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Mahoning County, Ohio

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20th Century History of
Youngstown & Mahoning Co., Ohio

and Representative Citizens - Publ. Biographical Publ. Co.
Chicago, Illinois -
1907
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CHAPTER XVI.
TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNS.
Settlement and Organization of the Townships - Settlement and Founding of the Towns - Sketches of Lowellville, Canfield, Poland, Petersburg, Sebring and other Towns.
Pg. 176

GREEN TOWNSHIP

     Green township has a generally undulating surface, with soil well adapted to the cultivation of trees, small fruits and grain.  The most common native trees are the chestnut, oak and beech.
     Most of the early settlers of Green township were German, as is evident by such names as Knauff, Bauman, Kenreich, Houtts, Stahl, and Zimmerman, which we find in glancing over the records.
     Eben Newton, of Canfield, became the purchaser of section I, on which account it was afterwards known as the "Newton tract."  Henry Beard and family, Germans, were the first settlers in section 4, and his descendants remain in the vicinity to this day.  Section 5 was bought by James Webb and John Beard.
     Henry Pyle
and wife, who came from Germany about 1804, settled in section 2.  Some of the other sections passed rapidly through various hands.  Coal was found and was formerly worked to some extent in sections 17, 19 and 20.  Section 16 was the "school lot" and in 1849 was sold to a number of different persons.  In section 14, which was entered by a stranger who sold it to Abram Garber, is Greenford station, on the old Niles and New Lisbon Railroad.
     Philip Houtts, who purchased the west part of section 12 on which was a spring, carried on a distillery there until about 1830.  Elisha Teeter entered section 20 for his four sons - John, Jonathan, William and Wilson- in 808, and in 1822 the first steam mill in this part of the country was erected by Wilson Teeter.  The large vein of coal found on this section was opened and operated by this family.
     Section 36 was entered by Jacob Roller in 1803.  His son, Col. Jacob B. Roller, served under General Harrison, and at Fort Meigs and was state representative for twenty-one years.

ORGANIZATION.

     Green township was incorporated June 3, 1806, and formed a part of Columbiana County until the organization of Mahoning County in 1846.

VILLAGES.

     Green Village, situated near the center of the township, was first laid out by Lewis Baker, Jacob Wilhelm and Jacob Cook.  The postoffice was established in 1831, William Van Horn being the first postmaster.  The present postmaster at Greenford is William I. Hahn.
    
Washingtonville was laid out about 1832, the first store being opened in the following year by Jacob Stobbes, who became the first postmaster in 1836.  The present postmaster is Joseph Thorpe.  The postoffice is situated in Columbiana County, just across the line from Green.  Peter Millerwas the first blacksmith to open a shop.
     New Albany was laid out by Wilson Teeter and Edwin Webb, the first postoffice being established prior to 1853.  The first postmaster was Henry Thulen, who was succeeded by Joshua Webb.

SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.

 

 

 

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