Index to Douglass History

History of Wayne County, Ohio from the days of the Pioneers and First Settlers to the Present Time by Benjamin Douglass 1878

Table of Contents

(Compiled by Michael L. Franks)

Introduction --------------------------------------------------------------- 5 Chapter 1 (why the book was written) ----------------------------- 13 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