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BUTLER COUNTY, OHIO
History & Genealogy

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX

Source:
Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio
edited by
Hon. Bert S. Bartlow, W. H. Todhunter, Stephen D. Cone, Joseph J. Pater, Frederick Schneider and Others To which is appended
A Comprehensive Compendium of Local Biography and Memoirs of Representative Men and Women of the County.
Illustrated
Publ. B. F. Bowen & Co., Publishers
1905

Will be Transcribed upon request

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PREFACE  
CHAPTER I - EARLY CONDITIONS 1
  Topography of Butler County 6
  Geology of Butler County 10
  The Mound Builders 17
  The Indians 28
CHAPTER II - SETTLEMENT AND FORMATION OF COUNTY 36
  The Symmes Purchase 36
  Organization of County and Townships 44
CHAPTER III I- EARLY ADVENTURES AND REMINISCENCES 52
  General Josiah Harmar's Campaign 51
  General Arthur St. Clair's Expedition and Defeat 52
  Van Cleve's Account of the Battle 55
  Diary of Colonel Winthrop Sargent, Adjutant General of St. Clair's Army, 1791 57
  General Wayne's Campaign 77
  Scalping Days Hereabouts 79
  Daners of Early Traveling 81
  Fort Dunlap, its Attack by Indians in 1791 82
  Founding of Fort Hamilton 87
CHAPTER IV - PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT 95
  Public Buildings and Properties 95
  Public Improvements 107
  Great Political Gatherings 114
  The Civil Roster of Butler County 136
  Butler County's War Record 154
  Soldiers, Sailors and Pioneers' Memorial Monument 160
  Courts and Bar 165
  Religious Organizations of Butler County 170
  The Medical Profession 191
  The County Fair 201
  The Centennial Celebration of Butler County 211
CHAPTER V -  MUNICIPALITIES AND TOWNSHIPS 228
  HAMILTON 228
  MIDDLETOWN 282
  FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP 335
  LIBERTY TOWNSHIP 337
  LEMON TOWNSHIP 339
  ST. CLAIR TOWNSHIP 342
  ROSS TOWNSHIP 344
  WAYNE TOWNSHIP 348
  MILFORD TOWNSHIP 350
  REILY TOWNSHIP 2521
  MADISON TOWNSHIP 3526
  MORGAN TOWNSHIP 3529
  OXFORD TOWNSHIP 35213
  HANOVER TOWNSHIP 35231
  UNION TOWNSHIP 35234
CHAPTER VI - PERSONAL MENTION 352
CHAPTER VII - NECROLOGICAL 854

 


 
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