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Congress Township, Wayne County, Ohio (view source)
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<strong>Early Wayne County History</strong><br/>
Congress Township<br/>
The first sermon preached in Congress Township, formed in 1818, was that made by a Presbyterian minister, a Rev. Matthews, who spoke with a sword girded to his body.<br/>
The village of Congress, originally called Waynesburg, was laid out in 1827. According to history, an old Indian and his wife were on a tramp and stopped in Congress at Griffith's Tavern, where they got drunk and abusive. The landlord's wife threw a pot of boiling water on the Indian to quell him. He died as a result and was buried in the Congress cemetery.|Harry B. Stapler|The Wooster Daily Record, 1940-MAR-09
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