LIST OF ORIGINAL ENTRIES.

Section Year Adams, Demas 2 1836 Allstetter, Jacob 16 1854 Alstetter, Jacob 19 1844 Alstetter, Jacob 20 1847 Alstetter, Jacob A. 19 1835 Alstetter, Peter 19 1835 Alstetter, Peter 20 1847 Andereck, Jacob 4 1837 Andrews, Jacob 15 1835 Baber, Nicholas 16 1854 Baker, Peter 16 1854 Barrick, Abraham 21 1835 Beatty, James 17 1836 Becker, John J. 20 1847 Beckwith, Mary Ann 26 1847 Beemer, Isaac 10 1836 Bentley, Simeon W. 25 1835 Berryhill, John 24 1835 Bockhold, Zin, Comb. 29 1834 Boggs, James 7 1833 Bolinger, Adam 29 1833 Brandigann, Daniel 35 1835 Braughton, Jacob 5 1833 Brown, Absalom 36 1830 Campbell, Andrew 36 1841 Close, John 2 1834 Cook, Abel 1 1835 Cooke, Jabez 12 1835 Cooke, Jabez 23 1835 Costs, David W. 8 1836 Crain, James 2 1836 Crain, James 15 1834 Crain, James, Jr. 11 1834 Crain, James, Jr. 14 1834 Crain, Wm. 11 1834 Crawford, Andrew 22 1833 Crawford, John, Jr. 3 1836 Cunningham, Jas. 7 1839 Cunningham, Jas. 8 1835 Curtis, Chauncey A. 34 1833 Curtis, Chauncy 34 1833 Curtis, Julius 26 1846 Custard, John 29 1835 Daniels, Samuel 21 1848 Davison, Hamilton 8 183_ Decker, Joseph 18 1835 Downing, Adam 9 1835 Downing, Adam 22 1835 Downing, Adam 23 1835 Downing, Adam 27 1835 Drew, Elijah 8 1836 Dwoning, Hugh 3 1835 Earley, Anthony 4 1834 Early, Anthony 5 1834 East, John 23 1833 East, John 26 1833 Edgecomb, Lanson 36 1835 Elliott, Jane 35 1834 Elliott, Jane 36 1834 Engart, David C. 35 1838 Eskridge, Kendall L. 10 1836 Eskridge, Kendall L. 10 1835 Everett, Abraham 25 1836 Featheringill, John 1 1835 Featheringill, Margaret 3 1836 Featheringilll, Elias 1 1835 Fidler, Thomas 28 1835 Finn, David 34 1835 Fleming, Wm. 24 1835 Flening, Wm. 10 1836 Foster, Henry 32 1835 Foster, Thos. C. 28 1835 Fuechey, Frederick 4 1836 Fullerton, Alexander 13 1834 Haunchy, Sebastian 4 1836 Hayes, James 22 1835 Helpman, Elias 3 1834 Hertster, Anthony 30 1833 Hertster, Peter 30 1833 Hooper, Philip 4 1839 Huey, Christian 25 1835 Huffer, Henry 26 1833 Hughes, Richard 34 1836 James, Joshua C. 24 1835 Jameson, Marmaduke 11 1833 Jennings, Aaron 34 1835 Jennings, David 34 1833 Jennings, Gideon 33 1834 Johnson, Wm. 14 1830 Kepper, Isaac 27 1834 Kidd, Nathaniel G. 23 1034 Kidd, Nathl. G. 14 1834 Kidd, Thos. H. 22 1835 Kidd, Wm. 14 1832 Kinney, Thomas 35 1835 Klinger, Adam 16 1854 Kroninger, Peter 6 1833 Lahman, Peter 1 1850 Lamb, Adams 10 1849 Lewis, Martin 35 1835 Lewis, Martin 36 1835 Lindsley, Miranda 34 1833 Lippincott, Henery 13 1835 Little, George, Sr. 17 1836 Lyons, Gilbert C. 36 1834 Lyons, Jacob 36 1834 Lyons, Joseph 35 1835 Marshall, John 18 1835

Section Year Marshall, John 25 1835 Mayberry, James 11 1833 McComb, Robert C. 5 1834 McComb, Robt. C 8 1834 McComb, Wm. 5 1832 McComb, Wm. 6 1833 McFarland, James 18 1835 McIlvain, Wm. 7 1834 McKee, Samuel 10 1835 Melick, A. B. 16 1854 Miller, Abraham 33 1834 Miller, Abraham 34 1835 Miller, Abraham 35 1834 Miller, Abraham 27 1835 Miller, Christopher 14 1833 Miller, Christopher 10 1833 Miller, Christopher 13 1833 Miller, Daniel H. 21 1834 Miller, Eustena 21 1834 Miller, Henry 29 1834 Miller, Henry 29 1834 Milliken, John H. 1 1835 Moore, James 7 1833 Morris, Henry 6 1832 Naas, Christopher 16 1854 Nelson, John 7 1834 Oaks, Jacob 17 1836 Officer, James H. 25 1836 Officer, John 25 1836 Ogan, Peter 2 1833 Ogan, Peter 12 1836 Osborn, McDaniel 5 1832 Parker, Benjamin 23 1833 Paul, Zachariah 3 1835 Pettit, George 21 1834 Pitman, Aaron F. 36 1834 Porter, James 6 1831 Porter, James 24 1831 Ransbottom, Wesley 7 1836 Ready, Jacob F. 19 1836 Reed, Hugh 13 1831 Reeder, Benjamin 28 1836 Reeder, Jno. B. 28 1847 Reeder, John 28 1834 Reeder, Wm. 28 1834 Ricker, Frederick 33 1835 Robb, Joshua 8 1835 Ross, John 15 1835 Ross, John 9 1835 Ryan, Charles 10 1850 Saravely, Josiah 1 1848 Shade, John 32 1833 Sharp, Willis 21 1844 Sheerers, Robert 17 1836 Sheets, Joseph 1 1835 Shinaberry, Michael 22 1834 Shindler, Jacob 19 1834 Shindler, Samuel 19 1835 Smith, Edwin 18 1835 Smith, Edwin 20 1835 Smith, Edwin 30 1832 Snyder, Henry 17 1836 Stales, Daniel 21 1835 Staron, Solon 33 1835 Stevenson, Geo. H. 4 1833 Stevenson, Geo. H. 5 1833 Stewart, Alexander 12 1846 Tate, Robert 10 1835 Teegarden, Aaron W. 18 1847 Teegarden, Wm. 18 1835 Tipton, Luke 14 1834 Tipton, Luke 22 1834 Tipton, Luke 23 1834 Tipton, Luke 26 1836 Trumbo, Andrew 13 1833 Trumbo, Israel 10 1836 Trumbo, Israel 11 1833 Turner, James 3 1834 Turner, Wm. 4 1836 Valker, Conrad 16 1854 Van Meter, Adam 17 1836 Van Meter, Ellery 3 1836 Van Meter, Ellery 22 1835 Van Meter, Hugh 15 1835 Van Meter, James D. 14 1835 Van Meter, John 1 1836 Van Swearingen, Sam'l. 11 1833 Walls, Robert 30 1835 Ward, Wm. 4 1836 Ward, Wm. 17 1836 Ward, Wm. 9 1836 Ward, Wm. 20 1835 Waters, David 8 1835 Waters, John W. 9 1835 Waters, John Wesley 8 1835 Watson, John 12 1835 Williams, Henry D. V. 36 1837 Wolf, John 2 1836 Wolf, John 21 1834 Wood, Christopher 32 1830 Wortman, George 7 1835 Wright, Silverster 15 1844 Yant, Abraham 17 1836 Yant, Isaac 16 1854 Yant, Michael 22 1835 Yant, Philip 15 1834 Zork, Daniel 28 1834

SCHOOLS.

     The first school in Monroe Township was opened in 1833, by N. G. Kidd, and the old house on Section 14 was built in 1834, round logs being used in construction.  The condition of the schools at present may be taken as a history and a prophecy combined.  The receipts for 1884 amounted to $8,287.27, of which the sum of $5,640.08 was expended.  The number enrolled was 1, 366 - 729 boys and 637 girls.  There are nine

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school buildings, one of which was erected this year at a cost of $1,758.  Fourteen teachers are employed.

WEST CAIRO VILLAGE.

     West Cairo, on Sections 29, 30, 31 and 32, Monroe, was platted in 1848, by Jacob Miller.  It extends east from the Brenneman farm to the farms of Waltz, Yant, Miller and Rainsberg.  The original town lies mainly west of the Perrysburg Road, at the intersection of the Bucyrus Road.  Downing's Addition extends along the south line of the Bucyrus Road and Main Street, to a point east of the D. & M. R. R., and south along the railroad to the Waltz farm.  Pangle's Addition joins the original town on the north line of the Bucyrus, and the east line of the Perrysburg Road.  Brenneman's Addition is on the north line of Main Street, extending east to this to the Rainsberg farm.  Yant's Addition forms the eastern portion of the village along the Miller farm.  Harpster's Addition extends west from Railroad Street, on each side of Wall Street, to the lands of Teegarden, a tract of about fifty known as Teegarden's Addition.

CAIRO VILLAGE

     Cairo Village was organized under authority of the commissioners, given Apr. 12, 1875, on petition of the following named citizens: George Harpster, W. W. Reeder, E. Lawrence, A. B. Harpster, John A. Brogan, D. Hartzog, E. G. Waltz, C. Schock, D. W. Trice, Peter Coleman, Michael Sluce, P. C. Rathbun, P. A. Lawrence, Lewis Lawrence, John Knott, S. Lawrence, Amos Rathbun, J. Warren, Benjamin Parker, L. M. Hickerson, J. Sherer, J. S. Clippinger, A. Hickerson, Alfred Ferguson, L. Eich, George W. Peach, W. J. Ferguson, G. H. Speaker, F. Arnholdt, D. Bowscher, John Hall, A. A. Lawrence, L. T. Barnes, (M. Preacher), Dr. Ewing, W. Rathbun, W. H. Clippinger, M. Mort, R. H. Downing, H. G. Crns, D. Thompson and C. H. Schock.
     The mayors were Dr. J. S. Clippinger, 1875; Thomas H. Waltz, 1877; David Hartzog, 1879, was re-elected in 1881, and served until October of that year, when he resigned to remove to Kansas.  He was succeeded by Robert E. Davis, elected to fill unexpired term, and re-elected in April, 1883, and is now mayor of Cairo.

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The village has no debt, but on the contrary, has about $200 in the treasury.  The present officers are R. E. Davis, mayor; S. H. Mumau, clerk; J. S. Hall, treasurer; F. M. Sweany, marshal; A. B. Harpster, W. W. Reeder, A. J. McFarland, A. M. Fasig, Alfred Sneider and R. H. Hughes, councilmen.  The large brick schoolhouse was erected in 1877, at a cost of about $4,500 (see statistics).  There is one hotel kept by J. C. Elliott.  The general merchants are R. E. Davis and S. J. Riley; druggists are W. W. Reeder and A. M. Fasig; David Hartzog, postmaster, was succeeded by A. J. McFarland in 1881.  The office is in the Davis store, known as the Waltz & Harpster Building, west of the D. & M. depot on Railroad Street.  The old Sugar Creek Mill of Daniel Miller, was purchased by D. Hartzog, Peter Schlusser and J. Hall; repurchased in 1872 by Mr. Miller from the former company, who removed the works to Cairo, and erected the Cairo Mills.  Miller Brothers took charge of the mill in 1879, after the death of Daniel Miller, and operated it until Apr. 1, 1882, when they rented to M. Graff, next to Johnson & Fletcher, and sold to Hall & Snyder in the fall of 1883.  They sold to Ferguson, Ewing & Yant in the spring of 1884.  The capacity is forty barrels per day.
     The elevator owned by J. H. Johnson and operated by Miller & John son, has a capacity of about 3,500 bushels.  It was erected in 1877, taking the place of Waltz & Harpster's old warehouse, burned in 1876.

CHURCHES

     The Methodist Episcopal Church building was erected in 1868.  The German Evangelical Lutheran Church building was erected in 1870.  The Christian Church on the Perrysburg Road, is one of the oldest buildings in or near the village.  (See General History).

ROCKPORT VILLAGE

     Rockport, Section 13, Monroe, was platted in 1836 by Samuel Rockhill.  It extends from Walnut Street to Blues Street, and west from Rock Street to Hill Street, adjoining the Vertner farm.
     The Rockport Presbyterian Church was organized Nov. 9, 1850, Rev. R. M. Badeau and W. K. Brice constituting the committee from the presbytery for that purposes.  William Crane and William G. Combs

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were elected, ordained and installed elders.  This is in the Bluffton charge.  There are about fifty members.

MISCELLANEOUS.

     The Dayton & Michigan Railroad passes through Monroe Township in a northerly direction, and the Cleveland, Delphos & St. Louis Railroad crosses the extreme northwest corner.  The postoffices are West Cairo and Cranberry.