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Pioneers and First Settlers
 
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Present Time
 
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Benjamin Douglass
 
1878
 
  
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[[File:Index to History of Wayne County.pdf]]
  
(Compiled by Michael L. Franks)
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[[Category:History]]
Introduction --------------------------------------------------------------- 5
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[[Category:Douglass]]
Chapter 1 (why the book was written) ----------------------------- 13
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Chapter 2 - The North-western Territory -------------------------- 15
 
Ordinance of 1787 ------------------------------------------------ 18
 
Organization of the Ohio Land Company ----------------- 25
 
The First Settlement under the Ordinance of 1787 --- 28
 
Treaties mad with the Indians  ------------------------------- 32
 
First Officers of the Territory  --------------------------------- 33
 
The Second Grade of Territorial Government  ----------- 34
 
Early Laws of the Territory  ------------------------------------- 34
 
Local Courts and Court Officers  ------------------------------ 35
 
Organization of Counties  --------------------------------------- 36
 
Territorial Officers  ----------------------------------------------- 39
 
Hostility of the Indian Tribes  ---------------------------------- 40
 
Members of Territorial Legislature 1799-1800  --------- 43
 
First Council and House of Representatives -------------- 44
 
Chapter 3 - Original and Present Wayne County  -------------- 48
 
The Mouth of the Cuyahoga River  ------------------------- 49
 
The Old Greenville Treaty Line  ------------------------------ 50
 
Boundries of Wayne County in 1808  ---------------------- 53
 
Formation of Ashland County  ------------------------------- 54
 
Organization of Wayne County in 1812  ------------------- 54
 
Organization of Townships  ----------------------------------- 55
 
Chapter 4 - Why Called Wayne County --------------------------- 60
 
Chapter 5 - Topography of the County  --------------------------- 66
 
The Surface of the County  ------------------------------------ 73
 
The Soil  ------------------------------------------------------------ 74
 
The Prairies  ------------------------------------------------------- 75
 
Physical Aspect  -------------------------------------------------- 76
 
The Lakes  --------------------------------------------------------- 79
 
Fox Lake  ---------------------------------------------------- 80
 
Patton's Lake  ---------------------------------------------- 81
 
Doner's Lake  ---------------------------------------------- 82
 
Brown's Lake  ---------------------------------------------- 82
 
Manley's Lake --------------------------------------------- 82
 
Remains of Lakes  ---------------------------------------- 83
 
Newman's Creek Swamp  ------------------------------------- 83
 
Killbuck Swamp  ------------------------------------------------- 85
 
Chapter 6 - A Synopsis of the Geology of Ohio  ----------------- 93
 
Lower Silurian  --------------------------------------------------- 101
 
Potsdam Sandstone  -------------------------------------------- 101
 
Calciferous Sand Rock  ----------------------------------------- 101
 
Trenton Group  -------------------------------------------------- 101
 
Upper Silurian  --------------------------------------------------- 102
 
Oneida Conglomerate  ----------------------------------------- 102
 
Medina Sandstone  --------------------------------------------- 102
 
Clinton Group  --------------------------------------------------- 102
 
Niagara Group  -------------------------------------------------- 103
 
Salina Group  ----------------------------------------------------- 103
 
Heldererg Group  ----------------------------------------------- 103
 
Devonian System  ---------------------------------------------- 104
 
Oriskany Sandstone  ------------------------------------------- 104
 
Corniferous Limestone  --------------------------------------- 105
 
Hamilton Group  ----------------------------------------------- 105
 
Portage and Chemung Group  ------------------------------ 106
 
Erie Shale  --------------------------------------------------------- 106
 
Carboniferous System  ---------------------------------------- 107
 
Bedford Shale  --------------------------------------------------- 107
 
Berea Grit  -------------------------------------------------------- 107
 
Cuyahoga Shale  ------------------------------------------- ----- 108
 
The Coal Measure  ---------------------------------------------- 108
 
Quaternary System  -------------------------------------------- 110
 
Chapter 7 – Geological Structure of the County  --------------- 111
 
Carboniferous System  ---------------------------------------- 111
 
The Strata of the Coal Measure  ---------------------------- 112
 
Chippewa Township Coal Mines  --------------------------- 114
 
Milton Township Coal Mines  -------------------------------- 116
 
Greene Township Coal Mines  ------------------------------- 116
 
Coal Mines of Baughman Township  ----------------------- 117
 
East Union Township Coal Measure  ----------------------- 119
 
Coal Mines of Paint Township  ------------------------------ 121
 
Coal Mines of Sugar Creek Township  --------------------- 122
 
Coal Mines of Salt Creek Township  ------------------------ 124
 
The Coal Mines of Franklin Township  --------------------- 125
 
Clinton, Canaan and Wooster Township
 
Coal Measure  --------------------------------------------------- 127
 
The Rocks  -------------------------------------------------------- 127
 
Coal Measure Sandstone  ------------------------------------ 129
 
Shales  ------------------------------------------------------------ 131
 
Limestones  ------------------------------------------------------ 131
 
Sandstone Rocks ----------------------------------------------- 132
 
Chapter 8 – Archaology – Defensive and Sacred Enclosures;
 
The Builders  ---------------------------------------------------- 135
 
Implements  ---------------------------------------------------- 135
 
Pottery  ---------------------------------------------------------- 137
 
Ornaments  ----------------------------------------------------- 138
 
Earthworks  ----------------------------------------------------- 139
 
Tumuli of Wayne County  ----------------------------------- 148
 
The Mound Builders  ------------------------------------------ 155
 
Chapter 9 – Indian History and Ethnology  ---------------------- 161
 
The Wyandots  ------------------------------------------------- 163
 
The Shawanese  ------------------------------------------------ 164
 
Indians of Wayne County  ------------------------------------ 165
 
Indian Trails  ----------------------------------------------------- 166
 
A Surprise and Massacre-Captain Fulkes Disposes
 
of Sixteen Red Butchers  ------------------------------------- 168
 
Powder Explosion Caused by Indians  -------------------- 170
 
Origin of the North American Indian  --------------------- 172
 
Chapter 10 – The First Four Settlements in the County  ----- 176
 
Chapter 11 – Early Settlers  ----------------------------------------- 178
 
Chapter 12 – Early Agriculture–Refuse Lands-Markets  ----- 191
 
Chapter 13 – Johnny Appleseed ----------------------------------- 196
 
Chapter 14 – Crawford's Campaign thru Wayne County  ---- 208
 
Chapter 15 – Beall's Campaign  ------------------------------------ 223
 
Reminiscences of One of Beall's Soldiers  ---------------- 225
 
The Battle of Cow Pens.  -------------------------------------- 226
 
Chapter 16 – Indian Chief Killbuck  -------------------------------- 228
 
Boating on Killbuck  -------------------------------------------- 231
 
Navigating the Killbuck and Salt Creek  ------------------- 233
 
The Old Salt Works on Killbuck  ----------------------------- 233
 
Chapter 17 – Saint Clair's Defeat – November 4, 1791  ------ 236
 
Hull's Surrender – August 16, 1791  ----------------------- 238
 
General Winchester-Fort Meigs-The Siege  -------------- 241
 
Chapter 18 – Wayne County-It's Organizations-Elections-
 
Institutions, etc.  ------------------------------------------------ 244
 
Members of Congress  ---------------------------------------- 244
 
Our State Senetors  -------------------------------------------- 244
 
Members of House of Representatives  ------------------ 245
 
Members of Constitutional Convention  ----------------- 246
 
President Judges of Common Pleas Court  --------------- 247
 
Associate Judges  ----------------------------------------------- 247
 
Probate Judges  ------------------------------------------------- 247
 
Sheriffs  ----------------------------------------------------------- 247
 
Clerks of Common Pleas Court  ----------------------------- 248
 
County Treasurers  --------------------------------------------- 248
 
County Auditors  ------------------------------------------------ 248
 
County Surveyors  ---------------------------------------------- 249
 
County Recorders  ---------------------------------------------- 249
 
Prosecuting Attorneys  ---------------------------------------- 250
 
County Commissioners  --------------------------------------- 250
 
Infirmary Directors  --------------------------------------------- 251
 
Wayne County Judiciary  -------------------------------------- 252
 
Extracts from Official Records  ------------------------------- 252
 
First Execution Issued on Record  --------------------------- 253
 
First Place for Holding Court  --------------------------------- 253
 
The First Court House  ------------------------------------------ 254
 
The Second Court House  -------------------------------------- 254
 
Third Court House Projected  --------------------------------- 255
 
The First Jail  ------------------------------------------------------ 256
 
The First Jail-Bird in the County  ----------------------------- 257
 
The Second, or “Stone” Jail  ---------------------------------- 257
 
The Third Jail  ---------------------------------------------------- 258
 
Old County Buildings  ------------------------------------------ 258
 
New County Buildings  ----------------------------------------- 259
 
County Infirmary  ----------------------------------------------- 259
 
Agricultural Society of Wayne County  -------------------- 260
 
Old Turnpike Road  --------------------------------------------- 261
 
Ohio Canal -------------------------------------------------------- 261
 
A Transition Period  --------------------------------------------- 262
 
Wayne County Bible Society  --------------------------------- 262
 
How Great a Matter a Spark Kindleth  --------------------- 263
 
Marriage Statistics  --------------------------------------------- 263
 
Pittsburgh, Chicago & Fort Wayne Railroad  ------------- 263
 
Other Railroads  ------------------------------------------------- 272
 
Revolutionary Pensioners in Wayne County 1840  ----- 272
 
Population by Decades  --------------------------------------- 273
 
Names of Heads of Families  --------------------------------- 273
 
Valuation of Real and Personal Property  ----------------- 274
 
School Statistics of the County  ------------------------------ 275
 
The Public School System  ------------------------------------- 275
 
The Primitive School House and Primitive Schools  ----- 277
 
Chapter 19 – Wooster  ------------------------------------------------- 281
 
Sketch of General Wooster  ----------------------------------- 281
 
Vacation of the Town of Madison  --------------------------- 284
 
Incorporation of Wooster  ------------------------------------- 289
 
First Election after Incorporation  ---------------------------- 290
 
The Second Election  -------------------------------------------- 291
 
List of Candidates at the Election Held in Wooster  ----- 291
 
Extracts from Public Records  --------------------------------- 291
 
Officers from the Town of Wooster  ------------------------ 292
 
City of Wooster Officers  --------------------------------------- 295
 
Wooster Postmasters  ------------------------------------------ 296
 
First Fire Company of Wooster  ------------------------------ 296
 
The First White Man to Die in Wayne County  ----------- 297
 
John Bever  -------------------------------------------------------- 298
 
William Henry  ---------------------------------------------------- 300
 
John Larwill  ------------------------------------------------------- 303
 
Robert McClarran  ----------------------------------------------- 309
 
Andrew McMonigal and Family  ----------------------------- 310
 
John McClellan, Sen.  ------------------------------------------- 311
 
Joseph Stibbs  ---------------------------------------------------- 311
 
Joseph S. Lake  --------------------------------------------------- 314
 
Reminiscences of Wooster, by Mrs. Joseph Lake, of
 
New York City  -------------------------------------------- 316
 
John Patton  ------------------------------------------------------ 321
 
General Resin Beall  -------------------------------------------- 322
 
History of the First Schools of Wooster  ------------------ 325
 
Dr. John Cunningham  ------------------------------------------ 331
 
General Cyrus Spink  -------------------------------------------- 332
 
Thomas Townsend, M.D.  -------------------------------------- 335
 
Daniel McPhail, M.D.  ------------------------------------------- 336
 
Thomas Robison  ------------------------------------------------- 336
 
Bishop Edward Thompson  ------------------------------------ 337
 
“Priest Jones”  ---------------------------------------------------- 340
 
Samuel Quinby  --------------------------------------------------- 344
 
Levi Cox  ------------------------------------------------------------ 349
 
David McConahay  ----------------------------------------------- 351
 
Lindol Sprague  --------------------------------------------------- 351
 
John Christmas  -------------------------------------------------- 352
 
Edward Avery  ---------------------------------------------------- 353
 
James Jacobs, Sr.  ------------------------------------------------ 354
 
Newspaper Press  ------------------------------------------------ 356
 
Horace Howard  -------------------------------------------------- 360
 
Joseph Clingan  ---------------------------------------------------- 361
 
Reminiscences of Rev. M.E. Strieby  ------------------------- 364
 
Ezra Dean  ---------------------------------------------------------- 365
 
Shephen F. Day, M.D.  ------------------------------------------- 367
 
The Wooster Churches  ----------------------------------------- 371
 
Baptist Church  -------------------------------------------- 372
 
First Presbyterian Church  ------------------------------ 379
 
The Wooster Reformed Church  ---------------------- 392
 
Evangelical Lutheran Christ Church  ----------------- 396
 
First Methodist Episcopal Church  -------------------- 397
 
Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church  ------------------ 399
 
Church of Christ ------------------------------------------- 402
 
Church of God  --------------------------------------------- 404
 
St. Mary's Church (Catholic)  --------------------------- 407
 
St. James Episcopal Church  ---------------------------- 407
 
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church  ----------------- 409
 
Thomas Woodland  ---------------------------------------------- 410
 
Samuel Norton Bissell, M.D.  ---------------------------------- 412
 
Samuel Hemphill  ------------------------------------------------ 419
 
Wooster Cemetery  --------------------------------------------- 419
 
R.R. Donnelly ----------------------------------------------------- 421
 
Isaac Newton Jones  --------------------------------------------- 421
 
John K. McBride  -------------------------------------------------- 423
 
Michael Totten  --------------------------------------------------- 425
 
Michael Totten Challenged by a Bear  --------------- 428
 
A Terrible Night in the Woods  ------------------------ 428
 
Packing Salt on Horseback  ----------------------------- 429
 
A Lost Boy in the Olden Time  ------------------------- 429
 
Saves a Boy's Life  ---------------------------------------- 429
 
General William Given  ----------------------------------------- 430
 
Constant Lake, Sr.  ----------------------------------------------- 436
 
The Wooster Gas Light Company  --------------------------- 438
 
Jacob Frick  -------------------------------------------------------- 439
 
William Stitt  ------------------------------------------------------ 440
 
Market House Destroyed by a Mob  ------------------------ 441
 
The Fuller Sisters  ------------------------------------------------ 442
 
Joseph H. Downing  --------------------------------------------- 444
 
John Brinkerhoff  ------------------------------------------------ 448
 
John P. Jeffries  --------------------------------------------------- 451
 
C.C. Parsons  ------------------------------------------------------ 457
 
Kimball Porter  --------------------------------------------------- 460
 
Hon. George Rex  ------------------------------------------------ 460
 
Ephraim Quinby, Jr.  -------------------------------------------- 465
 
John McSweeney  ----------------------------------------------- 475
 
Benjamin Eason -------------------------------------------------- 484
 
David Robison, Jr.  ----------------------------------------------- 490
 
Angus McDonald  ------------------------------------------------ 492
 
Wooster Water Works  ----------------------------------------- 497
 
Ohio F. Jones  ----------------------------------------------------- 499
 
W.C. Moore, M.D.  ---------------------------------------------- 500
 
S.R. Bonowitz  ---------------------------------------------------- 502
 
Alf. Howard, the American “Ole Bull”  --------------------- 503
 
The University of Wooster  ----------------------------------- 504
 
Rev. A.A.E. Taylor, D.D.  --------------------------------------- 519
 
Leander Firestone, M.D.  ------------------------------------- 521
 
W.W. Firestone, M.D.  ----------------------------------------- 523
 
Martin Welker  -------------------------------------------------- 528
 
James D. Robison, M.D.  --------------------------------------- 532
 
Public Schools of Wooster  ------------------------------------ 536
 
John Zimmerman  ----------------------------------------------- 538
 
Rev. Benjamin Pope  -------------------------------------------- 539
 
Captain George U. Harn  --------------------------------------- 540
 
Woodhull and Clafin  ------------------------------------------- 543
 
Major Enoch Totten  -------------------------------------------- 545
 
James C. Jacobs  -------------------------------------------------- 547
 
Colonel Joseph H. Carr  ----------------------------------------- 550
 
Captain A.S. McClure  ------------------------------------------- 551
 
Colonel E.P. Bates  ----------------------------------------------- 556
 
Ira H. Bates -------------------------------------------------------- 560
 
The Quinby Opera House  ------------------------------------- 562
 
Archadome Hall, The Baumgardners  ----------------------- 563
 
John F. Barrett  --------------------------------------------------- 565
 
Matthew Johnston, Sr. ----------------------------------------- 565
 
A Catholic Bishop Dies in Wooster  ------------------------- 566
 
William Spear  ---------------------------------------------------- 567
 
John Wilhelm  ---------------------------------------------------- 568
 
James Curry  ------------------------------------------------------- 569
 
Old German Bank  ----------------------------------------------- 571
 
Wayne County Branch of the State Bank of Ohio  ------- 571
 
The Wayne County National Bank  -------------------------- 571
 
Exchange Bank --------------------------------------------------- 571
 
National Bank of Wooster  ------------------------------------ 571
 
Johnson's Bank  -------------------------------------------------- 572
 
Samuel Routson  ------------------------------------------------- 573
 
D.C. Curry & Company  ----------------------------------------- 573
 
Jacob Eberhardt  ------------------------------------------------- 575
 
Secret Societies  -------------------------------------------------- 576
 
Masonic  ---------------------------------------------------- 576
 
I.O.O.F.  ------------------------------------------------------ 577
 
Knights of Pythias (English) ----------------------------- 577
 
Knights of Pythias (German)  --------------------------- 577
 
Improved Order of Red Men  -------------------------- 578
 
The Royal Arcanum  -------------------------------------- 578
 
Temperance Societies ----------------------------------- 578
 
Chapter 20  --------------------------------------------------------------- 579
 
Paint Township  -------------------------------------------------- 579
 
The First Settler  ------------------------------------------ 579
 
Officers of Paint Township, 1877  -------------------- 580
 
The Martyred Lovers of the Forest  ------------------ 580
 
The Most Singular Man  -------------------------------- 581 Soloman Fisher  ------------------------------------------ 581
 
David Houmard  ------------------------------------------ 582
 
Mt. Eaton  -------------------------------------------------- 584
 
Churches  --------------------------------------------------- 590
 
West Lebanon  -------------------------------------------- 593
 
Chapter 21  --------------------------------------------------------------- 594
 
Franklin Township  ---------------------------------------------- 594
 
Moreland  -------------------------------------------------- 599
 
First Settlements and Settlers  ------------------------ 599
 
James Morgan  ------------------------------------ 599
 
Thomas Butler  ------------------------------------- 600
 
Jonothan Butler  ----------------------------------- 600
 
Samuel Mitchel  ------------------------------------ 600
 
Samuel Mitchel  ------------------------------------ 602
 
John Hughes  --------------------------------------- 602
 
Hugh Morgan, Sr.  --------------------------------- 603
 
Hugh Morgan -------------------------------------- 603
 
Moses Lockhart, Sr.  ------------------------------ 603
 
The Munson Family  ------------------------------ 604
 
Henry Munson's Lime Kiln  ---------------------- 605
 
Churches of Franklin Township  --------------- 605
 
Jacob Harmon  ------------------------------------- 606
 
Stephen M. Henry --------------------------------- 606
 
Thomas Dowty  ------------------------------------ 606
 
John McIntire  -------------------------------------- 607
 
Cornelious McIntire  ------------------------------ 607
 
Ephraim Cutter  ------------------------------------ 608
 
John Cutter  ----------------------------------------- 608
 
Samuel Cutter  ------------------------------------- 608
 
Aaron Franks  --------------------------------------- 608
 
John Harrison  -------------------------------------- 609
 
Recollections -------------------------------- 609
 
Thomas L. Smith  ---------------------------------- 610
 
William P. Force  ----------------------------------- 610
 
Moses McCammon  ------------------------------- 610
 
Reminiscences of John Butler, a Justice of the
 
Peace of Franklin Township  --------------------------- 613
 
The Indians Burn Thomas Butler's Cabin  --- 613
 
The Morgan Block House  ----------------------- 613
 
Old Chief Lyon Delivers his “Checks”  -------- 613
 
Chapter 22  --------------------------------------------------------------- 614
 
East Union Township  ------------------------------------------- 614
 
Towns in East Union Township  ----------------------- 616
 
Edinburg  -------------------------------------------- 616
 
Apple Creek Station  ------------------------------ 616
 
Recollections of Simon Chafin, Sr.  ------------------- 616
 
Simon Chafin, Sr.  ----------------------------------------- 617
 
Simon Chafin, Jr.  ----------------------------------------- 617
 
Franklin Brown  ------------------------------------------- 617
 
John J. Brown  --------------------------------------------- 618
 
Josiah Milbourn  ------------------------------------------ 619
 
David Hunter  ---------------------------------------------- 619
 
Rodney Carr's Family ------------------------------------ 619
 
George Firestone  ---------------------------------------- 620
 
John Moore  ----------------------------------------------- 620
 
Charles Boydston  ---------------------------------------- 620
 
Emanual Brown  ------------------------------------------ 620
 
Reminiscences of Noah Brown  ----------------------- 621
 
Churches  ---------------------------------------------------------- 621
 
Apple Creek Presbyterian  ----------------------------- 621
 
Reformed Church  --------------------------------------- 622
 
Leonard Langell  ----------------------------------------- 622
 
Daniel Langell, Sr.  --------------------------------------- 623
 
Daniel Langell  -------------------------------------------- 623
 
Herr Driesbach, the Lion Tamer  --------------------- 623
 
Joshua Jameson ------------------------------------------ 624
 
Isaac K. Jameson  ----------------------------------------- 624
 
John Cheyney  --------------------------------------------- 624
 
Richard Cheyney  ----------------------------------------- 625
 
Hibben Cheyney  ----------------------------------------- 626
 
Chapter 23  --------------------------------------------------------------- 627
 
Milton Township  ----------------------------------------------- 627
 
First Settlers and First Things -------------------------- 629
 
Mason Fritz ------------------------------------------------ 630
 
Phillip Fritz  ------------------------------------------------ 631
 
Reminiscences of Phillip Fritz  ------------------------ 631
 
Christopher Lance  --------------------------------------- 632
 
John Lance  ------------------------------------------------ 632
 
William Lance  -------------------------------------------- 632
 
Henry Lance  ---------------------------------------------- 632
 
Henry Lance  ---------------------------------------------- 633
 
James Lance  ---------------------------------------------- 633
 
Towns in Milton Township  ----------------------------------- 633
 
Johnson's Corners  --------------------------------------- 633
 
Russell  ------------------------------------------------------ 633
 
Milton Station  -------------------------------------------- 633
 
Shinersburg  ----------------------------------------------- 634
 
Andrew Waggoner  -------------------------------------- 634
 
Thomas Dawson  ----------------------------------------- 634
 
Abner Johnson  ------------------------------------------- 635
 
Fatal Boiler Explosion  ----------------------------------- 635
 
Samuel Slemmons  --------------------------------------- 635
 
The Elliots  -------------------------------------------------- 635
 
Churches  ---------------------------------------------------------- 636
 
German Reformed Church  ---------------------------- 636
 
Union Church  --------------------------------------------- 636
 
Other Churches  ------------------------------------------ 637
 
Benjamin Cotton  ----------------------------------------- 637
 
Isaac Bessey  ----------------------------------------------- 637
 
William Keeling  ------------------------------------------- 638
 
Edward F. Keeling  ---------------------------------------- 638
 
Chapter 24  --------------------------------------------------------------- 639
 
Plain Township  --------------------------------------------------  640
 
First Settlers  ---------------------------------------------- 642
 
William Blachley, M.D.  --------------------------------- 643
 
Philip Arnold  ---------------------------------------------- 643
 
William Sidle  ---------------------------------------------- 643
 
William Goodfellow  ------------------------------------- 644
 
Benedict Mellinger, Sr.  --------------------------------- 644
 
Aaron Baird  ----------------------------------------------- 645
 
Cyrus Baird  ------------------------------------------------ 645
 
John Tryon  ------------------------------------------------ 646
 
Robert Eason  --------------------------------------------- 646
 
John Folgate  ---------------------------------------------- 646
 
William and Henry Rouch  ----------------------------- 646
 
Towns in Plain Township  ------------------------------ 647
 
Millbrook  ------------------------------------------- 647
 
Blachleyville  --------------------------------------- 647
 
Jefferson  ------------------------------------------- 647
 
Reedsburg  ----------------------------------------- 647
 
Springville  ----------------------------------------- 647
 
Remains of Buffalo and Cedar Trees ---------------- 647
 
Jacob Kister  ----------------------------------------------- 648
 
Joseph G. Yocum  ---------------------------------------- 648
 
Jacob Smyser  --------------------------------------------- 649
 
A.B. Ebright  ----------------------------------------------- 649
 
Dewitt C. Kean  ------------------------------------------- 649
 
Churches of Plain Township  --------------------------------- 650
 
Reformed Church of Reedsburg  --------------------- 650
 
Lutheran Church ----------------------------------------- 650
 
Baptist Church of Millbrook  -------------------------- 650
 
Maple Grove Church  ----------------------------------- 650
 
Plain Church (Lutheran)  ------------------------------- 651
 
Evangelical Church  -------------------------------------- 651
 
Desciple Church  ------------------------------------------ 651
 
Christ's Lutheran Church  ------------------------------ 651
 
Oak Chapel (Methodist)  ------------------------------- 651
 
Nathan Warner  ------------------------------------------ 651
 
Rev. Joshua Warner  ------------------------------------ 653
 
Eli Zaring  -------------------------------------------------- 653
 
General Thomas McMillen  --------------------------- 653
 
John Nimmon  ------------------------------------------- 654
 
James Douglass ----------------------------------------- 654
 
Chapter 25  -------------------------------------------------------------- 657
 
Bird's Eye Agricultural Survey of Wayne County  ------- 657
 
Occupation of the People  ---------------------------- 657
 
Fertilizers  ------------------------------------------------ 659
 
Primative Plows and Plowing  ----------------------- 661
 
Rotation in Crops  --------------------------------------- 662
 
Agriculture and Building  ------------------------------ 663
 
Our School Houses  ------------------------------------- 664
 
Number of Acres in the County, Size of Farms  -- 664
 
Fences and Timber  ------------------------------------- 665
 
Our Forests  ----------------------------------------------- 667
 
Grains  ------------------------------------------------------------- 668
 
Wheat  ----------------------------------------------------- 668
 
Oats  -------------------------------------------------------- 670
 
Rye  --------------------------------------------------------- 670
 
Barley  ------------------------------------------------------ 670
 
Buckwheat  ----------------------------------------------- 671
 
Flax  --------------------------------------------------------- 671
 
Meadow and Clover Lands  --------------------------- 671
 
Timothy  --------------------------------------------------- 671
 
Fruits  -------------------------------------------------------------- 672
 
The Apple  ------------------------------------------------- 672
 
The Peach  ------------------------------------------------- 672
 
The Pear  -------------------------------------------------- 672
 
The Quince  ----------------------------------------------- 673
 
Plums, Apricots and Nectarines  --------------------- 673
 
Cherries  --------------------------------------------------- 673
 
The Grape  ------------------------------------------------ 673
 
Butter, Cheese, Sorghum and Maple Sugar  ------ 675
 
Cultivated, Pasture, Wood and Waste Lands  ---- 675
 
Potatoes and Tobacco  --------------------------------- 675
 
Tobacco  --------------------------------------------------- 675
 
Domestic Animals  ---------------------------------------------- 676
 
Poultry  ----------------------------------------------------- 676
 
Chapter 26  --------------------------------------------------------------- 677
 
Greene Township  ----------------------------------------------- 677
 
First Settlers and First Things -------------------------- 677
 
Smithville  ------------------------------------------- 681
 
Churches of Greene Township  ----------------------- 682
 
John S. Paul  ----------------------------------------------- 682
 
Thomas Boydston  --------------------------------------- 683
 
John Winkler  --------------------------------------------- 683
 
Thomas Smith  -------------------------------------------- 683
 
John Jacob Kieffer  --------------------------------------- 684
 
D.L. Kieffer ------------------------------------------------- 684
 
John B. Eberly  -------------------------------------------- 684
 
Orrville  ------------------------------------------------------------ 686
 
Judge Smith Orr  ----------------------------------------- 688
 
Orrville Manufacturies and Enterprises  ----------- 692
 
The Central Ohio Fair  ---------------------------------- 692
 
The First Fire Company  -------------------------------- 692
 
Exchange Bank  ------------------------------------------- 692
 
Secret Societies  ------------------------------------------ 693
 
I.O.O.F  ---------------------------------------------- 693
 
Orr Lodge Knights of Honor  ------------------- 693
 
D.L. Moncrief, M.D.  ----------------------------- 693
 
Hon. William M. Orr  ----------------------------- 693
 
Churches of Orrville  -------------------------------------------- 694
 
A Methodist Society  ------------------------------------ 694
 
English Lutheran Mission Church  -------------------- 694
 
Presbyterian Church  ------------------------------------ 695
 
David G. Horst  -------------------------------------------- 695
 
J.H. Stoll, M.D.  -------------------------------------------- 695
 
Adam Brenneman  --------------------------------------- 696
 
The Graded Schools of Orrville  ---------------------- 696
 
The Orrville Crescent  ----------------------------------- 696
 
Evening at Home and Words of Cheer  ------------- 697
 
Daniel Schriber  ------------------------------------------ 697
 
Baughman Township  ------------------------------------------ 698
 
Reminiscences of John Baughman, by his son,
 
Soloman, of Dalton  ------------------------------------- 701
 
Reminiscences of Andrew Ault  ---------------------- 701
 
David Foreman  ------------------------------------------ 702
 
Enos Foreman  ------------------------------------------- 703
 
Hugh Harkins  -------------------------------------------- 703
 
Robert Taggert  ------------------------------------------ 704
 
Samuel Taggert  ----------------------------------------- 704
 
Lewis McKean, Sr.  -------------------------------------- 704
 
John Campbell  ------------------------------------------ 704
 
Valentine W. Ault  -------------------------------------- 705
 
John Sickman  -------------------------------------------- 705
 
John Wilson  ---------------------------------------------- 705
 
Benjamin Westheffer  ---------------------------------- 705
 
Benjamin Weygandt  ----------------------------------- 705
 
John Douglas  -------------------------------------------- 706
 
Marshallville  ---------------------------------------------------- 706
 
A.A. McIntyre  ------------------------------------------- 707
 
W.B. Hyatt, M.D.  --------------------------------------- 707
 
Wehe & Company, carriage manufacturies  ----- 707
 
John Ault  ------------------------------------------------- 707
 
David Gensener ----------------------------------------- 708
 
Henry Winger  ------------------------------------------- 708
 
John Weimer  -------------------------------------------- 708
 
S.S. Strayer, M.D.  --------------------------------------- 708
 
Fairview  ---------------------------------------------------------- 709
 
Burton City Flouring Mills  ---------------------------- 709
 
Burton City Woolen Mills  ---------------------------- 709
 
Churches of Baughman Township ------------------------- 709
 
Presbyterian Church  ---------------------------------- 709
 
St. Michael's Catholic  --------------------------------- 709
 
Evangelical Association  ------------------------------- 709
 
Reformed Church  -------------------------------------- 710
 
 
John Ault  ------------------------------------------------- 710
 
Chapter 27  -------------------------------------------------------------- 712
 
Wayne Township ----------------------------------------------- 712
 
First Settlers  --------------------------------------------- 714
 
Jacob Ihrig  ---------------------------------------- 715
 
James Glass  -------------------------------------- 715
 
Churches  ------------------------------------------------- 716
 
Salem's Church  ---------------------------------- 716
 
Geyer's Chapel  ---------------------------------- 717
 
Wayne Presbyterian  ---------------------------- 717
 
 
 
Joseph Wasson, Sr.  ------------------------------------- 717
 
Joseph Wasson  ------------------------------------------ 717
 
William Elliott  -------------------------------------------- 717
 
Thomas Barton, Sr. -------------------------------------- 718
 
William Barton  ------------------------------------------- 718
 
Josiah Barton  --------------------------------------------- 718
 
George Troutman  --------------------------------------- 718
 
James McCoy  --------------------------------------------- 719
 
Neal McCoy  ----------------------------------------------- 719
 
Thomas A. McCoy  --------------------------------------- 719
 
John Lehman  --------------------------------------------- 719
 
Captain George P. Emrich  ----------------------------- 720
 
The Driskels and Brawdys  ----------------------------- 722
 
Chapter 28  --------------------------------------------------------------- 726
 
Wooster Township  --------------------------------------------- 726
 
David Robison, Sr.  --------------------------------------- 730
 
Benjamin Jones  ------------------------------------------ 731
 
Joseph Eichar  --------------------------------------------- 736
 
Hugh Culbertson  ----------------------------------------- 737
 
Stephen Henry, Sr.  -------------------------------------- 738
 
Jacob B. Epsy  --------------------------------------------- 739
 
Christian Lawence  --------------------------------------- 739
 
John A. Lawrence  ---------------------------------------- 739
 
William Taggart  ----------------------------------------- 741
 
John Walter  ---------------------------------------------- 741
 
Philip Troutman  ----------------------------------------- 742
 
John Reider  ----------------------------------------------- 742
 
Alexander McBride  ------------------------------------- 742
 
Nathan Warner, Sr.  ------------------------------------- 745
 
Joshua Warner  ------------------------------------------- 746
 
Chapter 29  --------------------------------------------------------------- 749
 
Wayne County Soldiers in the Civil War  ------------------- 749
 
Names of the First Volunteers  ------------------------ 750
 
The 4th Ohio  ---------------------------------------------- 751
 
The 16th Ohio  -------------------------------------------- 752
 
The 41st Ohio  --------------------------------------------- 754
 
The 120th Ohio  ------------------------------------------- 755
 
The 102nd Ohio  ------------------------------------------ 756
 
The 107th Ohio  ------------------------------------------ 757
 
Mexican War Soldiers from Wayne County  -------------- 759
 
Soldiers of 1812  ------------------------------------------------- 760
 
Description of a Blockhouse  --------------------------------- 760
 
Chapter 30  -------------------------------------------------------------- 762
 
Salt Creek Township  ------------------------------------------- 762
 
William Searight  ----------------------------------------- 763
 
Fredericksburg  ------------------------------------------- 764 Recollections of Joseph Miller  ----------------------- 764
 
W.T. Barnes, M.D.  --------------------------------------- 765
 
Daniel Rieder, Jr.  ----------------------------------------- 765
 
Thomas Armstrong  -------------------------------------- 765
 
John Mackey  ---------------------------------------------- 766
 
Parmenas Appleman  ------------------------------------ 766
 
Rev. Samuel Irvine, D.D.  -------------------------------- 766
 
The United Presbyterian Church  --------------------- 767
 
The First Methodist Church  --------------------------- 767
 
B.C. Smith  -------------------------------------------------- 767
 
Fredericksburg High School  --------------------------- 768
 
Peter Franks  ---------------------------------------------- 768
 
The Fredericksburg Cemetery Association  -------- 768
 
Fredericksburg Lodge #391, I.O.O.F.  --------------- 769
 
James Martin, M.D.  ------------------------------------- 769
 
Sinclair Johnson  ------------------------------------------ 769
 
William Peppard  ----------------------------------------- 770
 
William S. Peppard  -------------------------------------- 770
 
Henry Barnes  --------------------------------------------- 770
 
Reminiscences of His Son, Peter Barnes  ----------- 771
 
Chapter 31  --------------------------------------------------------------- 772
 
Canaan Township  ----------------------------------------------- 772
 
Reminiscences of Isaac Notestine  ------------------- 773
 
George Sommers  ---------------------------------------- 774
 
John Hough ------------------------------------------------ 774
 
John D. Heckert  ------------------------------------------ 774
 
Joseph Stratton  ------------------------------------------ 775
 
Simon Kenney  -------------------------------------------- 775
 
Canaan Academy  ---------------------------------------- 775
 
Churches  --------------------------------------------------- 776
 
Bend Church  --------------------------------------- 776
 
The Canaan, or Kopp's Meeting House  ----- 776
 
Bethel Church  ------------------------------------- 776
 
Reformed Church  -------------------------------- 776
 
Methodist Episcopal Church  ------------------ 776
 
Evangelical Lutheran Church  ------------------ 776
 
Rev. Thomas Barr  ---------------------------------------- 776
 
Rev. Thomas H. Barr, D.D.  ----------------------------- 777
 
John Naftzger  --------------------------------------------- 779
 
Daniel Blocher  -------------------------------------------- 779
 
Thomas Armstrong  -------------------------------------- 779
 
Jonas Notestine  ------------------------------------------ 779
 
William Ewing  -------------------------------------------- 780
 
Isaac Notestine  ------------------------------------------ 781
 
Burbank  ----------------------------------------------------------- 782
 
Chapter 32  --------------------------------------------------------------- 783
 
Clinton Township  ----------------------------------------------- 783
 
Reminiscences of Hon. Lorenzo D. Odell  ---------- 785
 
Abner Eddy, Sr.  ------------------------------------------ 787
 
Thomas McConkey  ------------------------------------- 788
 
William H. Brown  --------------------------------------- 788
 
Thomas Shreve  ------------------------------------------ 789
 
Ira H. Aylesworth, Sr.  ---------------------------------- 789
 
James Aylesworth  -------------------------------------- 790
 
Philip Aylesworth  --------------------------------------- 790
 
John Aylesworth  ---------------------------------------- 791
 
Joseph W. Kean  ----------------------------------------- 791
 
William Kean  --------------------------------------------- 792
 
The Leyda Family  --------------------------------------- 792
 
Elijah Pocock  --------------------------------------------- 793
 
John Newkirk  --------------------------------------------- 794
 
Henry Newkirk  ------------------------------------------- 795
 
Isaac Newkirk  -------------------------------------------- 796
 
Newkirk Cemetery Association  -------------- 796
 
Lorenzo D. Odell  ---------------------------------------- 796
 
Reuben Newkirk  ---------------------------------------- 798
 
John W. Newkirk  ---------------------------------------- 798
 
John Rainey  ----------------------------------------------- 799
 
Isaac Lake  ------------------------------------------------- 799
 
Shreve  ------------------------------------------------------------- 800
 
Shreve School -------------------------------------------- 801
 
Shreve Journal  ------------------------------------------ 802
 
D.K. Jones  ------------------------------------------------ 802
 
William S. Battles, M.D.  ------------------------------- 802
 
J.H. Todd, M.D.  ------------------------------------------ 806
 
David Yarnell  --------------------------------------------- 808
 
Chapter 33 --------------------------------------------------------------- 809
 
Congress Township  -------------------------------------------- 809
 
Reminiscences of Congress Township by Hon.
 
Michael Totton and James Carlin  ------------------- 811
 
Daniel Chasey  -------------------------------------------- 812
 
Thomas McKee  ------------------------------------------ 812
 
Jacob Leatherman  -------------------------------------- 813
 
John Dulin  ------------------------------------------------ 813
 
John Keeler  ---------------------------------------------- 814
 
Congress  --------------------------------------------------------- 814
 
David Carlin  ---------------------------------------------- 816
 
Reminiscences of Royce Summerton  -------------- 816
 
Royce Summerton  ------------------------------------- 817
 
Taber Summerton  -------------------------------------- 817
 
Reminiscences of Royce Summerton  -------------- 818
 
Charles J. Warner, M.D.  ------------------------------- 818
 
Solomon Warner  ---------------------------------------- 823
 
Philip J. Brown  ------------------------------------------- 823
 
West Salem  ------------------------------------------------------ 824
 
Reminiscences of Mrs. Peter Rickel  ---------------- 824
 
Orrin G. Franks  ------------------------------------------ 825
 
Mahlon Moyers  ----------------------------------------- 825
 
The West Salem Press  --------------------------------- 826
 
Reminiscences of J.R. Henney ------------------------ 826
 
Abraham Plank  ------------------------------------------ 827
 
Silver Lodge Knights of Honor, #123  --------------- 828
 
West Salem Masonic Lodge, #398  ------------------ 828
 
West Salem I.O.O.F., #442  --------------------------- 828
 
Agricultural Society of West Salem  ---------------- 828
 
Rev. John Hazzard  -------------------------------------- 828
 
West Salem School Building  ------------------------- 829
 
Justin Georget, M.D.  ---------------------------------- 829
 
J.S. Cole, M.D.  ------------------------------------------- 830
 
Adam Poe, Indian Fighter  ---------------------------- 830
 
David Williamson Poe --------------------------------- 831
 
Sarah Poe  ------------------------------------------------ 831
 
Mrs. Kuffel's Statement of Adam and Andrew
 
Poe's Celebrated Fight with Bigfoot  --------------- 832
 
He Has a Terrible Fight with Five Indians, and
 
Whips Them  --------------------------------------------- 834
 
Chapter 34  ------------------------------------------------------------- 835
 
Chester Township  --------------------------------------------- 835
 
Earliest Settlers  ----------------------------------------- 836
 
Villages of Chester Township  ------------------------ 836
 
Thomas Pittenger  -------------------------------------- 836
 
Mathias Camp  ------------------------------------------- 837
 
John Camp  ----------------------------------------------- 837
 
Adam Rumbaugh  --------------------------------------- 838
 
Phillip Hefflefinger  ------------------------------------- 838
 
Robert Rathbun  ----------------------------------------- 838
 
Peter Stair  ------------------------------------------------ 839
 
John Piper  ------------------------------------------------ 839
 
William Piper  -------------------------------------------- 839
 
John Moyers  --------------------------------------------- 839
 
Benjamin Norton  --------------------------------------- 840
 
David Thomas  ------------------------------------------- 840
 
Jacob Garver    ------------------------------------------- 840
 
W.C. Baker  ----------------------------------------------- 840
 
Henry Allspaugh, M.D.  -------------------------------- 841
 
James Robison  ------------------------------------------ 841
 
Frederick Rice  ------------------------------------------ 842
 
Chapter 35  ------------------------------------------------------------- 843
 
Sugarcreek Township  ---------------------------------------- 843
 
John Goudy  ---------------------------------------------- 845
 
Reminiscences of Jacob Cox  ------------------------- 845
 
Jacob Cox  ------------------------------------------------ 845
 
Samuel Cook  -------------------------------------------- 846
 
Rev. Archibald Hanna  --------------------------------- 846
 
Dalton  ------------------------------------------------------------ 847
 
Moscow  ---------------------------------------------------------- 847
 
Postmasters of Dalton  --------------------------------- 847
 
Presbyterian Church  ----------------------------------- 847
 
M.E. Church of Dalton  --------------------------------- 847
 
United Presbyterian Congregation of Dalton  ---- 848
 
Jesse Otis  -------------------------------------------------- 848
 
E.D. Otis  --------------------------------------------------- 848
 
T.M. Taggert, M.D.  -------------------------------------- 848
 
Dalton Gazette--------------------------------------------- 848
 
William Homan  ------------------------------------------- 848
 
L.G. Harley, M.D.  ----------------------------------------- 849
 
Sonneberg  -------------------------------------------------------- 849
 
Christian Wahle  ----------------------------------------- 849
 
Chapter 36  --------------------------------------------------------------- 850
 
Chippewa Township  ------------------------------------------- 850
 
First Settlers  ---------------------------------------------- 851
 
Henry Franks  --------------------------------------------- 851
 
George Wellhouse  -------------------------------------- 852
 
Benjamin Herschey  ------------------------------------- 852
 
Frederick Galehouse  ------------------------------------ 852
 
John Elliott  ------------------------------------------------- 853
 
William R. Wilson----------------------------------------- 853
 
Doylestown  ------------------------------------------------------- 853
 
Doylestown Press  ---------------------------------------- 854
 
Doylestown Beacon Lodge, I.O.O.F.,  #258  ------- 854
 
Postmasters of Doylestown  -------------------------- 854
 
Thomas Frederick ---------------------------------------- 854
 
William Hatfield  ----------------------------------------- 855
 
Abraham Franks  ----------------------------------------- 855
 
Abraham Franks  ----------------------------------------- 855
 
Elias Galehouse  ------------------------------------------ 855
 
Christian Shondal  ---------------------------------------- 856
 
Slanker Family  -------------------------------------------- 856
 
Chippewa --------------------------------------------------- 856
 
Slankerville  ------------------------------------------------ 856
 
Thomas W. Peckinpaugh  ------------------------------ 856
 
James Adams  --------------------------------------------- 857
 
Cline, Seiberling & Co.  --------------------------------- 857
 
John F. Seiberling  --------------------------------------- 858
 
James Seiberling  ---------------------------------------- 858
 
Peter Cline  ------------------------------------------------ 858
 
Samual H. Miller  ----------------------------------------- 858
 
Additional Sketches  -------------------------------------------- 859
 
Weird Weather over the Years  ----------------------- 859
 
Old John Baker  ------------------------------------------- 860
 
His Bear Fights  ------------------------------------ 860
 
Another Encounter with Bruin  ---------------- 860
 
Further Hunting Incidents  ---------------------- 860
 
Christian Silvers  ------------------------------------------ 861
 
John H. Silvers  -------------------------------------------- 861
 
General David Moore  ----------------------------------- 861
 
Major General David Sloane Stanley  ---------------- 862
 

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