This township occupies
the southwest corner of Defiance County.
It is a full Congressional township, being
Township 4 north, Range 1 east. About
one-third of the territory - the southeast
portion - is still uncleared the land here being
low and wet. The soil of this low land is
a sandy loam, very productive. The more
undulating portions of land have a clay soil.
Elm, hickory and swamp oak were the most common
types of timber in the low lands, while much
walnut, oak and beech and some sugar, ash and
other varieties prevailed on the higher lands.
It was organized in June, 1839 , and the first
election of officers held June 22.
The settlement of the township was developed
principally through the Hicks Land Company and
the American Land Company. Of the 23,040
acres in the township, 14,000 were owned by the
former and over 4,000 by the latter company.
The greater part of these lands were entered in
the eyars 1835-36 and 1837.
The Hicks Land Company (so called) the American Land
Company, Columbus and other Ohio parties, and
smaller Eastern speculators were large
purchasers of the public lands in Ohio during
the years mentioned. All these purchases
were made for a speculation through an expected
sale before the lands became taxable, which was
five years from the time of entry. It was
believed that the country would so rapidly
settle up, that sales could be made of large
quantities at large profits within the five
years.
FIRST
ROAD
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OTHER
ROADS
SALES OF LAND
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MILLS
MISCELLANEOUS
VOTERS OF 1845
HICKSVILLE
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VILLAGE OF HICKSVILLE
Was
incorporated in 1871; the first Mayor was
Thomas C. Kinmont, who was elected twice.
The second Mayor was James E. Coulter,
who served one term. The third Mayor was
A. Summers, who elected in the spring of
1880. The present Mayor is
J. E.
Coulter.
SCHOOLS
CHURCHES.
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SECRET
SOCIETIES
G. A. R.
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PHYSICIANS.
ATTORNEYS.
PRESS.
BUSINESS.
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Drugs - Frank Dalrymple, B. S. Pottit.
Bakery - Hugh Nelson
Jewelry - Charles Bassett, Andrew Patterson
Harness - E. M. Bilderbach, Sollenberger
Brothers
Livery - Bonker & Hughs, Nichols & Bayes.
Saw mill - Britton & Callender
Grist mill - Bruce, Scott & Figley, T. W. Kerr
& Co.
Wagon manufactory - Luther Crowl
Photographer - H. Elliott.
Hicksville Manufacturing Company.
Building supplies - Fisher, Maxwell & Co.
Agricultural
implements - John Hollinger, Merrill Otis, G.
K. Otis.
Millinery - Mrs.
Huber, Mrs. Eliza Murphy.
Kerr
Brothers, manufacturers of turned handles,
forks, etc.
George Knight, manufacturer of saw mill dogs.
H. F. Randolph & Co., manufacturer of staves.
Marble works - B. Webber
Hicksville bank - E. D.
Otis.
PERSONAL
REMINISCENCES.
ALFRED P. EGERTON
[ Picture of Village Res.
of E. W. Crook, Hicksville, Defiance Co., Ohio]
[ Residence of Frederick
Henning, Hicksville Tp., Defiance Co., Ohio ]
HON. W. D. HILL
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JOHN CLEMMER
HUGH ELLIOTT
JACOB GINGRICH
WILLIAM BABBAGE
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PETER HILBERT
MICHAEL TRACHT
GEORGE TRACHT
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FREDERICK HENNING
RANSOM OSBORN
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ALLEN PARKER
LUTHER LOVELAND
WILLIAM R. MAXWELL
SIMON P. BRINKER
JOHN RYAN
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BENJAMIN FORLOW
ROBERT FILMORE KERR
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EDWARD W. CROOK
E. D. OTISS
ABRAM HENRY
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GEORGE W. SCOTT
B. S. PETTIT
WILLIAM J. KLECKNER
Portraits of
L. Cameron &
John Cameron
Portrait of John Clemmens
Portrait John Swilly
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DR. W. H. RICHARD
DR. WILLIAM D. OTIS
JAMES CASEBEER
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MRS. SARAH SMILEY
ASHER P. PHILLIPS
ISAAC DONAFIN
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D. G. HUFFMAN
JAMES MAXWELL
GEORGE CLEMMER
L. E. GRIFFIN
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F. M. THOMPSON
J. C. RYAN
JOHN SWILLY
J. C. CLAY
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AMOS FORLOW
A. SUMMERS
C. V. TANNEHILL
MARK W. BABB
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WILLIAM KINMONT
DR. T. C. KINMONT
JOSEPH BUNNELL
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MRS. BUNNELL
JOSEPH S. BUNNELL
MICHAEL HOFFMAN
HOFFMAN, MICHAEL
JOHN A. HOFFMAN
G. W. HOFFMAN
AMOS WARNER
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GEORGE NORICK
JOHN M. AINSWORTH
I. R. PUTNAM
EPHRAIM BUTTER
Dr. B. M. RAKESTRAW
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CONRAD THOMAN
JOHN
LAWSON
LUCIUS GALE
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WILLIAM J. HENRY
JOHN A. MILLER
PTOLEMY EDSON
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MRS. E. R. GREER
GEORGE WARNER
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