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TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION.
INCREASE IN POPULATION AND WEALTH.
THE FIRST
SETTLEMENTS.
Were made near the
Jefferson County line by the family of Joseph Tilton in
1796.
In rapid succession cames the Moores,
Clarkes, Mitchells, Alexanders and Pickens, all of
whom had effected settlements before 1800 on what is now known
as Scotch Ridge, so named because the early settlers were from
Old Scotland. William Wiley came from Pennsylvania
in 1801, and Benjamin Steel from North Carolina in 1800;
William Brown from Maryland in 1802, and Robert Finney
from Pennsylvania in 1803. The Griffins, Johnsons,
Scotts, Yosts, Worleys and Allens came between
1800-05, and an old soldier of the War of 1812, named James
Smith, located in the township in 1815.
COAL MINING.
FRUIT.
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.
THE CITY OF MARTIN'S FERRY.
ITS POPULATION.
[PHOTO OF MARTIN'S FERRY TOWN HALL]
THE SKETCH OF EBENEZER MARTIN.
THE POST OFFICE.
INCORPORATION, AND LIST OF MAYORS AND
OFFICIALS.
THE CHURCHES.
THE SCHOOLS.
THE BANKS.
[MARTIN'S FERRY HIGH SCHOOL]
THE MANUFACTORIES.
SECRET SOCIETIES.
THE PRESS.
THE BRIDGE OVER THE OHIO.
A NOTABLE CHARACTER.
THE CITY OF BRIDGEPORT.
THE FIRST BRIDGE.
THE INCORPORATION.
[BRIDGEPORT TOWN HALL.]
THE MAYORS AND CITY OFFICIALS
THE POSTMASTERS.
THE AETNAVILLE BRIDGE.
THE MANUFACTURING INTERESTS.
THE BANKS.
DR. AFFLECK AND DR. TODD.
THE CHURCHES.
THE SCHOOLS.
[BRIDGEPORT HIGH SCHOOL]
SECRET SOCIETIES.
BRANUM POST, G. A. R.
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