., 380 Norris, Caleb H., 194, 337 Norris, Daniel, 323, 339 North Bloomfield township-Formation and natural features, 418; early settlers, 419; schools and churches, 421; roads and post-offices, 422; Blooming Grove, 422
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North Canaan Methodist church, 387 North Cardington, 339, 340 North Woodbury, 430 North Woodbury Evangelical Lutheran church, 428 Northwest Territory, 35, 43, 44, 48, 51 Odd Fellows first lodge, 281 Ogle, John, 400, 425 Ohio-Always a state, 3; surface of country, 4; chief rivers, 4; geology, 7; original Ohio man, 16; Indians as a race, 18; Ohio, the Battle ground, 19; as a state, 27; physical aspects, 28; first settlements, 29; coal, iron and salt, 30; interior commerce, 33; education and charity, 34; future development, 37; ancestry of the Ohioan, 38; evolution of counties' 42, 53 Ohio Central College, 215, 462 Ohio State Board of Agriculture, 112, 113 Ohio Stave Company, 347 Old carding mill, Cardington, 343 Old mills, 311 Olds, Anna Irwin, 296 Olds, Benjamin, 192, 193, 258 Olds Brothers, 376 Olds, Comfort, 384, 385 Olds, James, 148, 149, 181, 183, 185 Olds, Walter, 194 Olentangy river, 8, 25, 391, 418, 463, 469 Oliver, Johnson, 327 Olmstead, Francis C., 382 Olmsteadville, 382 Orr, John, 388 Osborn, Byron H., 686 Osborn, David, 436 Orsborn, Thomas, 365 Owl creek, 354, 396, 424	Patterson, James, 217 Payne, Ezra, 333 Payne, Morgan, 331 Payne, Morgan, 331, 338, 340 Pearl, Alexander, 614 Pearl, Joseph, 615 Pearson, Benjamin H., 98, 277 Peck, J. S., 336 Peck, T., 323 Penlan, 409 Pennock, Isaac H., 230, 231, 259 Pennock, L. H., 228 Perry township-Physical characteristics, 424; organized, 425; early arrivals, 425; churches and schools, 428; Johnsville, 429; North Woodbury, 430; general description, 432; church and school side by side, 433; pioneer characters and events, 435; South Woodbury, 437; West Liberty, 438; early settlement on Alum creek, 444 Perry township Old School Baptists, 428 Peoples, David, 397 Peoples, Samuel, 394 Peoples' Savings Bank Company, 269 Peoples, Zenas B., 930 Peterson, Sarah Ann, 72 Phillips, Erasmus, 203 Phillips, Orlando D., 523 Phillips, Willis T., 909 Physicians-Demands on the country doctor, 224; of the county, 225; Morrow County Medical Society, 231 Pierce, Linneus, 808 Pierce, Lois A., 811 Pierce, Perry N., 808 Pierce, Roy L., 485 Pioneer men and women, 76 Pipes, Alpheous L., 654 Pipes, Iona M., 659 Pitman, William, 156 Place, James H., 840 Place, John W., 281
Pace, Reuben, 505 Page, James, 229 Page, Marcus, 381 Page, Samuel, 229, 381 Pagetown, 381 Palmer, Kelly, 371 Park Museum, 330 Parrott, Mellville, 804 Patee & Cone, 467 Patee, Henry, 468 Patee Town, 468 Patten, Thomas A., 823 Patton, Joseph, 85	Pleasant Grove Disciple church, 395 Pleasant Hill church, 409 Polard, John C., 177 Poland, Samuel T., 821 Pollock, Edwin T., 176, 208, 889 Pollock, Joseph H., 249, 252 Pomerene, Julius C., 191 Pompey section, 414 Porter, James R., 764 Porterfield, Caroline, 466 Potter, E. J., 88, 438 Potter, Lemuel, 368 Powell, Louis K., 192, 193, 257, 484 Powell, Sanford D., 910
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Press (see Newspapers) Probate judges, 196 Progress Club, Mt. Gilead, 294, 297 Prominent. men and women (by townships, alphabetically), 264-267 Prophet, H. S., 222 Prophet, Hinchman S., 139 Prosecuting attorneys, 196 Pulaskiville, 401 Puris, G. W., 328 Puris (Mrs.) Theodore, 333 Pythian Sisters, 290 Railroads, 247 Ramey, Burton C., 750 Ramey, John W., 259 Ramey, Walter H., 612 Ramsay, John A., 218 Randall, Richard H., 225 Randolph, Alford F., 936 Randolph, Hiram F., 57, 94 Randolph, James F., 433 Randolph, J. M., 230 Randolph, Nathan F., 433, 437 Rathbone, Justus H., 290 Rathbone (see Pythian) Sisters Reed, Ed. F., 218 Reed, William, 229 Reesley, John, 230 Retter, Henry, 323 Rhodebeck, Sylvester, 75 Rhodes, John H., 140 Rice, John, 384, 385 Rigby, Henry, 128 Rigour, Joseph D., 281 Rigour (J. D.) & Company, 257 Riley, Edward R., 186 Rinehart, Amos, 520 Rinehart, Benjamin F., 786 Rinehart, Margaretta, 88 Rinehart, Michael B., 88, 89 River Cliff Cemetery, 259, 261 Roads, 79, 305, 316, 413, 454, 466 Robb, John P., 218	Rule, Jacob, 802 Rule, Newton, 75 Runyan, J. J., 179 Rush, William, 391 Russell, John G., 268 Russell, J. W., 230 Russell, John, 393 Russell, 0. P., 323 Russell-Miles, M. Belle, 207 Ruthardt, Charles, 566 Sams, Henry, 400 Sanford, William, 367 Schaaf, Elizabeth D., 296 Schimpf Family, 332 Schools—State laws, 198; pioneer, 199; defects in present system, 202; Union schools of Mt. Gilead, 203; superintendents, 205; distinguished graduates, 205; high school teachers and course of study, 212; Ohio Central College, 215; Hesper Mt. Seminary, 218; Alum Creek Academy, 221 Scott, Annette M. Bartlett, 207, 525 Scott, George M., 160 Scott, Josiah, 188 Scuddle, William, 373 Sears, Floyd, 373 Sears, Schuyler E., 277, 728 Sell, Adam E., 685 Sellars, Jane, 534 Sellars, John, 529 Sellers, John, 116 Sexton, James W., 631 Sexton, Sarah F., 632 Shadd, Mary G., 203 Shall, C. W., 268 Shaffer, George, 361 Shaffer, William, 387 Sharp, Peter, 461 Sharp, William G., 887 Sharpe, George W., 222 Sharpe, Thomas, 314 Sharpe, William G., 222 Sharrock, Abner, 457
Roben, Douglas, 176 Robison, W. B., 269, 270 Rogers, Disney, 181, 186 Rogers, George W., 854 Rogers, Hugh G., 852 Rogers, John H., 142 Rogers lake, 364 Romans, U. S., 348 Rood, Thomas J., 622 Rose, Andrew M., 661 Rose, David C., 130, 138 Rosecrans, Crandall, 365 Rosecrans, John, 375 Roy, John, 246 Ruhl, John, 430 Ruhlen, Charles A., 604	Sharrock, Benjamin, 422, 457, 458 Sharrock, Everett, 458 Shauck, John, 268, 426, 430 Shauck, William H., 430 Shauck (see Johnsville) Shaw, David, 397 Shaw, George A., 837 Shaw, Henry H., 226, 229, 231 Shaw, Jonathan, 465, 467 Shaw, John, 464 Shaw, Junius B., 150 Shaw, Salathiel B., 397 Shaw, Samuel, 328, 397 Shedd, James G., 207 Shedd, Henry, 271, 272, 273, 462 Sheep, 112
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Sheldon, Anna, 907 Sheldon, R. Anna, 371 Sheriffs, 196 Sherm, Jackson & Company, 257 Sherman, Allen, 376 Sherman, Delmo, 308 Sherman, E. C., 350 Shively, Frank, 781 Shotwell, Benjamin W., 135 Shumaker, Josiah F., 690 Shunk, John 248, 343 Shunk, William, 345 Shunk & Wagner, 345 Shur, Jacob, 358 Shur, John, 323, 345 Shur, William, 57 Shurr, A. 0., 257 Shurr, Lafayette B., 801 Sief, Jacob, 420 Simms, D. B., 186 Simms, W. J., 255 Simonson, William, 115 Sims, Richard, 329 Singer, George S., 160, 330 Singrey, D. M. L., 228, 426 Singrey, Jehu, 425, 426 Skinner, Joseph, 372 Smiley, Aura Bennett, 297 Smiley, Lettie Detwiler, 292 Smith, B. F., 284 Smith, Benjamin C., 599 Smith, Charles B., 846 Smith, Daniel G. W., 714 Smith, David, 281 Smith, G. V., 250, 251 Smith, James, 367, 370 Smith, Jeremiah, 406, 409 Smith, John, 324 Smith, Nancy E., 581 Smith, Seneca A., 576 Smith, Simeon, 468 Smith, Timothy, 365 Smith-White, Florence, 350 Snider, Denton J., 206 Snider, Samuel P., 150, 151, 153, 155 206	St. James, 470 Stanley, Winfield S., 626 Stanton, Jesse, 438 Stantontown, 438 Stansberry, Jonas, 437, 445 State senators, 73 State representatives, 73 Stark, David A., 159 Steam Corners, 455 Steffee, J. W. Steiner, William, 414 Steiner's Corner, 414 Steritt, M. W., 379 Stevens, Abednego, 401 Stevens, Jacob, 22 Stevens, Nancy, 22 Stevens, William, 401 Stevenson, Elsie, 294 Stiles, George P. 192, 323 Stiltz, Philip, 425 Stinchcomb, James W., 181, 185 257, 284 Stone, J. F., 256 Stone, Johnson, 372 Story, Nehemiah, 458, 460 Stout, John, 425 Straw, Benjamin, 459 Straw, Samuel, 304 Strong, Nellie, 398 Stull, Solomon P., 647 Stultz, Elmer S., 924 Sunbury road, 413 Swallum, John, 392 Swan, Joseph R., 188 Sweeny, Edith P., 287 Sweetland, Mrs. Cornelia, 712 Sweetland, Duane, 712 Swetland, Augustus, 366, 370 Swetland, A. W., 367, 370, 372 Swetland, Cornelia, 568 Swetland, Giles, 366 Swetland, Joseph C., 676 Swetland, Mary E., 680 Swetland, Warren, 761 Swetland, William L., 567 Swingley, David L., 230, 231, 259 Swingley, Fred, 228 Sylvester, Eli S., 227
Snyder, Luciana, 786 Snyder, Samuel S., 709 South Bloomfield township—First settlers locate, 364; schools and churches, 367; political and physical, 368; Sparta, 369-73; Bloomfield, 373 South Woodbury, 437 Spalding, (Mrs.) W. S., 203 Sparta, 369-73 Sparta M. E. church, 370 Sparta Christian church, 370 Spaulding; (Mrs.) W. S., 277 Spenser, Jesse, 412 "Spongetown" (see Galion) Sprague, Rachel, 590	Taber, William G., 572 Taggart, Frank, 191 Talmage, Byron L., 206 Talmage, David, 245 Talmage, Irma, 208 Talmage, M. Burr, 252, 269 Talmage, Mell B., 255 Talmage, Vide, 297 Taylor, James, 405 Taylor, Rachel, 590 Taylor, William, 829 Taylor Family, 590 Taverns,- 80
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Terrill, William I., 205 Terry, Edward, 154 Thoman, J. A., 229 Thomas, Smith, 249 Thompson, F. -4E., 230 Thompson, George B., 192 Thompson, John, 322, 324 Thompson, Manna, 242 Thompson, Thomas C., 328, 336 Three Mile Strip, 302, 306 Thrift, Stiles, 179 Throckmorton, Charles W., 700 Throckmorton, Mary H., 701 Thuma, Benjamin F., 928 Thuma, B. F., 75 Tims, J. H., 912 Tinis, J. H., 230 Toledo & Ohio Central Railroad, 248 Townsend, Clayton, 221 Trapping, 439 Traux, Richard, 396 Tressel, G. C., 218 Trimble, James S., 116, 256, 257 Trowbridge, Joseph, 355 Troy township United Brethren church, 455 Troy township—General description, 452; first white settlers, 453; Steam Corners, 455 Truex, Benjamin P., 393 Tucker, A. Q., 249, 250, 251, 252, 255 Tucker, Nathan, 247 Tupper, Austin, 199 Turner, J. G., 348 Turney, Lafayette, 845 Tuthill, David, 430 Tyrone (see Patee Town) Underground railroad, 460, 461 Underground railway, 126 Underwood, David L., 546 "Union Register," 222 Ustick, Henry, 237, 241	Virtue, D. B., 230 Virtue, Samuel, 569 Voorhees, Richard M., 192 Vorhies, L. B., 226 Vorhies, Lyman B., 257 Wagner, E., 800 Wagner, H., 340, 345 Wagner (Mrs.) H., 340 Walhonding county, 57, 60, 61 Walker, Alexander, 405 Walker, John, 356, 358 Wallace, William, 422 Wallace, W. F., 351 Waring, J. B., 323 Warner, John, 421 Waters, William, 443 Watson, Amariah, 453 Watson, Joseph, 230 Watt, David, 98 Watt, David, 222, 223 Washington township—Benjamin Sharrock and other pioneers, 457; schools and churches, 460; Iberia, 460 Weatherby, A. S., 227, 231 Weatherby, Peter, 133 Weaver, Martin, 348 Weaver, Henry, 193 Webb, Dewitt C., 256 Webster, Charles, 233, 239 Webster, Charles C., 238, 239, 304 Webster, Marvin G., 304 Weiser, (Mrs.) E. S., 333 Welch, John, 188 Welch, William, 257 West Liberty, 438 West Point, 395 Westbrook, Hiram, 370 Westbrook, Solomon, 377, 381 Westfield, Cardington & Chesterville pike, 415 Westfield township—The Shaws, 464; schools, roads and mails, 466; Westfield, 468; Indian names for streams, 469; St. James, 470
Vail’s Cross Roads, 382 Van Buskirk, Elkanah, 430 Van Buskirk, Lawrence, 428 Van Buskirk, William, 425 Vanduser, Abraham, 444, 446 Vance, Joseph, 354 Van Horn, James J., 177 Vannatta Charles C., 703 Vaughan, W. P., 348 Vaughan, Walter W., 506 Vaughan, William P., 583 Vaughan, W. P., 192 Vigor, J. F., 230 Vincent, Fred W., 500 Vining, Jonas, 378, 382	Wheeler, C. C., 252 Wheeler, James, 904 Whetstone (see Olentangy) Whetstone Mills settlement, 315 Whetstone (Youngstown), 236 "Whig Sentinel," 98 "Whig Sentinel," 222, 223 Whipple, Bartorn, 433 White, Florence R., 606 White, Noah, 308, 413 White, Oscar A., 223 White, Paul, 304 Whitney, A. A., 258 Whitney, Amza A., 637 Whitney (A. A.) & Sons, 257, 248
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Whitney, Samuel, 373 Wieder, Daniel, 323 Wieland, Emma, 297 Wieland, Frank, 208 Wieland, Nettie, 285 Wieland, William F., 285 Wildcat church (see Harmony Old School Baptists) Williams, J. L., 230 Williams, James W., 229 Williams, William, 223 Williamsport, 394 Williamson, J. C., 192 Williamson, John C., 488 Willits, Edward M., 595 Willits, E. M., 348 Wilson, Christopher, 378 Wilson, James, 387 Wilson, William E., 518 Wilson, William, 249 Wirick, Peter, 425 Woman’s Twentieth Century Club, Mt. Gilead, 292, 295, 296, 297 Wolfe, Adam, 468	Wolfe, Charles, 344 Wolfe, Thomas E., 190 Wood, C. H., 192, 193 Wood, Daniel, 437, 443 Wood, G. L., 297 Wood, Jonathan, 91, 236, 414 Wood, John, 206 Wood, Matilda, 323 Woodview ( see North Woodbury) Worden, Samuel R., 819 Wyatt, Samuel, 325 Wyker, James R., 652 Yeager, Joseph H., 667 Yeomans, Alban, 925 Young, Charles C., 818 Young, Jacob, 305 Young, Jacob, 236, 237 Young, John, 57 Young, Mary, 237, 238 Young, William H., 137 Youngstown (see Whetstone)