OHIO GENEALOGY EXPRESS A Part of Genealogy Express   WELCOME to COLUMBIANA COUNTY, OHIO History & Genealogy Source: Mack, Horace History of Columbiana County, Ohio  with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Philadelphia: D. W. Ensign & Co., 1879 FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP pg. 138 (Transcribed by Sharon Wick) BUTLER CENTRE ELK RUN FAIRFIELD FRANKLIN GOSHEN Mahoning Co. HANOVER KNOX LIVERPOOL MADISON MIDDLETON PERRY ST. CLAIR SALEM   UNITY WASHINGTON WAYNE WEST YELLOW CREEK   < CLICK HERE to GO to  BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX > < CLICK HERE to GO to TABLE OF CONTENTS >        TOWNSHIP No. 12, range 2, in the county of Columbiana, has been known by the above name - "Fairfield" - since its organization, in 1805.  It is on the northern border of the county, and has for its boundaries Beaver township on the north, Unity on the east, Elk Run on the south, and Salem on the west.  The surface is level in the northeast, undulating in the central part, and moderately hilly in the southern part, nearly the entire area being susceptible of cultivation.  It was originally covered with heavy forests, composed chiefly of the hard-woods, and a considerable proportion is yet timber-land.  The greater part is underlaid with a good quality of coal, the veins of which have been partially developed in the southern and western parts of the township.  In the latter section are deposits of iron ore.  Building-stone and potters' clay are also found in the township.      The soil is productive, but is of various kinds, - black loam, heavy clay, and light clay, with more or less of sand or gravel, being often on the same section, - and generally is of easy cultivation.  In the southeast it is especially adapted to fruit culture, and in other localities to the growth of grass and grain.  Farming is the chief industry of the people of the township.      Fairfield has no large streams, but is well watered by a number of brooks that rise near the centre of the township, some of which flow northerly, others southerly.  But little difficulty is experienced in obtaining water for domestic purposes; and in teh northern part of the township artesian wells, sunk to a moderate depth, yield copious streams of pure water.       PIONEER SETTLERS. Page 138      Many changes have taken place in the population of the township, and but little can be learned concerning the early settlers of Fairfield, except form teh meagre recollections of their few remaining descendants.  Most of the early settlers came from Pennsylvania or Virginia, and, with few exceptions, had sufficient means to begin their new life comfortably, nor did they long endure the isolation of their new home in a forest country.  The immigration was so great that within a few yeas every section of land was occupied by actual settlers.  Some sections were subdivided into lots containing not more than 20 acres, upon which cabins were put up by the pioneers, rude and uncomfortable, but giving their occupants a sense of ownership and a feeling of independence.      It is probable that Mathias Lower was the first permanent settler in the township.  He was a native of Maryland, but came from Westmoreland Co., Pa., in 1800, and "squatted" in the valley of Bull Creek before the land was surveyed.  After the lines were run he found that the location did not suit him.  He then united with William Heald in purchasing section 23, the northern part of which became his.  Here he began improvements, which may have been of considerable extent, as early as 1803, for in the fall of that year the first Court of Common Pleas for the county was held in his log barn.  There being no separate room to which the jury might repair to make up a seat while they deliberated the momentous question of the guilt or innocence of the individual on trial.      This farm is at present occupied by Jacob, a grandson of Mathias Lower.  Of a large family of children which Mathias Lower had, there is but one surviving purchase.      In 1801, and the few years ensuing, a large settlement of Friends was founded in the southeastern part of the township.  Most of these came from Bucks and Chester Counties, in Pennsylvania.  Prominent among them was William Heald, a surveyor, under whose direction the greater part of the county was subsequently surveyed.  With his family of five children, he settled on section 26 and lived in the county more than sixty years, being active in his profession until about 1850.  In his old age he removed to Cedar County, Iowa, where he died June 4, 1867 at the unusual age of one hundred years, eight months, and twenty-eight days.  Two of his brothers, John and Nathan came with him, and settled in Fairfield.  The former had family of eight children, and lived in the northern part of section 25; the latter found a home on section 22, but soon after removed to Elk Run.      In 1801, also came Samuel Oliphant, and settled on the northeastern part of section 27.  The third member of family of six children married the Hon. Richard Beeson of Unity, in 1804, and lived to become almost a centenarian, living until a short time ago- now 1879 - with her son Mahlon.  Samuel Oliphant removed in his old age to the residence of his son Ephraim, and died there.      William Ferrall came from Campbell Co., Va., in 1801, and settled on section 22.  His sons by his first wife were James and William; by his second wife, John, Jonathan, Benjamin, and Edward.  Some of the latter yet live in the township and the original purchase is yet occupied by their descendants.      John James was in the party that accompanied William Ferrall from Virginia, and settled near him and reared a large family.  The same year Isaac James became a resident of section 35.  He had eight children, and some of the sons afterwards built a saw-mill in that locality.      Joseph Bradfield was another Virginian who came at that early period.  He settled on section 36, on the homestead now occupied by a grandson.  He had three sons, - Thomas, who removed to the western part of the State, John and William.  Aaron, son of William, is a resident of Middleton township, and John lives near East Fairfield, on the eastern part of section 36.      John Crozer, the first justice of the peace, settled in the same year, and lived at East Fairfield until his death, at an advanced age.  He had three sons, - James, Thomas, and John.      West of Mr. Crozer, on the New Lisbon road, Abel Lodge was an early and prominent settler.  He afterwards moved to East Fairfield, where he became widely known as an inkeeper.  In the same locality John Aldoefer settled early.      Near Middleton, Henry Dixson owned a tract of land upon which settled his sons-in-law, John Woods and John Cope; and in the same neighborhood, John Allman lived as early as 1802.  His death occurred in 1811, and was one of the first deaths among the adults of the township.      A few years later Joab Pritchett settled on the same section, No. 25, and lived there until his death, in 1851.  He came from New Jersey, and had then a son, John, who lives in Wayne County.  A son born in Fairfield, Joseph, is now a citizen of Middleton.      In 1806, James Boulton became a resident of Fairfield, and his son Levi, who was at that time ten years old, is yet a citizen of the village.  James Boulton died in 1837, from injuries received by being thrown from his wagon. SKETCH OF EPHRAIM HOLLOWAY, SR., AND FAMILY.      Ephraim Holloway, Sr., one of the early settlers of the county of New Jersey.  When but a small boy he moved with his father resided until his death.  Ephraim married Miss Susanna Garwood, of Cupeper Co., Va., but who was also a native of New Jersey.  In 1801 he moved with his family, then consisting of his wife and two daughters, to Columbiana County, locating on the northwest quarter of section 36, in Salem township, which he improved, and where he resided until his death; he died in 1845, at the advanced age of sixty-eight years.  His widow resided in Columbiana and Mahoning Counties until 1866, at which time she died in Green township, Mahoning County, at the advanced age of eighty-nine years.  There were born to them twelve children, as follows:  Susanna, Mary, Margaret, John, Isaiah, Sarah, Ephraim, Isaac, Jacob, David, Dayton, and Eliza.  The three last named died quite young.  Susanna married James Caldwell and located in Elk Run township; afterwards moved to Fairfield township, where her husband still lives, she having died in 1871.  Mary married Benjamin Underwood, and after a few years spent in this county moved to Union County, and later to Michigan.  Margaret married Philip Miller, and moved to Union County, where he still resides.  John married Miss Lydia Dixson, daughter of John and granddaughter of Joshua Dixson, of Fairfield township.  Soon after marriage they located two miles east of the village of Columbiana, where they resided until separated by the death of the wife on the 3d day of May, 1843, he continuing in the old homestead for nearly two years afterwards.  In 1844 he married Miss Rebecca Seachrist, and in 1845 purchased and moved on to what was known as the "John Dixson farm," one-half mile north of the village of Columbiana, which is still owned by his heirs, having remained in the possession of the family from its original purchase from the United States government by Joshua Dixson to the present, passing down to the fifth generation.  They raised a family of eleven children, six by the first and five by the second wife, as follows:  Leonard D., Ephraim S., Lucena, Eliza Ann, John Dixson, and Lydia A., by the first wife, and Susanna, Lot, Amanda, George, and Park by the second wife.  Lucena died in February, 1877; the others are still living.  The father died August 22, 1874, in the sixty-eighty year of his age.       Isaiah married Miss Catharine Hardman, and moved to the State of Illinois.  Sarah married John Waynee, and located in Hanover township.  Ephraim married Miss Mary Ann Caldwell, located in Elk Run township, and afterwards moved to Centre township, where he died in 1875.  Isaac married Miss Charlotte Caldwell, who died soon after their marriage.  A few years later he married Miss Mary Lodge.  They are now living in Green township, Mahoning County.  Joseph married Elizabeth Williard, of New Lisbon, and both are still living in the county.  The family were not members of any religious denomination, but were descendants of Quakers and always adhered to the Quaker faith. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE DIXSON (also spelled Dixon)      Among the most prominent and active of the early settlers of Fairfield township were Joshua Dixson and Dinah his wife, who moved to the township from Fayette Co., Pa., in 1802.  He was born Oct. 20, 1750.  His wife was born Feb. 28, 1760.  They located sections 3 and 4, built their cabin on section 4, and a few years later erected a brick dwelling, - the first brick structure erected within the territory now embraced within the corporate limits of Columbiana, - which is still standing and used as a residence.  In the organization of the township in 1805 he took a prominent part, and on the 21st day of August of that year laid out the village of Columbiana, having the plat acknowledged before Lewis King, a justice of the peace, and on the 22d day of the same month the plat was recorded in the recorder's office in New Lisbon, in Book A, page 11.      At the time of moving to the township they had a family of eleven children, who accompanied them, - five sons and six daughters, - as follows:  Emanuel, John, Joshua, Nathan, and Thomas, Hannah, Rachel, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Dinah and Lydia.  The first son and daughter named were children of a former wife.  Hannah was born Sept. 19, 1774; Emanuel, Sept. 28, 1776; John, Dec. 28, 1783; Rachel, July 19, 1785; Elizabeth, Nov. 22, 1788; Rebecca, Dec. 22, 1790; Joshua, Dec. 7, 1792; Nathan, Aug. 25, 1794; Thomas, Oct. 3, 1797; Dinah, Aug. 27, 1799, died Oct. 7, 1804; Lydia, born Oct. 24, 1801.  Levi, the twelfth child, was born in the township, Aug. 25, 1803, and died Aug. 25, 1804.      Soon after their arrival in the township several of their children married and located in the county, and became prominent citizens of their respective localities.  Their memories are cherished by many still living.  John married Miss Hannah Beall and located on a part of section 4, - on the farm now owned by his grandchildren, the heirs of John Holloway, deceased, - where he resided until his death, which occurred in 1840.  He was a civil engineer, and for many years did a large portion of the surveying in the northern and eastern part of the county.  Rachel became the wife of Benjamin Hanna, and soon afterwards located in the Centre township, near New Lisbon, where they resided until death.  Each died at an advanced age.  Elizabeth married Samuel Townsand and located in New Lisbon, where she resided until her death.  Rebecca married George Copeland, and located in Fairfield township, where they improved two farms of 160 acres each.  They resided for many years on their farm east of Columbiana, and about fourteen years ago moved into the village, where Mrs. Copeland died in April, 1873.  Her husband, who was born on the same day of the month, same month and year, with herself, is still living, and is in his eighty-ninth year.  Joshua, Nathan, and Thomas all married and located in the county, where they resided until their death, each dying at an advanced age.  Lydia married a Mr. Stewart, and left the county soon after marriage.      Joshua Dixson and family, down to the second generation, were members of the Friends' church.  He and the older members of his family took an active part in the organization of the first Quaker church in the county. OTHER EARLY SETTLERS.      In 1804, Joshua and Joseph Wood settled on section 13, and were from Western Pennsylvania.  About that time George and Jacob McGregory found homes in the same neighborhood.  In 1806, Jacob Hum and his sons John, David, and Jacob located on section 14.  Jacob was six months old, and yet lives in Columbiana.  Two other sons, George and Adam, were born in the township.  On the same section William Kimball and John Job were early settlers.       On section 15, Charles Fitzpatrick was a pioneer settler.  His son John is a citizen of Columbiana.  On the same section, south part, John Windle located in 1807, and lived there until his death, in 1857.  A son, Augustine, now living on the section, and two daughters, constituted his family.      Michael Fox lived on section 16 as early as 1804, and at his residence was held the first township-meeting.  The place is now the property of J. Kyser.      Peter and William Bushong were pioneer settlers on section 10 before 1807.  In the same locality were Thomas Dillon and Michael Coxen.  The latter is credited with making the first bricks that were used in the township.      In the northeaster part of Fairfield, Nicholas Firestone, a native of Virginia, settled in 1801.  His sons by his first wife were Peter, John, and Henry.  At a somewhat later day Jacob Unger became a settler in this section, but removed to Unity.      Robert Hanna and wife, with a family of nine children, located on section 10, building their log cabin on the southeast quarter of said section, near where the residence recently occupied by James Caldwell now stands.  Benjamin Hanna, the second of their children, located and made the first improvement on the farm now owned by Mr. Poulton in 1803, where he resided until 1810, at which time he sold, and purchased of Joshua Dixson the southwest quarter of section 3, which has been known in late years as the Allen farm, a part of which is now within the corporate limits of Columbiana.  This he sold a few years later to Jacob Seachrist, and located just north of New Lisbon.      Joshua Dixson and wife, with a family of eleven children, located on section 4.  He erected his cabin near where Mrs. Daniel A. Stouffer now lives, and afterwards built a part of the residence now occupied by Mrs. Stouffer, in which he resided until his death.  He purchased section 3 from the United States government at the same time that he purchased section 4.      One of the first marriages in the township was that of Benjamin Hanna and Rachel Dixson, which was solemnized, Dec. 15, 1803, according to the customs of the Friends.*      On the 4th of July, 1804, John Michael Esterly and his family, natives of Germany, landed at Baltimore, and after a few days began their journey to the West.  On the way they stopped at Allegheny City, where a son four years old was accidentally drowned.  In the fall of the year they reached Fairfield, and settled on the southwest quarter of section 5.  The children then were George, Jacob, Catherine, and John, who all found homes in the surrounding country.  George subsequently moved to Springfield, where he reared a large family.  Jacob settled in the eastern part of section 5, and reared seven sons, - John, Abraham, Isaac, George, David, Jonathan, and Jacob.  John remained on the homestead and reared two sons, - Solomon and Levi.  He is the only one of the three brothers surviving, and is one of the few old men of the township who came at such an early date.      On section 7, John Beeson settled about 1803, and soon after put in operation the first grist-mill in the township.  In 1820 he sold his property to Jacob Nold, who had three sons, - Henry, John, and Jacob.  Two of the sons of the last named - John Z. and Abraham - yet live in this neighborhood.      As early as 1803, Caleb and Jesse Cope settled on the eastern part of section 18, on the farms which yet belong to their descendants.  About the same time Samuel Erwin became a resident, on the southwest quarter of section 20.  Of a family of five children, the youngest, Mahlon, is yet a citizen of the county.  In this neighborhood William Ingledue was an early settler.  On section 19, on the present Beilhart place, George Slutter was a pioneer.  Here, also, David Newhouse, and the Wilhelm and Frederick families lived at an early day.      On section 29, James Daniels located about 1802, and after a few years sold to Lawrence Ney, the father of Samuel Ney, the present occupant of the farm.      Isaiah Garwood was a settler on section 28 before 1803; Joseph and Benjamin Stratton on section 32; and D. Galbraith, Alexander Rogers, Jesse Lewis, and the Freed family, in the southern part of the township.      The immigration after 1805 was so great that no extended account of the pioneers can be given.  Rudolph Baer, Levi Andrim, William Hickman, Samuel Wallahan, Jesse Allen, and Daniel Hardman all merit a place among the earliest of the township's pioneers.      At an election for justices of the peace, Oct. 18, 1809, which resulted in the choice of William Hickman and Alexander Rogers, the voters were the following:  Joshua Woods, William Harrison, Robert Hanna, Peter Bushong, David Hawley, John Keller, John Aldoefer, Amos Hawley, John Dixson, John Underwood, James Crozer, William Hickman, Benjamin Hanna, Joseph Woods, Levi Antrim, Alexander Rogers, Thomas Hanna, Daniel Wallahan, John Crozer, Samuel Wallahan, Augustine Bushong, Mathias Lower, Rudolph Baer, Joseph Humphrey, James Adamson, John Crozer, Jr., George West, Parnall Hall, Enos Woods, George Rogers, Jacob Woods, John Randall, William Ferral, Jacob Stratton, William Ingledue, David Stratton, Nathan Cope, Joseph Stratton, Michael Coxen, Joseph Stratton, Jr., Abel Lodge, Peter Atterholt, John Jobs, John McClure, Joseph Beal, John Bradfield, Edward Bradfield, Caleb Hawley, Joshua Dixson, Thomas Dixson, Jacob Harmon, George McGregory, James E. Caldwell, Joseph Bradfield, John James. HOUSEHOLDERS IN 1828.      The condition of the settlements in the township in 1828 is clearly shown in the following lists of householders, their residences being given by school diestricts:      In No. 1, embracing sections 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, and 14, were Nicholas Firestone, George Hisey, Jacob Scriver, John W. Armstrong, William Beans, George Copeland, Jeremiah Haas, Peter Firestone, Henry Hardman, Jacob Switzer, Michael Smith, William Kimball, Jacob Unger, George Freed, James Adamson, John Adamson, George McGregory, Jacob Hum, James Palmer, John Hum, Lewis Morgan, Joseph Woods, John A. Woods, Joshua Woods, Samuel Dixson.      District No. 2, composed of sections 3, 4, 9, and 10, has as householders William Underwood, Solomon Diehl, David Neidig, Isaac Bachman, William Patterson, Jeremiah Case, Abraham Fox, George Dehoff, John D. Sturgeon, John Dehoff, Joshua Dixon, Peter Dehoff, Jonathan Fessler, John Myers, Abigail Batten, Rachel Hawley, Samuel Sheets, Jesse Allen, William Moody, Samuel Beans, John Keninger, Joseph Neidig, Moses Cury, Nancy Rudolph, John Ewing, George Aldoefer, Jacob Bushong, Jacob Cope, Joseph Valentine, Jacob Seachrist, John Aldoefer, William Bushong, Daniel Bushong, Joseph Hisey, Peter Bushong, Jacob Bushong, Thomas Dillon, James Dillon, Nicholas Bishop, William, Bishop, John Dixon, John Maltspaugh, Joseph McCune, Christopher Hively, Peter Hively, Sarah Kechly, Samuel Fox, Jacob Gucher.      Those living in district No. 3, sections 5, 6, 7, and 8, were John Beans, George Rinkenberger, Christian Shaley, Frederick, Wilhelm, John Clapsaddle, John Gibert, Frederick Rinkenberger, John Rinkenberger, Michael Esterly, Jacob Esterly, Jacob Leady, Abraham Miry, Daniel Rudibaugh, Christian Holdeman, Henry Nold, Joseph Frederick, David Frederick, George Epley, Joseph Landis, Jacob Nold, Sr., Jacob Nold, Jr., Christian Swarts, John Best, John Summers, Christian Shaffer.      The householders of the fourth district, composed of section 17, 18, 19, and 20, were Moses Ember, Michael Cook, John Perkins Isaac Moreland, Hosea Moreland, Samuel Erwin, Elisha Erwin, Mahlon Erwin, Lewis Ingledue, Jesse Lewis, Michael Henry, Barzilla Moreland, John Aldoefer, Jr., Daniel Stratton, John Piles, John Stratton, Mary Burns, David Hardman, Jesse Cope, Joseph Hardman, Samuel Hardman, Abraham Overholser, David Newhouse, John Baker, George Slutter, William Baker, Martin Overholser, Mathias Tinsman, Thomas Kent, Ashford Kent, Edward Furn.      In district No. 5, sections 15, 16, 21, 22, lived as householders Daniel Hardman, Charles Fitzpatrick, Daniel Fitzpatrick, Peter Miller, Sr., Peter Miller, Jr., George Grim, John Windle, Simon Cope, Philip Shuey, Augustine Bushong, Jacob Snyder, Nathan Dixon, Joseph Mellinger, John Fox, Phineas Petitt, Daniel Pettit, James Weeden, Jordon Bradfield, John Ferrall, Samuel Oliphant, Ephraim Oliphant, Jacob Hisey, Henry Hisey, Christian Baer, Bridget Henry, Jacob Switzer, James Burns.      District No. 6, composed of sections 23, 24, 25, and 26, had the following householders:  Mathias Lower, George Lower, William Heald, Sr., Abner Heald, John Heald, Jr., Thomas Hatcher, Joseph Cope, Samuel Hicklin, John Lewis, William Lewis, John Fisher, John Aldoefer, Josiah Engle, Enoch Sharp, Samuel Woods, Enos Woods, Thomas Wickersham, Samuel Oliphant, Sr., George Hametter, Aaron Stewart, Daniel Musser, James Boughton, Levi Boughton, Jacob Pritchett, John Heald, Sr., Thomas Heald, William Heald, Jr., Ebenezer Allman, Thomas Allman, Hannah Allman.      The seventh district, composed of sections 36 and the east half of 35, had the following householders: James Laird, Abner Dixon, William Galloway, John Crozer, Jr., James Newling, James McVey, Jesse Mercer, Levi Massey, Sylvanus Fisher, John Crozer, Sr., Jonathan Ferrall, Nicholas Eckes, Abel Lodge, Benjamin Ferrall, Robert Craig, David Hammentue, Samuel Byrnes, Samuel Blackburn, William Newling, William Kerns, Benjamin Lang, Robert Folsom, Gustavus Allen, William Robertson, Joseph Thompson, Amos Dillon, Peter Huffstock, James Brisco, Aquilla Brisco, Job Wickersham, Abraham Perkins, Jonathan Bradfield, Mathias Slack, Thomas Crozer, John Bradfield, William Bradfield, Aaron Harter, Daniel Mercer, Joseph James, David James, Thomas Bradfield.      The inhabitants of district No. 8, embracing sections 27, 28, 33, 34, and the west half of 35, were Samuel Hollingsworth, Elisha Hollingsworth, Isaac James, Sr., Simon Gable, William George, John Wallahan, Sr., David Hanna, Israel Redden, John Rogers, Mary Ferrall, Edmund Ferrall, Daniel Garwood, Samuel Wallahan, Isaiah Garwood, Isaac Garwood, Thomas Garwood, Isaac Holloway, William Hendricks, John Wallahan, A. Rogers.      District No. 9, embracing sections 29, 30, 31, and 32, had the following inhabitants: Asa Holloway, John James, James Daniels, Eli Holloway, Abel James, Lawrence Ney, Benjamin Patterson, Jonathan Galloway, Jacob Hendrick, Sarah Galloway, Nathan Cope, David Cope, John Cope, Thomas Frisbie, David Carpenter, Levi Beans, Christopher Baer, Jacob Miller, Arthur Galloway, William Farmer, Abraham Musmet, Abraham Miller, Susannah Quick, Jacob Freed, George Freed, John Noosebaum, Thomas Troop, Martin Darod. CIVIL LIST.      In accordance with the order for organizing the township, the first election was held at the house of Michael Fox, April 1, 1805, Robert Hanna being chairman.  John Bradfield and Samuel Oliphant were appointed judges, and Thomas Hanna and William Heald clerks, of the meeting.  Twenty-seven votes were polled, and the following officers elected: Trustees, Caleb Cope, Robert Hanna, Nicholas Firestone; Clerk and Treasurer, Benjamin Hanna; Overseers of the Poor, William Ferrall, Isaiah Garwood; Lister, John Dixon; House Appraisers, William Winders, John Dixon; Fence-Viewers, Jacob McGregory, John Woods; Road Supervisors, Joshua Dixon, Isaac James, Joseph Bradfield.      At the time John Crozer was a justice of the peace.      The following have held the principal offices since the organization of the township: TRUSTEES. 1805 - Robert Hanna, Celeb Cope, Nicholas Firestone. 1806 - Robert Hanna, John Crozer, John Beeson. 1807 - Robert Hanna, John Crozer, Nathan Heald. 1808 - Levi Antrim, William Heald, Nathan Heald. 1809 - Levi Antrim, Joseph Woods, Thomas Hanna. 1810 - Levi Antrim, Peter Bushong, John Dixon. 1811 - Samuel Wallahan, Peter Bushong, John Dixon. 1812 -13. - Samuel Wallahan, Benjamin Hanna, William Bushong. 1814 - John Woods, Daniel Hardman, Peter Bushong. 1815 - 16 - John Woods, Joab Pritchett, Israel Cope. 1817 - Daniel Hisey, Caleb Rowler, William Heald. 1818 - Daniel Hisey, Caleb Rowler, Samuel Wallahan. 1819 - William Bushong, Joshua Woods, Samuel Wallahan. 1820 - William Bushong, John Woods, John Rogers. 1821 - William Bushong, John Woods, Samuel Erwin. 1822 - Daniel Hardman, John Woods, Samuel Erwin. 1823 - Samuel Cowan, Joseph Zimmerman, Lewis Morgan. 1824 - David Hanna, Martin Deroad, Lewis Morgan. 1825 - Abel Lodge, Martin Deroad, William Bushong. 1826 - David Hanna, John Dixon, Daniel Hisey. 1827 - Joseph Thompson, William Bushong, William Moody. 1828 - Joseph Thompson, William Bushong, William Moody. 1829 - David Hanna, Daniel Hardman, Abraham Overholser. 1830 - David Hanna, Lewis Morgan, Abraham Overholser. 1831 - Daniel Hardman, William Bushong, Abraham Overholser. 1832 - John Voglesong, William Bushong, Abraham Overholser. 1833 - Joseph Thompson, John Young, Peter Bushing. 1834 - 35 - David Hanna, William Bushong, Abraham Overholser. 1836 - David Hanna, Jacob Anglemyer, Abram, Overholser. 1837 - David Hanna, Eli Holloway, Abram Overholser. 1838 - George Brown, Eli Holloway, Abram Overholser. 1839 - Isaac Stooksbury, Eli Holloway, Abram Overholser. 1840 - David Hanna, Eli Holloway, Peter W. Dehoff 1841 - 43 - David Hanna, Abraham Overholser, Peter W. Dehoff. 1844 - 45 - Eli Holloway, R. W. Jackson, Peter W. Dehoff. 1846 - James P. Woods, R. W. Jackson, Peter W. Dehoff. 1847 - James P. Woods, R. W. Jackson, William Sturgeon. 1848 - 49 - Eli Holloway, Samuel Seachrist, Jesse McConnell. 1850 - Eli Holloway, Abraham Overholser, Jesse McConnell. 1851 - 52 - William Bushong, Abraham Overholser, Jesse McConnell 1853 - Isaac Groff, Abraham Overholser, Samuel Sheets. 1854 - Samuel Erwin, Jesse McConnell, Samuel Hollingsworth. 1855 - William A. Bushong, Jesse McConnell, Benjamin Ferrall. 1856 - Samuel Nichols, William M. Wright, Thomas Taylor. 1857 - Jacob Hum, William M. Wright, Thomas Taylor. 1858 - Jacob Hum, James P. Woods, Thomas Taylor. 1859 - 60 - Thomas Thurston, Augustine Windle, Thomas Taylor. 1861 - Samuel Detwiler, Jacob Hum, Thomas Taylor 1862 - Samuel Detwiler, Adam Hum, Thomas Taylor. 1863 - Samuel Detwiler, Joseph Pritchett, Daniel Deemer. 1864 - William M. Wright, Joseph Pritchett, Jacob Hum. 1865 - Samuel Detwiler, Joseph Pritchett, Jacob Hum. 1866 - Samuel Detwiler, Joseph Pritchett, Jacob Hum. 1867 - Isaiah Holloway, Jesse Gilbert, Jacob Hum. 1868 - Leonard Holloway, Jesse Gilbert, Solomon Haas. 1869 - Leonard Holloway, Barak Ashton, Henry Kridler. 1870 - Elias Holloway, D. A. Stouffer, Joseph Pritchett. 1871 - L. D. Holloway, Uriah Whitacre, Joseph Pritchett. 1872 - J. C. Groner, Uriah Whitacre, Joseph Pritchett. 1873 - J. C. Gromer, Uriah Whitacre, Samuel Read. 1874 - 75 - J. C. Groner, Uriah Whitacre, Elias Lower. 1876 - William Bushong, T. F. Holloway, Elias Lower. 1877 - H. H. Crouse, T. F. Holloway, Benjamin Harrison. 1878 - H. H. Crouse, Erwin Caldwell, Elias Lower. 1879 - H. H. Crouse, T. F. Holloway, Elias Lower. CLERKS **      1805, Benjamin Hanna; 1806, Joshua Woods; 1807, John Dixon; 1808-9, William Hickman; 1810, John Beeson; 1811-12 Joshua Woods; 1813, John Dixon; 1814, Abraham Fox; 1815 - 17, Nicholas Bishop; 1818, John Dixon; 1819, Peter Bushong; 1820-21, John Dixon; 1822-23, Richard Morlan; 1824-27, 1828, Jeremiah Case; 1829-30, Samuel H. Hollingsworth; 1831, William Yeats; 1832, Samuel Hardman; 1833, Levi Hanna; 1834, Samuel Hardman; 1835-37, Samuel Nichols; 1838, William Greenamyer; 1839-40, John Dixon; 1841, John W. Neigh; 1842-43, Jonathan Piggott; 1844-47, John E. Icenhour; 1848-50, Jonathan Piggott; 1851-52, John E. Icenhour; 1853-54, Nathan Warrington; 1854, William Stokesberry; 1855, Lewis Woods; 1855, A. Sturgeon; 1856, Samuel Detwiler; 1857-62, Samuel Nichols; 1863-64, Benjamin S. Wright; 1865†-69, Thomas C. Allen; 1870, George Duncan; 1871, Aaron Overholser; 1872-73, George Duncan; 1874†-75, Charles D. Dickinson; 1876, F. A. Witt; 1877-78, John P. Patterson; 1879, T. Spencer Arnold. TREASURERS.      1810, William Hickman; 1811, John Dixon; 1812-13, Jesse Allen; 1814, John Bushong; 1815-16, Jonathan Nutt; 1817, Joshua Woods; 1818, John Crozer; 1819, John Dixon; 1820-21, Nicholas Bishop; 1822, William Kerns; 1823, Nicholas Bishop; 1824, William Paxon; 1825, Nicholas Bishop; 1826, Abram Fox; 1827, Nicholas Bishop; 1828, Peter Dehoff; 1829-30, John Ferrall; 1831-37, Peter Dehoff; 1838-46, Samuel Nichols; 1847-52, Jesse M. Allen; 1853, Jacob Greenamyer; 1854, Jesse M. Allen; 1855, William M. Voglesong; 1856-58; Jacob Greenamyer; 1859-60, William L. Young; 1861-69, Jonathan Esterly; 1870, Daniel Stouffer; 1871, Paul Metzger; 1872-73, Jacob Greenamyer; 1874-75, Daniel Stouffer; 1876, Jacob Greenamyer; 1877-79, Joseph Strickler. HAMLETS AND VILLAGES.      On the northern part of section 19, on the New Lisbon road, is a small hamlet of about a dozen houses, which owes its beginning to a tavern kept there about forty years ago by Col. Allen Way.  On account of an excellent spring near by, his house became a favorite stopping-place, and the locality became widely known as the "Cool Springs."  After a few years Col. Way platted a village and bestowed upon it the name of UNIONVILLE.      This title the little place retains.  On the opposite side of the street, near the hotel, James W. Estill opened a store, which he kept about seven years, and was followed in trade by John Clapsaddle.  Wheelwright and blacksmith shops were carried on by Robert Long and Wm. Slutter.  The latter removed to Columbiana, where he became a well-known carriage builder.  At Unionville were formerly a number of shoe-shops, of which one or two yet remain, and are the only interests which have not been diverted to railroad points.  MIDDLETON.      This village was originally platted to cover the southwest corner of section 23, by William Heald, soon after the settlement of the township.  The plan embraced a square of lots so arranged as to give the village, when built up, a compact appearance.  The purpose of the founder was not closely adhered to, and much of the village was built in a free way on sections 25 and 26, giving it a large area.      It is said that Albert Sharpless built the first house in the village, and that the building is now occupied by Rebecca Coppock.  No stores were opened at an early day.  Among the first to engage in trade were Millhouse & Mendenhall, about 1836, whose store was on the Fairfield road, east of the square.  Eight or nine years later C. D. Bassett engaged in merchandising on the opposite side of the street; and later, on the corner occupied by Joseph Cope, J. Hamilton & Son had a store.  Others in trade have been W. D. Chidester, Wm. Thomas, Nathan Cope, Thomas Taylor, Hum & Co., and George Frost.  No goods have been sold in the village since 1874.  This hamlet has never had a post-office or a public-house.  A few years ago a man engaged in the sale of liquor, but his place met with summary treatment at the hands of the indignant women of the village, and he wisely left for other parts.      Middleton has several good shops occupied for mechanical purposes, two school-houses (one belonging to the Friends), and three churches.  The number of inhabitants is 180.      Industries - Mifflin Cadwallader has long carried on the manufacture of brooms; and, formerly, Wm. Shaw had a chair-factory, and a lathe for turning broom-handles, operated by steam.  David Wickersham had in operation, ten years ago, a shingle-machine; and later, Wichersham & Inman had a large cider-press, the motive power of both being steam.      The principal industry of the people is fruit culture and the preparation of fruit for market.  In 1878, Wichersham, Brown & Co. began the manufacture of fruit-baskets and crates in a factory operated by steam-power and used also for fruit-drying.  The machine used for cutting splints was devised and patented by the firm, and is very ingenious.  EAST FAIRFIELD.      This village has a very pleasant location on the southeast quarter of section 36, and was founded in 1803 by John Crozer and John Bradfield.  It is the oldest, and for a long time and until the building of the railroad through other places near was the most important, village in the township; but its business has since declined.  It contains, besides the interests detailed below, a good school-house, a public hall, and two churches, and has about 300 inhabitants.      The first goods were sold in the place by Israel Cope for a co-operative store company, but the first successful merchant was Robert Craig.  He built a business house of brick, north of the old Low tavern, where he carried on trade many years.  While this hosue was occupied by Farr & Thurston, in 1861, the foundation gave way, causing its destruction.  Wm. Waterworth and the Hannas were in trade at the same period as Mr. Craig.  Of many persons who were formerly engaged in business at this place there are remembered Thomas R. Knight, Wm. Ensign, George H. Brown, William Henderson, Joseph Morgan, Robert Glass, B. J. Ferrall, Samuel Crozer, Wm. L. Young, George Pitzer, and L. L. Beck.  James T. Taylor and Frank Shoemaker are now in business.      Hotels - Parnell Hall and Jeremiah Feazel were among the first to open public-houses, but Abel Lodge achieved the greatest reputation as a pioneer innkeeper.  His house was one of the most noted on the road between Pittsburgh and Worster.  Taverns were also kept by Robert Craig, Ephraim Blackburn, Joseph Thompson, William Ensign, and Isaac Low.  The present innkeeper is Joseph Shrum.      Post office - The post-office at East Fairfield is one of the oldest in the county.  The village was on the old stage-route, and was supplied with mail before 1809.  John Crozer was the first postmaster, and kept the office at his house, in the eastern part of the village.  As near as can be determined the subsequent postmasters have been Robert Craig, Jesse Williams, George H. Brown, Morris Thurston, J. Morgan, Isaac Low, Samuel Poland, Josiah Wilkinson, and James M. Taylor, the present incumbent.  The office is on the route from Liverpool to New Waterford, and has a tri-weekly mail.      Physicians - The first permanently located physician was Gustavus Allen.  For many years Sylvanus Fisher and Charles Kay were in practice at the same time, both remaining many yeas.   C. P. O'Hanlon and H. Maloney have also been practitioners at this place.  The present physicians are Frank Scott and Wm. R. Granger.      Industries - In the early history of the village Joseph James had a tannery, which became the property of B. J. Ferrall, and was carried on by him more than forty years and then discontinued.      The father of the Hon. Wm. McKinley was in the foundry business at East Fairfield many years ago, and was esteemed a good mechanic.  Other foundry-men were Israel Thompson and Jacob Reep.  Plow-making was carried on by Reuben Beans, and in the same shop Austin McConnell followed the machinist's trade.  At a later day Mr. McConnell built a shop near the present Methodist church, in which he manufactured engines and farm-machinery until his death.  Isaac Low has had a cooperage and cider-mill for many years.  The tailor of the village for the past fifty years has been Robert W. Jackson.  Robert Martin has carried on the cabinetmaker's trade about the same length of time.  Outside of the ordinary mechanical pursuits, there is no manufacturing at East Fairfield. COLUMBIANA.      This flourishing village has an exceedingly fine location on the line of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago MORE TO COME....................                         ----------------------- ** Until 1810 clerks were also treasurer. † Served part of previous year.   NOTES:     CLICK HERE to RETURN to COLUMBIANA COUNTY, OHIO INDEX PAGE CLICK HERE to RETURN to OHIO GENEALOGY EXPRESS INDEX PAGE FREE GENEALOGY RESEARCH is My MISSION GENEALOGY EXPRESS This Webpage has been created by Sharon Wick exclusively for Ohio Genealogy Express  ©2008 Submitters retain all copyrights