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Welcome to
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
History & Genealogy

Table of Contents

 Source:
History of Cuyahoga Co., Ohio -
Published by D. W. Ensign & Co., -
1879

PART FIRST.

General History of the County.

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  INTRODUCTION  
Chapter    
1. - The Situation in 1626 13
II. - Prehistoric Speculations 15
III. - The Eries and their Destruction 17
IV. - Disputed Dominion 20
V. - English Dominion 24
VI. - The Period from 1783 to 1794 30
VII. - Sale and Survey 36
VIII. - The Period from 1798 to 1800 44
IX. - The Period from 1801 to 1806 47
X. - The Period from 1807 to 1812 53
XI. - The War of 1812 58
XII. - From the War to the Canal 63
XIII. - Progress, Inflation, and "Hard Times" 70
XIV. - The Period from 1840 to 1861 74
XV. - During and since the War 80
XVI. - Firt and Fifth Infantry 83
XVII. - Seventh Infantry 85
XVIII. - Eighth, Fourteenth, and Seventeenth Infantry 94
XIX. - The Twenty-third Infantry 96
XX. - Twenty-fourth, Twenty-seventh, and Thirty-seventh Infantry, etc. 101
XXI. - Forty-first Infantry 105
XXII. - Forty-second, Forty-third and Fifty second Infantry 115
XXIII. - Fifty-fourth, Fifty-eighth, and Sixtieth Infantry 117
XXIV. - Sixty-first, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-seventh Infantry 121
XXV. - Eighty-fourth, Eighty-sixth, and Eighty-seventh Infantry, etc. 126
XXVI. - One Hundred and Third Infantry, etc. 128
XXVII. - One Hundred and Seventh Infantry, etc. 136
XXVIII. - One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Infantry 139
XXIX. - One Hundred and Twenty-fifth and One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Infantry 146
XXX. - One Hundred and Twenty-ninth and One Hundred and Fiftieth Infantry 151
XXXI. - The One-Year Infantry Regiments 153
XXXII. - The Sharpshooters 161
XXXIII. - Second and Sixth Cavalry, etc. 163
XXXIV. - Tenth and Twelfth Cavalry 170
XXXV. - First Light Artillery, etc. 174
XXXVI. - The Independent Batteries, etc. 181
XXXVII. - The Press 188
XXXVIII. - Colleges 202
XXXIX. - Various Societies, etc. 204
XL. - The National Guard, etc. 207
XLI. - Census Notes 210
XLII. - Cuyahoga County Civil List 210
XLIII. - Geology 214

PART SECOND.

The City of Cleveland.

Chapter   Page
XLIV. - The First Four Years - started 7/4/2021 223
XLV. - The Village from 1800 to 1815 - started 7/4/2021 229
XLVI. - The Village from 1815 to 1825 - started 7/4/2021 236
XLVII. - From 1825 to the City Charter - started 7/4/2021 240
XLVIII. - An Outline of Later Years - started 7/4/2021 242
XLIX. - Protestant Episcopal Churches - started 7/4/2021 245
L. - The Methodist Churches - started 7/4/2021 250
LI. - The Presbyterian Churches - started 7/4/2021 255
LII. - The Baptist and Disciple Churches - started 7/4/2021 259
LIII. - Roman Catholic Churches, etc. - started 7/4/2021 263
LIV. - The Congregational Churches - started 7/4/2021 268
LV. - Evangelical and other Churches - started 7/4/2021 272
LVI. - Benevolent Institutions - started 7/4/2021 278
LVII. - The Masons 285
LVIII. - Odd-fellows and Knights of Pythias 289
LIX. - Foresters, Knights of Honor, and Clubs 293
LX. - Board of Trade, Banks, etc. 297
LXI. - Miscellaneous Departments and Institutions 201
LXII. - Manufactures 306
LXIII. - Schools and Libraries 310
LXIV. - The Cleveland Bar 317
LXV. - Cleveland Civil List 321
LXVI. - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 327
LXVII. - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 348
LXVIII. - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 374


PART THIRD.

The Townships.

LXIX. - Bedford 403
LXX. - Brecksville 411
LXXI. - Brooklyn - Partial added 7/4/2021 416
LXXII. - Chagrin Falls - Partial added 7/4/2021 425
LXXIII. - Dover 435
LXXIV. - East Cleveland 443
LXXV. - Euclid 452
LXXVI. - Independence 460
LXXVII. - Mayfield 466
LXXVIII. - Middleburg 471
LXXIX. - Newburg 484
LXXX - Olmstead 481
LXXXI. - Orange 491
LXXXII. - Parma 497
LXXXIII. - Rockport 504
LXXXIV. - Royalton 510
LXXXV. - Solon 515
LXXXVI. - Strongsville 520
LXXXVII. - Warrensville 528

 

BIOGRAPHICAL

ILLUSTRATIONS

  Page
Cuyahoga County Court House (Frontispiece)
Outline Map of Cuyahoga County 13
Portrait of Nathan Perry (steel) 52
Portrait of H. V. Willson 56
Portrait of John Crowell 60
Portrait of S. J. Andrews 64
Portrait of R. P. Ranney 68
Portrait of H. B. Payne 72
Portrait of Stevenson Burke (steel) 78
Portrait of William Collins 82
Portrait of Geo. A. Benedict 188
Portrait of R. C. Parsons 192
Portrait of Edwin Cowles betw. 194, 195
Portrait of Edwin W. Cowles betw. 194, 195
Portrait of Jacob Perkins facing 202
Portrait of J. P. Robison facing 206
Portrait of Amos Townsend facing 210
Portrait of W. S. Streator facing 212
Geological Map of Cuyahoga County facing 211
Portrait of John Hutchins (steel) facing 216
Profile Section Aross the Cuyahoga Valley 217
Portrait of Gen. Moses Cleaveland facing 223
Portrait of S. Williamson (steel) facing 236
Portrait of B. Harrington (steel) facing 240
Portrait of S. Chamberlain (steel) facing 244
Portrait of Z. King (steel) facing 246
Portrait of H. B. Hurlbut facing 256
Portrait of James Farmer facing 276
Portrait of J. H. Wade facing 280
Portrait of Danl. P. Eells facing 282
Portrait of W. H. Doan facing 284
Portrait of Peter Thatcher (steel) facing 288
Portrait of T. P. Handy (steel) facing 296
Portrait of E. B. Hale (steel) facing 298
Portrait of S. T. Everett (steel) facing 300
Portrait of D. P. Rhodes (steel) facing 304
Portrait of A. B. Stone (steel) facing 306
Portrait of William Chisholm (steel) facing btw 308, 309)
Portrait of Henry Chisholm  (steel) 308, 309
Portrait of A. Stone (steel) facing 310
Portrait of J. M. Coffinberry (steel) facing 316
Portrait of James M. Hoyt (steel) facing 320
Portrait of F. W. Pelton (steel) facing 322
Portrait of Wm. G. Rose (steel) facing 324
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Portrait of R. R. Herrick (steel) facing 326
Portrait of E. I. Baldwin (steel) facing 328
Portrait of H. F. Biggar (steel) facing 330
Portrait of William Bowler (steel) facing 332
Portrait of A. Bradley (steel) facing 334
Portrait of A. Cobb (steel) facing 338
Portrait of D. W. Cross (steel) facing 344
Portrait of J. H. Devereux (steel) facing 348
Portrait of S. O. Griswold (steel) facing 354
Portrait of H. J. Herrick (steel) facing 356
Portrait of George W. Howe (steel) facing 360
Portrait of C. G. King (steel) facing 366
Portrait of R. F. Paine facing 368
Portrait of H. H. Poppleton (steel) facing 372
Portrait of Thomas Quayle (steel) facing 374
Portrait of Ansel Roberts (steel) facing 376
Portrait of J. H. Salisbury (steel) facing 378
Portrait of J. C. Sanders (steel) facing 380
Portrait of Elias Sims (steel) facing 382
Portrait of A. D. Slaght (steel) facing 384
Portrait of Francis Branch (steel) facing 384
Portrait of Oscar Townsend (steel) facing 388
Portrait of T. D. Crocker (steel) facing 396
Portrait of S. V. Harkness (steel) facing 400
Portrait of Theodore Breck facing 410
Portrait of Moses Hunt facing 412
Portrait of Moses Mathews facing 414
Portrait of Isaiah W. Fish facing 416
Portrait of Martin Kellogg facing 422
Portrait of Abel S. Hinckley 425
Portrait of H. W. Curtiss (steel) facing 434
Portrait of L. G. Porter facing 440
Portrait of John Doane (steel) facing 450
Portrait of Col. Ezra Eddy facing 468
Portrait of Frederick Willson (steel) facing 470
Portrait of John Baldwin facing 472
Portrait of Henry Parker facing 476
Portrait of A. P. Knowlton facing 478
Portrait of Gaius Burke facing 482
Portrait of David J. Stearns 491
Portrait of John P. Spencer facing 504
Portrait of Lewis Nicholson facing 506
Portrait of Israel W. Wagar (steel) facing 508
Portrait of Alanson Pomeroy facing 526

 

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