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PART I.
HISTORY OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY |
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| Geographical
Position |
19 |
| Early
Explorations |
20 |
| Discovery of
the Ohio |
32 |
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| English Explorations and
Settlements |
34 |
| American Settlements |
59 |
| Division of the Northwest
Territory |
65 |
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| Tecumseh and the War of 1812 |
69 |
| Black Hawk and the Black
Hawk War |
73 |
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PART II.
HISTORY OF THE STATE OF OHIO |
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Page |
| History of Ohio |
93 |
| French History |
96 |
| Ordinance of
1787, No. 32 |
105 |
| The War of 1812 |
122 |
| Banking |
126 |
| The Canal
System |
128 |
| Ohio Land
Tracts |
129 |
| Improvements |
132 |
| State
Boundaries |
136 |
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| Organization of
Counties |
137 |
| Description of
Counties |
137 |
| Early Events |
137 |
| Governors of
Ohio |
160 |
| Ancient Works |
174 |
| Some General
Characteristics |
177 |
| Outline Geology
of Ohio |
179 |
| Ohio's Rank
During the War |
182 |
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A Brief Mention
of Prominent Ohio
Generals |
191 |
| Some Discussed
Subjects |
196 |
| Conclusion |
200 |
Comments upon
the Ordinance of 1878,
from the Statutes of Ohio, Edited by
Salmon P. Chase, and Published in the
year 1833. |
204 |
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PART III.
HISTORY OF CLARK COUNTY |
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Page |
| Introduction |
213 |
| The Battle of
Piqua |
214 |
The Siege of
the Old Indian Town of
Piqua, August 8, 1780 |
214 |
| Notes of the
Battle of Piqua |
218 |
| Tecumseh and
Piqua |
220 |
| Indian
Occupancy |
221 |
| The Shawnee
Indians |
223 |
| Extinction of
the Indian Title |
233 |
| Original Land
Surveys |
234 |
| Extent and
Boundary |
237 |
| The Erection of
Clark County |
238 |
| Physical
Features |
239 |
Miscellaneous
Statistics for the year
ending June 1, 1880 |
243 |
| Mounds, Relics,
Etc. |
243 |
| Log Cabin Song |
247 |
| The Homes and
Hearths of the Pioneers |
247 |
| The Ax |
253 |
| The First White
Man |
253 |
| John Paul |
254 |
| County
Buildings |
260 |
| County
Officials |
263 |
| Representatives
to State Legislature |
263 |
| County
Commissioners |
263 |
| County Auditors |
264 |
| County
Treasurers |
264 |
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| County Recorders |
264 |
| County Sheriffs |
267 |
| County Coroners |
267 |
| County Surveyors |
267 |
| Clerks of Court |
268 |
| Prosecuting Attorneys |
268 |
| Probate Judges |
268 |
| County Infirmary |
268 |
| Children's Home |
269 |
| Sketch of the Bench and Bar
of Clark Co. |
270 |
| - The Bench |
270 |
| - The Bar |
273 |
| The National Road |
280 |
| New Boston |
283 |
| Anti-Slavery Sentiments |
284 |
John E. Layton and the
Greene County
Rescue Case of 1857 |
287 |
| The Military History of
Clark County |
290 |
| Training-Day Period |
291 |
| The Mexican War |
293 |
| County Military Committee |
297 |
Provost Marshal's Department
from
1863 to 1866 |
297 |
| Aid Societies |
299 |
| Clark County's Ex-Soldiers |
301 |
Biographical Sketch of
Gen. George Rogers Clark |
333 |
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| The Spelling of
the name Clark |
337 |
| Simon Kenton |
339 |
| John Humpreys |
342 |
| David Lowry,
Jr. |
342 |
| Jonathan Donnel |
343 |
| Israel Ludlow |
343 |
Sketch of Clark
County Agricultural
Society |
344 |
Officers of
Clark County Agricultural
Society, from 1840 to 1881 except
Managers |
348 |
| The Clark
County Medical Society |
348 |
| Clark County
Bible Society |
351 |
| Clark County
Sabbath School Union |
359 |
| The Grange in
Clark County |
360 |
| The Mad River
Valley Pioneer and Historial Association. |
360 |
| Clark-Shawnee
Centennial |
367 |
| The History of
Short-Horn and the Cattle |
398 |
Table of
Distances from Springfield, Ohio,
to several Important Cities of the United
States |
474 |
| Population of
Clark County |
414 |
| Table of
Distances in Clark County |
419 |
Decennial
Appraisement of Real
Property, Clark County |
420 |
Valuation of
Real Property in Towns and
Villages |
421 |
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PART IV.
HISTORY OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD |
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| The First School |
449 |
| First Church Building |
449 |
| A Seat of Justice |
450 |
| Treaty with the Indians |
450 |
| The First Brick House |
452 |
| Additional Church Edifices |
453 |
| Volunteers for Harrison |
453 |
| Smith's Academy |
454 |
| Springfield as a County SEat |
454 |
| "Old Virginia" and "Sleepy
Hollow." |
455 |
| A Relic of the Mound
Builders |
455 |
| A Temperance Organization |
456 |
| Werden's Tavern |
456 |
| The First Census |
459 |
| Bible Societies |
459 |
| Public Buildings |
460 |
| Lighting the Streets |
461 |
| Springfield a Town |
461 |
| The Paper Mill |
461 |
| The First Mayor |
462 |
| A Daily Mail |
464 |
| Societies |
464 |
| The Market House |
465 |
| A Visit from Henry Clay |
465 |
| The First Book Store -
Nichols |
465 |
| The Cholera |
466 |
| Fire |
470 |
| Political Excitement |
470 |
| Springfield a City |
473 |
| Manufacturing Interests |
474 |
| Celebration of the Laying of
the Atlantic Cable |
475 |
| Springfield in the War |
476 |
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| Assassination
of Lincoln |
480 |
| Reception to
Returned Soldiers |
481 |
| Return of Peace |
481 |
| Unprecedented
Commercial Activity |
481 |
| The Hard Times |
483 |
| The Womens'
Crusade |
483 |
| The Centennial
Celebration |
486 |
| Mill Run
Improvement |
486 |
| The Fine Arts |
489 |
| Frankenstein
Family |
493 |
| S. Jerome
Uhl |
496 |
| Present
Prospects |
496 |
| Churches |
500 |
| Education |
523 |
| The Springfield
High School |
530 |
| Wittenberg
College |
534 |
| Industrial
Interests |
540 |
| The Printing
Press |
559 |
| Springfield
Public Library |
569 |
| Y. M. C. A. |
570 |
| Secret
Societies |
572 |
| Fire Department |
582 |
| Police
Department |
585 |
| The Telegraph |
585 |
| Street Railways |
586 |
| Railroads |
591 |
| Banks |
593 |
| Home for Aged
Women |
595 |
| The Old
Graveyard |
595 |
| Greenmount
Cemetery |
595 |
| Fern Cliff
Cemetery |
596 |
| The Pioneer
Dead |
597 |
| Officers and
Tax Levy |
598 |
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PART V.
TOWNSHIP HISTORIES. |
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| SPRINGFIELD
TOWNSHIP |
605 |
| - The
Early Officials of Springfield Twp. |
606 |
| -
Pioneers of Springfield Twp. |
612 |
| -
Lagonda |
615 |
| - Schools |
616 |
| - Lagonda
United Brethren Church |
617 |
| - Lagonda
Free-Will Baptist Church |
618 |
| - The
Union Meeting House |
618 |
| - Bethel
Methodist Episcopal Church |
623 |
| - Emery
Chapel (Methodist Episcopal) |
624 |
| - School
Notes of Springfield Twp. by Districts, 1880 |
625 |
| -
Sugar Grove |
626 |
| -
Edwardsville |
627 |
| - East
Springfield |
627 |
| -
Riceville |
627 |
| -
Chambersburg |
627 |
| -
Suburban Business |
627 |
| - St.
John Sewing Machine Company |
627 |
| - Dugan's
Lime Works |
627 |
| -
Holcomb's Line Works |
628 |
| -
Junction Mills |
628 |
| -
Benson's Mill |
628 |
| -
Leffel's Saw-Mill |
628 |
| -
Snyder's Mills |
629 |
| -
Taylor's Mill |
629 |
| -
Rubsam's Mill |
629 |
| -
Leffel's Mill |
629 |
| -
Grisso's Mill, or Rock Point |
630 |
| -
Rebert's Mill |
630 |
| - Paden's
Woolen Factory |
630 |
| - The
Byrd Cemetery |
630 |
| - Sinking
Creek Cemetery |
633 |
| - The
Perrin Cemetery |
633 |
| -
Justices of the Pe4ace |
633 |
| - Poll
Book |
634 |
| - Votes |
635 |
| -
Springfield Township Officials |
635 |
| HARMONY
TOWNSHIP |
635 |
| - Streams |
636 |
| -
Villages |
636 |
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| HARMONY
TOWNSHIP - continued |
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| - Sundry
Items |
636 |
| -
Pioneers of Harmony Township |
636 |
| -
Cemeteries |
643 |
| -
Lisbon |
644 |
| -
Brighton |
645 |
| -
Vienna |
646 |
| -
Harmony Village |
647 |
| -
Plattsburg |
648 |
| - The
Lisbon Baptist Church |
648 |
| -
Fletcher Chapel (Methodist Episcopal) |
649 |
| -
Plattsburg Christian Church |
650 |
| - Harmony
Methodist Church |
650 |
| - Vienna
Christian Church |
653 |
| - Vienna
Methodist Episcopal Church |
653 |
| - Vienna
Lodge, No. 345 I. O. O. F. |
653 |
| - Harmony
in the War |
654 |
| - Schools
of Harmony Township |
654 |
| - Schools
Statistics |
654 |
| - Rural
Hotels |
655 |
| -
Saw-Mills |
655 |
| - The
Early Elections, Politics & Reminiscences |
655 |
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Political Reminiscences - An Incident of the
Campaign of 1840 |
656 |
| - Cabin
Song |
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| PLEASANT
TOWNSHIP |
658 |
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MOOREFIELD
TOWNSHIP
- finished 7/29/19 |
673 |
| GERMAN
TOWNSHIP |
679 |
| PIKE
TOWNSHIP |
693 |
| - Early
Settlements |
694 |
| -
Churches |
696 |
| -
Cemetery and Graveyards |
698 |
| - Towns |
699 |
| -
Dialton |
699 |
| - Hotels |
700 |
| - Toll
Pikes |
700 |
| - Mills |
700 |
| -
Physicians |
703 |
| - Schools |
703 |
| - General |
703 |
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BETHEL
TOWNSHIP -
partial 12/30/2021 |
704 |
| - Bethel
Baptist Church |
714 |
| - The
Old-School Mennonite Church |
716 |
| -
Cemeteries |
716 |
| - Mills |
717 |
| -
Physicians |
718 |
| - An
Incident |
718 |
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MAD RIVER
TOWNSHIP -
partial 12/30/2021 |
719 |
| GREEN
TOWNSHIP |
735 |
| -
Pioneers |
735 |
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MADISON
TOWNSHIP -
partial 12/30/2021 |
746 |
| - Early
Township Officials |
748 |
| - Roads |
749 |
| - Of the
Early Settlers |
749 |
| - Pol-Book
of an Election held in Vance (Madison)
Township, Clark Co., Ohio, Apr. 6, 1818 |
755 |
| - A
Reminiscence |
756 |
| -
Reminiscence of the Past |
756 |
| - South
Charleston Agricultural Society |
757 |
| - The
Soldiers of 1861-65 |
757 |
| -
Churches of Madison Township |
758 |
| -
Selma |
762 |
| -
Green Plain Monthly Meeting (Friends) |
765 |
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Orthodox |
765 |
| -
Green Plain Monthly Meeting (Hicksites) |
765 |
| -
Selma Methodist Episcopal Church |
766 |
| -
Green Plain Band of Hope |
767 |
| -
African Methodist Episcopal Church (Selma) |
767 |
| - The
Underground Railroad |
767 |
| - South
Charleston |
768 |
| - South
Charleston Official Directory |
769 |
| - Madison
Township Official Directory |
769 |
| - Secret
Societies |
769 |
| - South
Charleston Cemetery |
770 |
| -
Statistics of the Special School District of
South Charleston in Madison Township.
Clark Co., Ohio, for the year ending August
31, 1880 |
770 |
| - School
Statistics of Madison Township for the year
ending August 31, 1880 |
770 |
| -
Educational Reminiscences Furnished |
771 |
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PART VI.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES |
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Page |
| Springfield
Township |
779 |
| Harmony
Township |
954 |
| Pleasant
Township |
971 |
| Moorefield
Township |
981 |
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| German Township |
997 |
| Pike Township |
1011 |
| Bethel Township |
1026 |
| Mad River
Township |
1039 |
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Page |
| Green Township |
1048 |
| Madison
Township |
1059 |
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PORTRAITS |
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Page |
| Gen. George
Rogers Clark |
Front |
| David Lowry
(deceased) |
115 |
| George Croft
(deceased) |
133 |
| John T. Stewart
(deceased) |
151 |
| James Foley
(deceased) |
169 |
| Rev. Henry
Williams |
187 |
| Thomas Mills
(deceased) |
205 |
| John Ludlow |
212 |
| J. S. Christie |
225 |
| J. S. Halsey
(deceased) |
235 |
| J. L. Torbert
(deceased) |
245 |
| William White |
255 |
| J. S. Goode |
265 |
| J. Warren
Keifer |
275 |
| George Spence |
285 |
| William Foos |
295 |
| Samuel Barnett
(deceased) |
305 |
| John H. Thomas |
315 |
| James Leffel
(deceased) |
325 |
| E. G. Dial |
335 |
| A. Dunlap |
345 |
| C. Thompson
(deceased) |
355 |
| George W.
Hastings |
365 |
| F. Holford |
366 |
| S. Jerome Uhl |
375 |
| J. S. Crowell |
385 |
| T. J.
Kirkpatrick |
386 |
| Judson Redmond |
395 |
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Page |
| Ross Mitchell |
405 |
| James P. Leffel |
416 |
| Mrs. Elizabeth
Leffel (deceased) |
417 |
| E. V. Van
Norman |
427 |
| Anthony Byrd |
437 |
| Samuel Wolf |
447 |
| Thomas V.
Crabill |
457 |
| Harrison Rice |
467 |
| William Perrin |
477 |
| George Brain |
487 |
| Isaac C. Wood |
497 |
| Lewis Skillings
(deceased) |
507 |
| Frederick
Kobelanz (deceased) |
517 |
| William Coffey |
527 |
| Lemuel Hunter |
537 |
| Nathan Neer |
547 |
| Milton R.
Hunter |
557 |
| Andrew
Nicholson (deceased) |
567 |
| Henry Oxtoby |
577 |
| W. D. Baird |
589 |
| Mrs. Sarah M.
Baird (deceased) |
588 |
| Michael Wilson,
Sr. (deceased) |
599 |
| William Troxell |
609 |
| John Thorpe
(deceased) |
620 |
| Mrs. Elizabeth
Thorpe (deceased). |
621 |
| L. W. Haughey |
631 |
| E. T. Collins |
641 |
| R. B. McCollum |
651 |
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ILLUSTRATIONS. |
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Page |
| Source of the
Mississippi |
22 |
| LaSalle Landing
on the Shores of Green Bay |
24 |
| Buffalo Hunt |
26 |
| Trapping |
28 |
| Mouth of the
Mississippi |
31 |
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Page |
| High Bridge |
33 |
| Pontiac, the
Ottawa Chieftain |
42 |
| Indians
Attacking Frontiersmen |
55 |
| Present Site
Lake Street Bridge, Chicago, 1833 |
58 |
| A Pioneer
Dwelling |
60 |
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Page |
| Lake Bluff |
62 |
| Tecumseh, the
Shawnee Chieftain |
68 |
| Indians
Attacking a Stockade |
71 |
| Black Hawk, the
Sac Chieftain |
74 |
| Perry's
Monument, Cleveland |
91 |
| Niagara Falls |
92 |
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MISCELLANEOUS. |
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Page |
| Map of Clark
County |
14-15 |
| Constitution of
the United States |
79 |
| Population of
the United States |
203 |
| Area of the
United States |
203 |
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Page |
| Area of the
Principal Countries in the World |
203 |
| Population of
the Principal Countries in the World |
203 |
| Miles of
Railroad in Operation |
203 |
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Page |
| Population of
Ohio |
202 |
| Population of
Clark County |
414 |
| Business
References |
1079 |
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