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CHAPTER I - PRE-HISTORIC TIMES |
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- The Aborigines |
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- Early Pioneers |
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- Biography & Portrait of
George Kilbon Nash, Governor of Ohio |
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CHAPTER II - SETTLEMENT AND ORGANIZATION OF
FRANKLIN COUNTY |
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- Erection of Franklin County
- Early Mails
- Population
- Franklin County Now a Congressional District
- Dangers of Early Surveyors |
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CHAPTER III - THE OHIO CANAL |
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- Biography & Portrait of
Richard A.
Harrison
- Physical and Geological Features of Franklin County
- Turnpike Roads |
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CHAPTER IV - CIVIL LIST OF FRANKLIN COUNTY |
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- Representatives in Congress
- United States Senators
- State Senators
- Portraits of Hon. Judge Evans, Hon. Judge Williams, Hon. Tod Galloway &
C. A. Pearce, Sheriff
- State Representatives
- Franklin County Officers:
- President Judges
- Associate Judges
- Probate Judges
- Clerks of the Court
- Prosecuting Attorneys
- Sheriffs
- County Auditors
- County Treasurers
- County Recorders
- County Collectors
- County Assessors
- Biography & Portrait of William J. Baldwin
- County Surveyors
- County Commissioners
- Infirmary Directors
- County Coroners
- Common Pleas Judges
- Legal Records |
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CHAPTERS V - TOWNSHIPS AND VILLAGES |
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- FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP - 39
- Physicians
- Biography & Portrait of Lorenzo English
- Biography & Portrait of William H. English
- Anent Early Industrial Interests
- The State Quarry
- Camp Chase
- WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP - 44
- PERRY TOWNSHIP - 45
- Biography & Portrait of James Kilbourne
- Photography & of Kilbourne & Jacobs Manufacturing Company |
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CHAPTER VI - TOWNSHIPS 'CONTINUED' |
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- PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP - 49
- JACKSON TOWNSHIP - 50
- HAMILTON TOWNSHIP - 50
- JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP - 55
- Biography & Portrait of Lincoln Kilbourne |
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CHAPTER VII - TOWNSHIPS 'CONTINUED' |
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- CLINTON TOWNSHIP - 56
- Biography & Portrait of Colonel James Kilbourne
- PLAIN TOWNSHIP - 61
- BROWN TOWNSHIP - 63 |
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CHAPTER VIII - TOWNSHIPS 'CONTINUED' |
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- SHARON TOWNSHIP - 64
- Biography & Portrait of Conrad Born, Senior -
- Biography & Portrait of Conrad Born, Junior -
- PLEASANT TOWNSHIP - 75
- MADISON TOWNSHIP - 76
- Biography & Portrait of Louis Hoster - 77
- Biography & Portrait of William Monypeny - 83
- TRURO TOWNSHIP - 85
- BLENDON TOWNSHIP - 86
- Biography & Portrait of Joseph A. Jeffrey - 89
- Picture of The Jeffrey Manufacturing Company - 90
- Biography & Portrait of Fern Norman Vesey - 95
- MIFFLIN TOWNSHIP - 98
- NORWICH TOWNSHIP - 100
- Biography & Portrait of S. A. Vesey - 101
- MARION TOWNSHIP - 105
- Biography & Portrait of Z. Vesey - 107 |
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CHAPTER IX - COLUMBUS |
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- Columbus Located - 110
- Portraits of Hon. Allen G. Thurman, George Parsons, John G. Deshler & F.
C. Sessions -
- Biography & Portrait of Neville Williams and Family - 119
- Biography & Portrait of Conrad Herman - 125
- Associate Judges - 128
- The Franklin Dragoons - 130
- Biography & Portrait of Robert E. Sheldon - 131
- Biography & Portraits of Michael A. Halm - 137
- Rival Aspirants for the Capital - 142
- Biography & Portrait of William Fuerste - 143
- Subscribers - 147
- Portraits of Herman Fuerste, Charles Frederick Fuerste & Family, John L.
Gill, Dr. Wm. Auld, Judge Bates - 149 |
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CHAPTER X - COLUMBUS - 'CONTINUED' - |
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- Columbus as a borough - 152
- Biography of George K. Elliott - 155 |
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CHAPTER XI - COLUMBUS 'CONTINUED' - |
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- Springs of Columbus - 159
- Biography & Portrait of James S. Abbott - 161
- The Cholera Epidemic - 163
- Incorporated as a City - 164
- The Old State House - 166
- Biography of William Alexander Taylor - 167
- Capitol Square - 172
- Biography & Portrait of William Shepard - 173 |
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CHAPTER XII - COLUMBUS 'CONTINUED' - |
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- Troubles over a New State House - 175
- Return of the Cholera - 176
- Blocking Legislation - 177
- Shepard's Sanitarium with pictures - 179
- Executioners' Day - 181
- In Slavery Days - 182
- Ten Years of Marked Growth - 183
- Balloon Ascensions - 183
- Portraits of Wm. A. Platt, Henry C. Noble, M. C. Lilley, Dr. Lincoln Goodal
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CHAPTER X - COLUMBUS 'CONTINUED' - |
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- A Memorable Defalcation - 187
- Cholera in the Penitentiary - 188
- The First Song Festival - 190
- The Saengerbund Festival - 190
- Biography & Portrait of Dr. Norman Gay - 191
- A Notable Crimonal - 194
- Other Murders in the Fifties - 194 |
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CHAPTER XIV - COLUMBUS 'CONTINUED' - |
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- Old Time Taverns - 195
- Biography & Portrait of Dr. Alexander Neil - 197
- Biography & Portrait of Lorenzo M. Baker - Baker's Art Gallery - 203 |
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CHAPTER XV - THE BUCKEYE |
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- Departure of the Indians - 207
- A Bridge Episode - 208
- Biography & Portrait of Col. W. S. Furay - 209
- Early Navigation - 212
- Beasts and Birds - 212
- The Snake Story - 214
- River Floods - 214
- Biography & Portrait of Hon. John M. Pugh - 215
- The Last and Greatest Flood - 220
- Biography & Portrait of A. P. Taylor - 221 |
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CHAPTER XVI - FROM ROAD TO RAIL |
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- Recollections of an Old Pioneer -
John Otstat - 226
- Biography & Portrait of Jonathan F. Linton - 227
- Louis Kossuth - 229
- Progressive Columbus - 230
- Death of Henry Clay - 231 |
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CHAPTER XVII - ANOTHER GREAT MAN'S DEMISE |
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- Biography & Portrait of Samuel B.
Hartman - 233
- An Emigration Craze - 235
- War Organizations - 236
- Biography & Portrait of Zeloria E. Amlin - 239
- Death of President Lincoln - 241
- Visit of General Grant - 242 |
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CHAPTER XVIII - HUMBOLDT JUBILEE |
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- Aiding Chicago Fire Sufferers - 244
- Agricultural Resources - 244
- Biography & Portrait of Col. George O Freeman - 245
- Topographical Survey - 248
- Columbus as a Manufacturing Center - 248
- Financial and Commercial - 250
- Biography & Portraits of John W. Lilley & Walter T. Lilley - 251 |
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CHAPTER XIX - THE MEDICAL PROFESSION |
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- Biography & Portrait of
John W. Russell - 257
- The Legal Profession - 260
- Odd Fellowship in Franklin County by Ivor Hughes Past Grand Master - 262
- Biography & Portrait of George M. Peters - 263 |
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CHAPTER XX - THE PRESS |
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- Biography & Portrait of
Abram Sharp -
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- The State House - 272
- Ohio Penitentiary - 274
- Other Public Institutions - 274
- Biography & Portrait of Gen. Joseph H. Geiger - 275
- Concluding Reflections - 277 |
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- Picture of Ohio State Blind Asylum - 276
- Picture of The New Addition to the State House - 276
- Biography & Portrait of George Leroy Converse - 277
- Picture of Ohio State University - 278
- Biography & Portrait of
David T. Keating - 279
- History of the Institution for the Education of the Deaf & Blind with
Picture - 280
- Biography & Portrait of John G. McGuffey - 281
- Picture of Ohio State Penitentiary - 282
- Biography & Portrait of Charles O. Hunter - 283
- Picture of Institution for Feeble Minded Youth - 284
- Biography & Portrait of John S. Friesner - 285
- Academy St. Mary's of the Springs and Picture - 286
- Biography & Portrait of Salathiel Swepston - 287
- Picture of Franklin County Court House - 288
- Biography & Portrait of Ivor Hughes - 289
- Picture of Old American House built in the '30's - 290
- Picture of First Ohio Lunatic Asylum - 290
- Picture of First Railway Station built in 1850 - 290
- Portrait of Frank L. Beam - 291
- Portraits of John Fischer, DeWitt C. Sawyer & David Goldsmith - 292
- Portraits of E. J. Miller, W. C. Wallace, Chas. W. Duvall and Peter C.
Krause - 293
- Portraits of Oscar E. Halterman, Chapin Burton Beem, Richard Reynolds
and Thomas J. Hartley - 294
- Biography & Portrait of L. W. Sheppard - 295
- Portraits of John J. Beekman, M.D., E. S. Evans, M.D., S. F. Harriman
and V. J. Davis, Hydropathist - 296
- Portraits of J. T. Barr, W. P. Tyler, L. B. Kaufman, Mayor Samuel L.
Swartz, L. H. Crum?, Chas. Lauer & L. Cope?? -
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- The New First National Bank - 298
- Biography & Portrait of C. D. Saviers - 299
- Biography of Willis G. Bowland - 300
- Biography of George G. Moler - 300
- Biography of Charles Richardson Martens - 300
- Portrait of Fred J. Gotshall, Biography of William Armbruster - 301
- and Biography of D. D. Taft, Jr. - 301
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