HISTORY
OF
SENECA COUNTY,
OHIO.
CONTAINING A HISTORY OF THE. COUNTY, ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS,
VILLAGES, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, INDUSTRIES, ETC,; PORTRAITS OF
EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; BIOGRAPHIES;
HISTORY OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HIS-
TORY OF OHIO; STATISTICAL AND MIS-
CELLANEOUS MATTER, ETC,, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO:
WARNER, BEERS & CO.,
1886.
SENECA COUNTY COURTHOUSE, TIFFIN, OHIO
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CONTENTS.
PART III.
HISTORY OF SENECA COUNTY.
CHAPTER I.-TOPOGRAPHY--TOWNSHIPS AND CITIES-NATURAL HISTORY- ARCHEOLOGY . . 187-196
CHAPTER II.-SENECA'S RED PIONEERS . . 196-217
CHAPTER III.-PIONEERS OF SENECA COUNTY PIONEER ASSOCIATION-OLD TIME INCIDENTS, CUSTOMS, ETC . . . 218-238
CHAPTER IV.-ORGANIC HISTORY-PUBL1C BUILDINGS. . .238-259
CHAPTER V.-POLITICAL HISTORY . . .259-299
CHAPTER VI-JUDICIARY . . . . . .290-311
CHAPTER VII-PHYSICIANS-MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS . . .311-319
CHAPTER VIII- THE PRESS . . . 319-328
CHAPTER IX.-MILITARY HISTORY . . .328-371
CHAPTER X -SOCIETIES . .. 372-379.
CHAPTER XI.-RAILROADS - 380-386.
CHAPTER XII.-BANKS AND INSURANCE . . 386-387
CHAPTER XIII.-STATISTICS . . . 388-398
CHAPTER XIV-ADAMS TOWNSHIP . . . . .,398-417
CHAPTER XV - BIG SPRING TOWNSHIP . . . . .418-429
CHAPTER XVI.-BLOOM TOWNSHIP . . . . . 429-445
CHAPTER XVII.--CLINTON TOWNSHIP AND TIFFIN CITY 446-471
CHAPTER XVII. - TIFFIN CITY. . . .. . . .471-536
CHAPTER XVIII-EDEN TOWNSHIP . . .536-55O
CHAPTER XIX.-HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP . . . 551-560
CHAPTER XX JACKSON TOWNSHIP . . . . .560-567
CHAPTER XXI.-LIBERTY TOWNSHIP . . . . . 568-579
CHAPTER XXII.-LOUDON TOWNSHIP AND FOSTORIA CITY . . .579-626
CHAPTER XXIII-PLEASANT TOWNSHIP . . . . . .625-637
CHAPTER XXIV.-REED TOWNSHIP . .. . . 638-647
CHAPTER XXV.-SCIPIO TOWNSHIP . . . . .648-664
CHAPTER XXVI-SENECA TOWNSHIP . . . .664-674
CHAPTER XXVII-THOMPSON TOWNSHIP . . . . 675-683
CHAPTER XXVIII-VENICE TOWNSHIP . . . . . . .684-696
PART IV.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
Adams Township . ........................................ 699
Big Spring Township .................................... 715
Bloom Township .......................................... 732
Clinton Township and Tiffin City .............. 752
Eden Township ............................................ 846
Hopewell Township ..................................... 864
Jackson Township.......................................... 888
Liberty Township ......................................... 877
Loudon Township and Fostoria City ............ 887
Pleasant Township ........................................ 934
Reed Township ............................................ 953
Scipio Township........................................... 969
Seneca Township ......................................... 987
Thompson Township..................... ........ 1003
Venice Township ........................................ 1016
APPENDIX . . 1047-1069.
ORIGINAL LAND ENTRIES.
Adams Township . ....................................... 1064
Big Spring Township ................................... 1047
Bloom Township ............................... .......... 1061
Clinton Township ........................................ 1058
Eden Township ............................................. 1056
Hopewell Township ...................................... 1053
Jackson Township .......................................... 1050
Liberty Township ........................................... 1055
Loudon Township .......................................... 1049
Pleasant Township ......................................... 1059
Reed Township ............................................... 1066
Scipio Township ............................................. 1065
Seneca Township ............................................ 1052
Thompson Township ...................................... 1067
Venice Township ............................................ 1065
The Gore ..........................................................1069