Plain township is the northeast corner township of Franklin county, and is bounded upon the north by Delaware county, upon the east by Licking, south of Jefferson township, and west by Blendon.  It was first known as township number two, in range seventeen, and was so designated upon the maps.  It is a part of the United States military survey.  The fourth, or southeast, quarter was laid out in one hundred acre lots, for the benefit of the Revolutionary soldiers, who held one hundred acre warrants, and the patents issued accordingly.  The north half of the township was laid off in sections, a mile square, and afterward divided into quarter sections.  Section three, the southwest quarter, was patented to Dudley Woodbridge in 1800, and two years later sold to John Huffman, then of Washington county, Pennsylvania, but afterward a well known citizen of Franklin county, for a consideration of one gallon of whiskey per acre, or four thousand gallons of whiskey, to be delivered at Marietta.  Mr. Huffman, in 1822, divided the land among his children.

THE EARLY SETTLEMENT OF PLAIN.

     The township was first settled in 1801, or 1802, and though the soil was not regarded as the best, the population increased quite fast and regularly.  This may be in part accounted for by the fact that the water was good, and the locality considered as a healthy one.  There has

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been a controversy as to who was the first settler of Plain, most of those who are good authority upon local history, affirming that it was Joseph Scott, but some contending for the priority of settlement of a man named Morrison, who is said to have come in a very short time before.  Scott, who was from Pennsylvania, settled either in the year 1801 or 1802, but in all probability the former, upon what is now known as the Caleb FARVER farm, near the south line of the township, and in the southwest part of section four.  A tract of ground in this locality was generally known among the early settlers, and even now spoken of, as "Scott's plains."  This pioneer remained in the township for a number of years, and then removed to Union county, Ohio, where he died.  Morrison settled near the northern boundary of section three, where Anthony Wayne Taylor's residence now is, and built his cabin ten or fifteen rods above Mr. Taylor's house.  the broad expanse of level land in this vicinity was named after him, "Morrison's prairie."

     ADAM BAUGHMAN and his wife, Priscilla (Hoffman) of Washington county, Pennsylvania, emigrated to the township in 1805, and located upon Scott's plains, or prairie, in the southwest part of the township.  They had two children when they moved into the township, and a number were born afterward.  Their names, with those of the persons whom they married, and other information are given in the following:  Eve died in infancy; Elizabeth lives in the township; Louisa, wife of Thomas Havens, is deceased; Solomon, who married Margaret Swickard, and subsequently Martha Arnold, and Catharine (Mrs. M. Swickard), are in the township; Mary  is in California; Peter and Reuben, in the township; Abram, deceased; Levi, in Blendon.  Adam Baughman, the pioneer, remained a resident of the township until his death, which occurred in 1853, and his wife until her death, in 1865.

     HENRY HOFFMAN, son of John Hoffman, who owned one quarter of the township - the southwest - came in at the same time as the Baughmans.

     GEORGE BAUGHMAN and his wife, Barbara, came in 1807 and located on Big lick but in 1812, removed to Mifflin township, and settled on Big Walnut, above the present village of Gahanna.  Samuel Baughman, the oldest son of George and Barbara Baughman were: Elizabeth (Mrs. David Ridenour), Susan (Mrs. John Agler), Henry, David, Jesse, and Sarah (Mrs. Jonathan Swickard).  All are deceased except the last named.  The Baughmans were an important family in the early history of the township. 

     SQUIRE THOMAS B. PATTERSON, also of Pennsylvania, came in 1805, and located near where Jonathan Swickard now lives.  He has no representative now in the township or vicinity.  One son, Hoffman, went to Illinois, and died there.

     JESSE BYINGTON, another early settler, of whose family not one is left, came in soon after Patterson, and located on what is now the Frank Johnson farm.

     LORIN HIELS came about the same time as Byington, and lived in the township until 1875, when he died,.  Zimri, his brother, lived where Dennis B. Strait at present resides.

     GILBERT and PHILIP WATERS were early and prominent settlers.  They were from Pennsylvania.  Both were smart men.  The latter, according to the testimony of several old settlers, taught the first school in the township.  Gilbert Waters made his settlement where Nelson Wilkins now lives, but after a few years removed into the northern part of the township.

     MATTHIAS DAGUE, and his son, by the same name, Daniel and George Dague, emigrated from Pennsylvania, previous to 1810, for in that year the last-named was married to Mary Baughman, they being the first couple joined in wedlock in the township.  Matthias Dague, sr., settled in the southwestern part of the township, and Matthias, Dague, jr., where Job Wilson now lives.  Daniel settled upon Rocky fork.

     MATTHEW and GEORGE CAMPBELL came into the township when small boys, with their widowed mother, their father having died in Pennsylvania.  This was in 1806.  George Campbell married Amanda Farver.  Both are now deceased.  They reared a family of six children, viz.: William, now a substantial farmer of Plain township; Rebecca Montgomery, in Columbus; Mary E. Ranney, in New Albany; James in Plain; Cicero, in Brooklyn, New York, and Sarah Jane Laugh am in Philadelphia.

     Previous to the war of 1812, there had arrived in the township several settlers, not heretofore mentioned, and soon after, the settlement had become quite large.  Among the arrivals were: John Robinson, Jacanias Rose, William Goodhart, John Shesler, and Roger and Benoni Hill.

     DAVID COOK, and his son, Emyl, came to Jefferson township from New Jersey, in 1811, and moved into Plain in 1819.  Emyl Cook married Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Cisco, of the first mentioned township.  He is now ninety-four years of age.  A son, Nathaniel, is one of the leading farmers of the township.

     JOHN SMITH, came from Berger (now Passaic) county, New Jersey, in 1813, and located on what is now the George Daily farm, in the northeast part of the township.  John I. Smith, his son, came to the township, in 1818, bringing with him his wife, Catharine McCloud, and settled on the farm next to his father's.  His children were: George and James (deceased), Archibald, Abraham, and Mary Ann (Cole), residents of the township.  Archibald, the eldest son, is aged seventy-six, and lives upon a farm which he bought in 1833.  Just previous to the arrival of John I. Smith, came his brothers, Daniel, Henry, and David, who settled in the same locality, which became known as the Smith settlement.

     About the same time (1818), John and James Daniels came from Pennsylvania, and, soon after, the settlement was increased by the arrival of William Yantis and Joseph Moore, both from Pennsylvania.  Yantis settled on the Nelson Wilkins farm near New Albany, and Moore in the north part of the township.

     CHRISTIAN HORLOCKER native of Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, was born in 1769; came into Plain, in 1816, and settled on the northwest quarter of section

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fifteen, which he entered from the government.  He was  a pioneer in Fairfield county, as early as 1804, and lived for six years in Prairie township, and four years near Greencastle.  Mr. Horlocker's first was Barbara Wagner.  This union was blessed with four children.  By his second wife, Mary Crites, he had seven children, and by his third, Mary Myers, nine.  But one by his first marriage survives - Samuel Horlocker, who resides near Galena, Ohio.  Four of his children by his second marriage are living: John, Peter, and the Rev. Daniel, in Franklin county, and William, in Nebraska.  Those children of the third marriage who are still living, are: Christian, in Franklin county; Sarah, in Columbus; Anna, in Union county; David and George, in Dacotah, and Mary Jane, in Delaware county.  Christian Horlocker, the patriarch and pioneer, died in Plain, in 1857.  He was a soldier in the war of 1812.

     JACOB and CATHARINE WAGNER, of Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, came to Plain in the year 1819, and made their settlement upon Sugar run.  Jacob Wagner died in 1838, and his wife in 1833.  they had, when they emigrated from Pennsylvania, six children: Mary A., Elizabeth (Horlocker), James, Catharine (wife of G. H. Wagner), and Abraham, all of whom are dead except the last named.  those born after the arrival of the family in Plain were George, David, John, and Harriet.  David and Harriet are deceased; John lives in Blendon township, and George in Plain.  He was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion, and earned a reputation for bravery second to none.  He is a man of affairs, and much thought of in the neighborhood, as is testified to by the fact that he has long held the office of justice of the peace; has served as executor and administrator of twenty-four estates, and has been guardian of ten or more children.

     John CLYMER, Jacob BEVELHEIMER, and John ALSPACH made their settlements about the same time as the WAGNERS.

     DANIEL TRIPLETT, of Leesburgh, Virginia, arrived in the township in February, 1816, when the snow was two feet deep.  He had traded for six hundred acres of land, and it was upon this that he made his settlement in the northern part of the township.  He married, in 1817, Sarah Archer, from New Jersey, with whom he lived until his death in 1859.  His wife survived him eight years.  Their descendants were G. W., Delilah, and Huldah.  G. W. is probably the oldest man living, who was born in the township.  He has lived in one place sixty-three years.  He married Agnes, daughter of William H. and Cynthia Jolley, of licking county.  Delilah Triplet married Orrin Landon, and resides in Kokomo, Indiana; Huldah is the wife of Nelson Wilkins, and lives in New Albany.

     PETER QUINN and his wife, Elizabeth Cramer, came from Union county, Pennsylvania, to Fairfield county, Ohio, and after living there for two years, moved in 1820, into Plain township.  Their descendants were Abram, now in Oregon; David, for many years a resident of Blendon township, but now a merchant in New Albany; Loh (Mrs. H. Parks), in Iowa; Sarah, John and Jackson, deceased; Mary (Mrs. J. Campbell), in Missouri; Sophia (Mrs. U. Campbell), in Blendon; Samuel, deceased, and Cicero, in Mifflin township.

     ANTHONY WAYNE TAYLOR, his wife, Melinda, and one child, John P., emigrated from Hardy county, Virginia, in 1822, and settled at the place where Mr. Taylor now resides.  By his own thrift he has become the owner of upwards of one thousand acres of land.  Mrs. Taylor died in 1875, and Mr. Taylor is still living.  Their children were Huldah, Dora, William, Lorenzo, and Buren.  The three last named are residents of the township.

     JOEL and MARY B. RANNEY came in to Plain in 1820, and in 1826, Joel Ranney, Jr., and his wife, Mary E. arrived, and located about a mile and a half east of New Albany.  Mr. Ranney bought a good farm, and returning east worked in the Portland stone quarries, to earn money to pay for it.  The Ranneys had ten children six of whom are living, viz.:  Mary A. Hoffman, in Columbus; S. W., in New Albany; Harriet (Headley), in Nebraska; Emily R. (Clark), in Kansas, and John H., and Joel C., in the same State.

     FREDERICK HENRY, and his wife, Christina Kramer, came in from Pennsylvania, in 1826, and settled where their son, Jacob, now lives.  Their children, in order of age, were Jacob, Sarah Alspach, Rachel Wagner, Samuel, George, Elizabeth Alspach, Mary Newbold, and Louis.

     EZEKIEL PARK, who now lives in Harlem township, Delaware county, came into Plain in 1826, from Hampshire county, Virginia.  He married Elizabeth Crist.

     SAMUEL RIGEL, a native of Pennsylvania, came into the township in 1828, from Fairfield county, Ohio, where he had married Sarah, daughter of Daniel Hoy.  For his second wife, he married Mrs. Miller (nee Wilson).  Mr. Mr. Rigel is still living and is located in Westerville, where he has been for the past thirteen years.  His children were:  Daniel and Joseph, both deceased; Diana (Ulery), in Delaware county; Catherine (McClurg), in Columbus, and Fanny (Crist), in Blendon township.

     ABRAM WILLIAMS came in from New Jersey, in 1830.  Betsey, his daughter, married the Rev.  Daniel Horlocker, now  resident of Columbus.

     ISAAC WILLIAMS, and his wife, Elizabeth, came from Sussex county, New Jersey, in 1832, and located where their son, Isaac B., now lives, in the northern part of the township.  Isaac Williams died, in 1862, and his wife two years earlier.  Their children were: Catharine (deceased), Enos, John (deceased), Abraham, Isaac B., Elizabeth (Waters), Almeda (deceased), Alanson, Richard, Ann (Glick), and Jane (Fairchild).  All but the last two were born before their parents emigrated to the township.

     DAVID MORRISON and his wife, Nancy (Mann), came from Sussex county, New Jersey, in 1837, and located at their present place of residence.

     JOHN and REBECCA ROBINSON came in the same year as the above, from Pennsylvania.  A son, George W., is a leading mechanic of Westerville, and has been located there for twenty-one years.  He married Ann, daughter of Gilbert Waters, of Plain township, elsewhere spoken of.

     ABRAHAM A. and DULCINSA STRAIT, of Sussex county,

DAVID QUINN.

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New Jersey, settled near New Albany, in 1839. Their children were: George R., now in Westerville; William D., Henry H., and Dennis B., in Plain township.  Dennis B. has been county commissioner and auditor.

FIRST EVENTS.

     The first marriage of whites in Plain township was that of George Dague and Mary Baughman, July 10, 1810.  George Dague died in 1871, and his wife in 1877.
     The first death was that of Eve, daughter of Adam Baughman.
     The first barn raised in the township belonged to George Baughman.  It was built in the season of 1807-8, and his neighbors form Plain, Blendon, Mifflin, Jefferson and Truro townships assisted at the raising.  Those who belonged in Plain, were Adam and Samuel Baughman, Joseph and James Scott, and Henry Hoffman.  From Blendon there came Simeon Moore, sr., Simeon Moore, jr., and some of the Phelps family; from Jefferson, Matthias Dague and sons; from Truro, the Edgar and others; and from Mifflin, Frederick and John Agler, John Scott, Isaac Johnson and A. Anderson.
     The first frame house was built by Daniel Triplett in 1819.  It stood just north of the present residence of his son, G. W. Triplett.
     The first brick house was erected by Henry Smith.
     The first burial place was set apart in 1814, on land given by John Smith.  It so happened that he was the first person buried in the lot which his generosity had given to the people of the settlement.  Soon after the time that this cemetery, which is on the Reynoldsburg and Johnstown road, was established, another one was opened upon what is now known as the Caleb Farver farm, then owned by Joseph Scott.  About the same time a regular place of burial was set off from the farm of Daniel Triplett.

THE FIRST SCHOOL.

     It is known, absolutely, that the first school in the township was taught by Philip Waters, and there was but one term in seven years.  The school-house was on the northeast part of the Alspach farm.  There was a school-house on the Triplett farm, as early as 1821.  Jacob Smith, of Jefferson township, taught there, and was, in all probability, the first teacher after Waters.

ORGANIZATION.

     The township was organized in 1810, and originally included the territory now embraced in Blendon and Jefferson.  The early records have been lost, and no man’s memory retains the names of the first officers elected.  John Scott and Simeon Moore, the latter an early settler in what is now Blendon, were the first justices of the peace.  The next year Jacob Thorp, who lived in what is now the township of Jefferson, was elected in place of Scott.  Simeon Moore was re-elected in 1814, and in 1815 the choice fell upon Jacob Smith and Thomas B. Patterson, the first of Jefferson, and the latter of Plain (according to present boundaries).  George Wells was elected in 1817; Thomas B. Patterson was re-elected in 1818; Asa Whitehead, in 1819,  John Davis, in 1820; Thomas B. Patterson, re-elected in 1821; John Davis and Abraham Williams, in 1823, and both re-elected in 1826; Daniel Swickard and Joseph Moore, in 1829.  These were all the justices of the peace elected prior to 1830.

THE CHURCH OF THE UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST

was organized in Plain township, in 1826.  Among the early pioneer members of the church were Daniel and Catharine Cramer, Jacob and Catharine Wagner, Frederick and Christina Henry, Rev. John and Mary Clymer, and George and Eva Cramer.  Of this number there is but one living, namely: George Cramer.  The early ministers were George _____, Bishop Samuel Heistand, Lewis Cramer, Bishop John Russell, Benjamin Moore, Elias Vandermark, Bishop William Hanby, William Hastings, and John Montgomery.  Two are still living - Elias Vandermark and ex-Bishop Wm. Hanby.  The church, in its early days, worshipped in the log cabin of the settlers, and in school-houses, and, besides, held annual camp meetings.  The church has three organized societies in Plain township, each of which has a house of worship of its own.  Franklin chapel is a large and well-built brick structure, and was erected in 1836, at a cost of one thousand; one hundred dollars.  The trustees were Jacob Wagner, Frederic Henry, Ezekiel Park, George Cramer, and M. "F. Clymer.  The pastor, at the time the church was built, was W. W. Davis, now dead.  The church was dedicated by Bishop William Hanby.  The present trustees of the church are: George Wagner , J. P. Coil, Jacob Henry, Jacob Alspach, and G. F. Commins.  The pastor is Rev. S. Manger; J. B. Resler, presiding elder.  The present membership is eight-seven.  Mount Pleasant chapel was built in the year 1857, at a cost of about nine hundred dollars.  It is a good brick structure, well furnished.  The building trustees were Martin Swickard, Jacob Swickard, and George Dague.  The present trustees are John Martin, Frederic and Noah Swickard; George Dague, pastor; J. B. Resler, presiding elder.  The number of members is forty-six.  Rocky Fork chapel is a small framed structure, which has been used as a house of worship for many years.  The trustees of this society are J. E. Park, Levi Baughman, Abraham Crist, Peter Scarfass, and W. F. Park.  The church numbers forty-two members.  Among them are Ezekiel Park, who has been connected with the church about fifty years, and Abraham Crist, who has been a member for forty-three years.  The pastor and presiding elder of this society are the same as those of the other two.  The total membership of the three societies is one hundred and seventy-five.

METHODISM.

     The circuit now called New Albany circuit, and embraced in its territory Johnstown, Alexandria, Reynoldsburgh, Pickerington, Galena, and Worthington.  It was larger than the present district, containing several circuits and stations, now called Columbus district.
     Plain chapel was built in 1836, at a cost of twelve hundred dollars.  The first Methodist Episcopal church, of Plain, was organized prior to that date.  The early min-

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isters were James Casper, Charles Waddell, Russel Bigenoe, Samuel P. Shaw, Nathan Emery, John Clark, David Whitcomb, James Ferree, Abner Goff, Jacob Young, Olive O. Spencer, Joseph Trunble, Uriah Heath, James Gilneth, Andrew Perkins, Andrew Murphey; and those later were David Lewis, William Porter, George W. West,  Sheldon Parker, Isaac Williams, James Gurley, Alexander Mchamey, Samuel C. Riker, William Pitzger, John Miller, James Ellis, Joseph Adair, John White, J. Q. Lakin, J. and Ralph Watson.  Under the administration of Andrew Murphey, at a protracted meeting of nine weeks' duration, one hundred and one persons professed religion, and nearly all connected themselves with the Methodist Episcopal church.  The church has now but fifteen members, having been reduced by deaths and removals.  The present board of trustees are Jacob Williams, Isaiah Needles, John S. Miller, Wellington Landon, Oliver Waters, and C. W. Williams; Isaac B. Williams, secretary.

NEW ALBANY METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

     About 1805 or 1806, Joshua Williams, then living where the village of Galena, Delaware county, now is began to preach in Plain township, at the Baughman cabin, and continued until 1808, when the Revs. Benjamin Lakin and John Grave began to visit the settlement as regular appointees.  The station did not enjoy great prosperity, and no society was organized, or appointment maintained, in the neighborhood.  A class was organized at Archibald Smith‘s in 1834, and another at the school house a half mile north of New Albany.  The class in the Smith neighborhood was composed of the following persons: Archibald Smith and wife, Mary Evans, Isaac Smith and wife, Roland Evans, James Smith and wife, and John Hughes. In 1846, the Revs. G. G. West and Sheldon Parker opened an appointment which combined the class from the Smith settlement and one from Jefferson township.  They continued preaching, at the school-house north of New Albany, until 1848, when the present church edifice in the village was completed, and a great revival was held there, which inaugurated the establishment of Methodism in New Albany.  The church has ever since been maintained, in a fair degree of prosperity, and at present numbers one hundred and three members.  The present pastor is Rev. R. Watson.  George Goodrich is local preacher.  Job Wilson and Joseph Goodrich are stewards, and Job Wilson, Joseph Goodrich, George Cisco, and W. K. Evans, class leaders.  N. Browning is superintendent of the Sunday-school.  The church trustees are: David Quinn, George Goodrich, Joseph Goodrich, J. N. Smith, Homer Smith, Isaac Browning, Joseph Cisco and Nelson Wilkins.

THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

was organized July 12, 1848, the ministers present being Revs. H. L. Hitchcock, of Columbus, J. Harrison, of Reynoldsburg, S. H. Rose, of Alexandria, and M. B. Starr, a missionary in this field.  The charter members were James M. and Sarah Woodruff, Naman and Roxanna Case, Charles Pettit and wife, Louisa Landon, Louis Hard and wife; Mathilda Stedman and Susan J. Marvin.  The first officers were: Deacons, James Woodruff and Naman Case; trustees, Naman Case, Charles Pettit, Z. T. Guerin; clerk, Louis Hard.  The first  minister was the Rev. Milton B. Starr.  The first sacrament of the Lord's Supper was administered Oct. 14, 1848.  The council was organized by the appointment of Rev. H. L. Hitchcock as chairman, and Rev. Milton Starr, scribe. The present officers are as follows:  Deacon, Thomas Simmond; trustees, Thomas Simmond, John Ross, Rowland Phelps; clerk, G. E. Simmond.  The church has no regular pastor.

THE EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION

of the village are: Sylvester W. Ranney, I. N. Smith and A. B. Beem, the later late of Licking county.  Dr. Ranney graduated from the Sterling medical college, of Columbus, in 1836, and has been in practice in New Albany ever since.  Dr. Smith was born in the township, and is a son of Archibald Smith.  He graduated in Cincinnati, and has been in practice in the village for over two years.  The physicians who have practiced in the township are: Z. F. Guerin, Henry Goodrich (who was a soldier in the war of 1812, and is still a resident of the township), Dr. McGill, David Camp, Stephen and Charles Stimpson, father and son, Dr. Ward, Frank Brooks, Dr. Gilchrist, Dr. Mitchell, Dr. Anderson, now of Gahanna, and Dr. Holmes, now of Florida.

THE PHYSICIANS.

of the village are: Sylvester W. Ranney, I. N. Smith, and A. B. Beem, the later late of Licking county.  Dr. Ranney graduated from the Sterling medical college, of Columbus, in 1836, and has been in practice in New Albany ever since.  Dr. Smith was born in the township, and is a son of Archibald Smith.  He graduated in Cincinnati, and has been in practice in the village for over

TEMPERANCE.

     As early as 1820 there was a temperance agitation in this township, a thing quite unusual at that time in the Ohio settlements.  Abraham Williams was the leading spirit in the reform.  Meetings were held to test the feeling of the community in regard to the matter of dispensing with whiskey at raisings, husking-bees, etc.  It was found that many were in favor of prohibiting the use of liquor on such occasions, but as the inhabitants were by no means unanimous in that decision, no definite action was taken, and at most of the social gatherings, and occasions of united labor, whiskey was furnished as in the other settlements, at an early day.  Later, about 1835, there was another flurry of temperance feeling which soon subsided, however, and left, probably, a residue of good.  Meetings were held, at this time, at Jacob Wagner's .

MILLS.

     There is, and has been, no grist-mill in the township.
     The first saw-mill was built on Rocky fork in 1827, by Daniel Kramer.  The next was erected on Black lick near his present residence, by Archibald Smith.  It was put into operation in 1834, and was continued in use about fifteen years.  Christian Bevelheimer and Daniel Swickard built mills at later dates.
     The only permanent or stationary mill, at present, in

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the township is the stream saw-mill in the southeastern part of the township, owned by Martin Ealey.  Beside the Brooks tile factory, this is the only mechanical industry in the township.

POST OFFICE.

     There is but one post-office in the township, and that is at new Albany.  It is named Hope, and was established in 1838.  The first postmaster was Daniel Landon, commissioned May 15, 1838, and continued by re--appointment until Apr. 15, 1853.  The present post-master is John W. Goodrich.

THE VILLAGE OF NEW ALBANY.

located in little south and east of the center of the township, was laid out in May, 1837, by Daniel Landon and William Yantis each being the owner of one half of the land laid out in lots.  The village had unite a prosperous growth for a few years, and was of considerable advantage to the country round about.  The village was incorporated.  In April, 1856, was held the first charger election, which resulted in the choice of the following officers:  S. Ogden, mayor; C. S. Ogden, recorder; F. Johnson, J. McCurdy, C. Baughman, A. B. Beem, S. Stinson, councilmen; R. Phelps, marshal.  Following are the officers elected in 1879; James Carpenter mayor, Miles H. DeWitt, clerk; John Ulery married, J. W. Goodrich, treasurer; E. Rice, L. Hines, Alexander Carpenter, G. D. Ulery, D. Quinn, Isaac Browning, councilmen; Christopher Horlocker, commissioner.  The village is a special school district.  A good school building of brick, two stories in height in height, was erected in 1872, at a cost of three thousand dollars.  The building trustees were S. W. Ranney, George W. Holmes, J. W. Goodrich, J. J. Boston, Louis Hine, and H. H. McCurdy.  The first superintendent after the new school-house was built, was R. P. Mills.  The schools have at present about fifty pupils, and are in a very satisfactory condition, under the superintendency of Mr. Homer Smith, son of Archibald Smith.  New Albany has two hotels, kept by A. J. Fix and G. D. Ulery; three stores, F. Johnston's, D. Quinn's and John W. Goodrich's.  Mr. Johnston has been in business in the village since 1854.  Wagonmaking is carried on by Alexander Carpenter, and Zachariah McGuire; blacksmithing by Miles H. DeWitt, and Louis Hine; and shoemaking by William Johnston.

OTHER VILLAGES.

     Loren Hills and Lester Humphrey, in 1826, laid out a village plat on the Granville road, near where New Albany now is, and named it "Lafayetteville," but no improvements were made there, and the round was, a few years later, given back to agriculture.
     Francis Clymer laid out a village in 1835, upon his farm, and named it Mount Pleasant, but this, too, was a failure, and was abandoned.
 

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