ITS ERECTION

     The need of a new township, to be carved from the northern part of the originally great Cincinnati township, was not felt with any pressure or made necessary by the pushing of settlement up the Miami purchase, until after Wayne's victory in 1794.  This greatly stimulated removal from the hamlets along the river to the rural districts and invited rapid immigration from abroad.  The next year the court of general quarter sessions of the peace for Hamilton county answered a demand of the growing settlements and somewhat numerous stations up the Mill Creek valley for a new municipality.  Springfield township was accordingly created, to begin at a point in the meridian bounding the east side of township three, in the first entire range, two miles south of the southeast corner of said township three (that is, the present corner of Springfield township); thence north two miles to said southeast corner of township three; thence east two miles to the meridian; thence north six miles to the northern line of the entire range one; thence west to the northern line of the entire range one; thence west to the east boundary of Colerain, which was then as now; thence south along Colerain and South Bend townships eight miles; thence east to the place of beginning.
     This boundary deprived Springfield of its present range of sections on the north in range two township two; but south of the south line of that range gave two tiers of sections - twelve in all, to the present south line of Sycamore, also the ranges of sections across what is now the north part of Mill Creek township.  The western boundary of Springfield was the same as now, except that it began one mile south of its present beginning, and extended two miles further south than now.  The old township contained just sixty sections.
     In the general reconstruction of the townships of Hamilton county in 1803,  Springfield suffered a change.  It was now so bounded as to include the two western tiers of sections in township four, of the first entire range, which it had previously, but which are now in Sycamore township; the two sections next north of them in the second entire range, township three, also in Sycamore, which Springfield did not have before; the five eastern tiers of sections in township three, of the first entire range, all of which Springfield covered previously, but now lost the last tier on the west; one tier of sections immediately north of these, n range two, township two, which was a new acquisition of five sections to Springfield; and the same amount on the south, from what is now Mill Creek, but was only five-twelfths of the former possession of Springfield in this direction.  By these changes the township had not greatly altered its form, but had shrunk in size from sixty to fifty-four sections.
     Springfield now includes the whole of township three, in the first entire range, and the tier of sections next on the north, in township two, range two.  It is thus, but for a somewhat broken line on the north, a regular parallelogram of uniform length, seven sections with Sycamore and Springfield townships, and of even width - six miles - with Mill Creek township. It contains forty-two sections, some of them being of less than full size, and so yielding altogether but twenty-five thousand eight hundred and ninety-six acres, and is, with the exception of Sycamore, which has the same number of sections but more acres, the largest township in the county.  The south, east, and west boundary lines are run straight, with approximate exactness; the first section parallel from the south is also well run, as well as the meriadians in general; but the parallels proceeding from the second begin at once to break their regularity and soon become exceedingly uneven, growing more and more so to the north line of the township and county, which is here the most broken of any part of the county line, in places almost equaling the zigzags of a Virginia rail fence.

GEOGRAPHY.

     Springfield township is bounded on the north by Butler county, on the east by Sycamore township, south by Mill Creek township, west by Colerain.  The southeast

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TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.

HISTORICAL NOTES.

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THE BEGINNINGS OF SETTLEMENT.

PLEASANT VALLEY STATION.

     MR. HENRY WEAVER, of this settlement, was appointed by Governor St. Clair, in 1794, one of the justices of the peace for Hamilton county, with a very large jurisdiction, in point of territory, considering the extent of the country at that time.  He pushed further to the northward after the treaty of Greenville, settling near the present Middletown, in Butler county, and afterward on Elk creek, Madison township, where he lived the rest of his days, filling honorably, a part of the time, the post of associate judge of the court of common peas, and many lesser offices.

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the patriot who made the offer of a hundred bushels of corn to relieve the garrison at Fort Washington in 1789, as is related elsewhere.  He remained with the Pleasant Valley settlement; also became an associate judge of the court of common pleas, and was killed Aug. 28, 1857, at the great age of eighty-eight years by a gravel train on the Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton railroad, which passed through his farm.
     Foster Hill, in the south part of section four, midway between Glendale and Lockland, is named after his family.

FORTIFIED STATIONS.

[PICTURE OF JOHN RIDDLE]

[PICTURE OF ______ RIDDLE?]

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creek, which swept off their works; and it was not found worth while to rebuild them.

NOTES OF SETTLEMENT.

     LUKE FOSTER was born on Long Island in the year 1761, and came to Hamilton county in 1788, where he first made settlement of the farm now occupied by the widow of Algernon Foster.  His occupation was that of a farmer, although for a time he served as judge of the court of common pleas of Hamilton county.  As he prospered he kept constantly adding to his first purchase, until he became finally one of the most prominent land holders in the county.  He died at the advanced age of ninety-nine years previously, and they both are buried near each other in the cemetery at Reading.  Further notices of this veteran pioneer appear elsewhere.

     ALGERMON SIDNEY FOSTER, the subject of the following sketch, was born in the eyar 1805, on the farm now occupies by his widow, at the age of sixty-one.  He married Miss Laura T. Rudebock, a native of New Jersey.  At about the age of twenty-three he graduated at Oxford school, and afterwards sought the legal profession as his choice, but owing to the indisposition of his parents to have him from home, he was compelled to yield to their wishes, and ever after followed the occupation of farming.  He was a gentleman of remarkable ability and intelligence, esteemed and respected wherever known.  He was an industrious and hard-working man, although highly cultivated and refined.  He died in the year 1880, after having lived a life of usefulness.  He left a companion who was ever ready to share alike with him all the cares and disappointments that are so common in life, and his loss to her was irreparable.  His remains were interred in the Spring Grove cemetery.  Few are they whose names may grace the pages of this volume that were so well worthy as Algernon Foster.

     Among the first white children born in Hamilton county was one DANIEL CAMERON, who was born in the year 1786(?)  Immediately after attaining his majority he married Miss Sarah S. Haines, daughter of an early pioneer of the county.  He and his family experienced all the bitterness and privations of real pioneer life.  To Mr. and Mrs. Cameron were born six children: Robert H., Daniel, James H., Caroline, and Betsey.  The surviving children of this family are Betsey, and Daniel, who was born in the year 1832.  His business has been that of farming.  He married, in the year 1858, Miss Maria Moore,  Seven children have been given them: Watson, Allie, Daniel, George B. McClellan, Clara, and two dying in infancy unnamed.  Mr. Cameron is one of the industrious citizens of the township, and is pleasantly situated on a farm of one hundred and sixteen acres - the old Haines homestead.

     BENJAMIN PERLEE was born in the year 1769, in New Jersey.  From this State he removed to Cincinnati in 1795.  He lived till the year 1845, when he died at his home in Springfield township.  His first business was that of tailoring, but he subsequently became a farmer.  Mary Peterson, his wife, was born in 1770, and died in 1852.  Peter and John are the only surviving children; the latter is now living on the old homestead.  On this farm his father made settlement in the year 1795 or 1796.  It was there in the woods, with no improvements what ever, John Perlee was born in 1811.  In 1835 he was married to Miss Maria Pearson. They have had five children: Caroline, Martha J., Benjamin, Peter, and Eugene; all have died excepting Caroline and Benjamin.  Mr. and Mrs. Perlee are both members of the Presbyterian church, to which they have given material aid, as well as sustaining it by their active Christian lives.

     DOMINICUS VANDYKE was born in New Jersey in the year 1779.  In 1795 or 1796 he emigrated to Ohio, where he settled in Springfield township, on which place he died in 1814.  By trade he was a carpenter and cabinetmaker.  Mary, his wife, was born in 1786, and died in 1876.  There are now living only Mary Ann who resides in Washington, Indiana, and William, the oldest son and subject of the following sketch.  He was born in Springfield township in the year 1809.  His father died when he was but five years of age, leaving him to fight the battle of life alone.  At the age of fourteen he went as an apprentice to Cincinnati to learn the trade of harnessmaker and saddler.  In the year 1832 he came to Springfield and established himself in business here.  He industriously and successfully pursued his occupation for a period of about forty years.  He was married in the year 1834 to Miss Martha A. Sentny, and to them were born three children: Mary F., Charles H., and one that died unnamed.  Mr. Vandyke has always been one of the business men of Springfield; a citizen respected and esteemed.  This worthy couple are now living a quiet and retired life, and are both remarkably well preserved for their years.

     WILLIAM McGILLIARD, the fourth son of John and Elizabeth McGilliard, of whom a sketch is given elsewhere, was born in Springfield township in the year 1819.  He resided with his parents until the time of his marriage, in 1839 to Miss Rebecca Cregar.  Eight children have been born - four sons and four daughters: Emeline, John, Hattie, George, Edward, Stanley, Laura, and Ida May.  Emeline, Hattie, and George are not now living.  Mr. McGilliard is one of the most enterprising farmers in his township and county.   He served in the capacity of trustee of the township for thirteen years.  He and his companion are reliable members of the Christian church.

     JAMES MOORE was born in Pennsylvania, York county in the year 1768.  In 1796 he settled in Springfield township.  At various times he served as school teacher, land surveyor, and justice of the peace.  His regular business, however, was that of a farmer.  His wife, Jane Moore was born in 1771, and died in 1855.  Those now alive of the original family are David, residing in Springfield township, and Roert W.  The father died at his home in the year 1829.  Robert was born in 1803, and now owns and occupies his father's place.  In 1832 he was married to Demaris Whallon.  They have nine children - six sons and three daughters: James W., William, Thomas W., Sarah Jane, Robert W., Hattie A., Frank, Allen J., and Lucy B.   Sarah, Robert, Hat-

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tie, and Frank, are not living.  Mr. Moore and his wife have both been members of a Christian church for a long time, and are zealous supporters of the faith they profess.  Mr. Moore has almost reached his four-scour years, and but for an injury sustained from a fall in 1878, would have probably survived many years longer.  James W. and Allen reside at home superintending the farm and caring for their aged parents in their declining years.  James has been married to Miss Elizabeth Field, Thomas to Miss Phoebe A. Roll, and William to Miss Lucretia Hoel.

     JACOB R. COMPTON was born in New Jersey, in 1760.  In 1796 he made his first settlement in Columbia township, having emigrated into Ohio from Kentucky.  His business was that of a cooper, at one time, and afterward that of a farmer.  He died in 1821 at his home in Columbia township.  Ermina Compton, his wife, was born in 1760 and died in 1840.  Abraham, who was born in 1796, in the State of Kentucky, came with his parents to Hamilton county, with whom he remained till the year 1812, when, a lad of eighteen, he enlisted in the army.  Unhurt, he returned to his home, crowned with all the honor our gallant sons justly received.  He was married at the age of twenty, to Abigail Philips by whom he had thirteen children- five sons and eight daughters.  Oliver died from disease in the war of 1861; Freeman, Alfred, John A. (killed in the Mexican war), Spencer (now deceased), Catharine, Emma (also deceased), Sarah, Elvira and hetty (both deceased), Hannah and one dying in infancy unnamed.  Mr. Compton is a gentleman remarkable for his memory.  His business has been that of a farmer and carpenter, which he has industriously pursued for almost three-quarters of a century.  He and his wife are and have been active members of the Baptist church for many years.

     JAMES CARNAHAN

     AARON LANE

     JOHN M. WRIGHT

     HENRY BOLSER

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     SAMUEL SEWARD

     The McCORMICK FAMILY

     DAVID SPRONG,

     JAMES WHALLON made his first settlement in Sycamore township in the year 1800.  He was born in 1770 in New Jersey, from which State he emigrated into Ohio.  He died at his home in Springfield township in 1849.  He was by occupation a farmer; at one time served six years as justice of the peace, and was an active member of the army in the War of 1812.  His wife, Ollie Whallon, was born in 1773 and died in 1847, two years before her husband's death.  The surviving members of the family are Nancy Roll, Damaris Moore, Synthia Stone, Thomas, and Benjamin, the fourth son and subject of the following sketch.

     BENJAMIN WHALLON was born in Sycamore township in 1807.  He made his home with his parents until his marriage, in 1830, to Miss Eliza Moore, daughter of an early pioneer.  Two years later his wife died, leaving an infant daughter, Eliza.  In 1835 he married Sarah Stone, who became the mother of three children - Nancy, Elizabeth, and James.  In 1843 his second wife died.  In 1847 he was wedded to Margaret S. Griffin.  The home in which he now lives with his family joins the old homestead where his father settled in 1811.  The Presbyterian church has for a long time received his liberal support, his wife as well as himself being among its best members.  It may be added as a matter of interest that Mr. Whallon has attended a whipping at home or at school (suggest-

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ive to the opposite as the name may be), and has never taken a chew of tobacco or smoked a cigar.

     WILLIAM PIERSON

     BENJAMIN URMSTON

     BARNABAS HOEL

     JOHN LaRUE

     WILLIAM McCASH

     PETER LABOYTEAUX

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     Among the early settlers of Springfield township none were more prominent than the JOHNSONS.  Cary Johnson came to Springfield township on horseback from Bascom Ridge, New Jersey, in 1804.  He was born in the year 1781, and at the age of twenty-three he started for the land of promise.  His first settlement in Ohio was the farm now owned and occupied by his son, CARY BENSON.  Here he began life.  He at once set about erecting a cabin and clearing away the forest.  In the year 1805 he was married to Miss Rachel Jessup, by whom he had nine children - four sons and five daughters: Drucilla, Jemima, Jane, John, Abner, Sarah A., Hampton, Augusta, and Cary B.  All are now dead, but Sarah Munger and Cary B., who resides in Jackson county, Iowa.  The father departed this life in the year 1866, surviving his companion but three years; and they both are buried in the little burial ground near New Burlington.  Now the only representative of this household residing in Hamilton county is Cary Benson, who was born in the year 1832.  His business has always been that of farming.  He married, in the year 1859, Miss Sarah L. Jackson.  Mr. Johnson is one of the thrifty farmers of his township.  while he has no membership with any church, his sympathies are with the Universalists.  He is pleasantly located on a finely improved farm near Mount Pleasant, surrounded by every comfort necessary to his wants.
     RACHEL JESSUP, wife of Cary Johnson, was born in 1787 in the State of New Jersey, and came with her parents to Springfield township in the year 1794, coming from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati on a flat boat.  The farm on which the family first settled had been selected some time previous by an older brother, Stephen Jessup, who came from Pennsylvania on foot to seek more suitable and productive lands.  Stephen Jessup was grandfather to the noted poets, the Cary sisters.

     REUBEN S. COMPTON

     BENJAMIN WALDEN

     JACOB HOFFNER

     THOMAS HOFFNER

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     JOHN C. HOFFNER,

     HENRY ROGERS, sr.

     JOHN M. WOZENCRAFT came to Cincinnati in 1806.  He was born in Wales, but emigrated to the State of Ohio from Baltimore, Maryland.  In his sixty-fourth year, while in South Carolina and on his way to England, he died.  His wife, Hannah, lived to be nearly ninety-two years of age.  Her death occurred in San Vermideno, California.  Of this family there now remain Dr. O. M. Wozencraft, of San Francisco, California - a man of great professional prominence; and Captain J. J. Wozencraft, who was born in Cincinnati Aug. 6, 1807.  Prior to his marriage he was with his father in business.  At the age of seventeen he learned the dinner's trade with Mr. Norman Bird, and remained ten years.  After completing his trade, his faithful and prompt attention to his employer's wishes was so appreciated that he was given the position of superintendent.  In 1828 he married Miss Olivia King, daughter of Alexander King, the first deputy sheriff of Hamilton county.  Four sons and three daughters were given them: John M., Anna E., William A., ex-mayor of Paris, Illinois; Oliver, who was killed by the explosion of an engine; Edwin D., who was band master for three years during the late war; Martha M. and Mary Ellen, now wife of John Fisher, an extensive manufacturer of carriages in Cincinnati.  The life of our subject has been one of position and prosperity.  For eleven successive years he was elected commander of the Fire Company No. 5, of Cincinnati.  He was the first grand worthy chief Templar west of the Alleghanies, besides holding other honorable places.  he has ever been an active leader in advancing and improving society, and a firm advocate of law and order.  His estimable wife has always been a devout Christian.  They have acquired a good property that now enables them to live at ease.  Their home is at Mount Pleasant.

     MR. JACOB SKILLMAN

     ABIEZER MILES

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     WILLIAM McLEAN

     SAMUEL JOHNSON, sr.

     MAJOR WILLIAM COX came from New Jersey to Hamilton county, Colerain township, in 1809.  He was a stone mason, and was out in the War of 1812, where he acquired his military title.  He had but two children, Tunis and Martha.  The former settled in Springfield, near New Burlington, where he kept the old Eleven-mile House, or Farmer's Rest on the Hamilton pike, which was known as one of the best hotels of the county outside the city.   He had twelve children, evenly divided as to sex, among whom was George Washington Cox, now of Loveland, next to the youngest of the family.  He was born Dec. 27, 1837, at New Burlington, and was brought up at the hotel and on the farm connected with it.  In 1874 he removed to Lockland, where he is now engaged in keeping a livery stable.  He was married Dec. 10, 1858, to Rebecca Ayres, of Springfield township, and again, after her death in 1864, to Mrs. Hartin (Hole) Smith, widow of Oscar Smith, Jan. 22, 1868.  He has three children, one, Lenroy, now twenty years old, by his first wife, and the others, twins, by the second wife, Elva, a son, and Idella, a daughter, eleven years old.

     ELISHA C. WALDEN

     PHILANDER ALLEN

     DANIEL BROWN

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     JOEL BROWN

     JACOB FIELD

     JOHN T. SNODGRASS was born in Hamilton county, Oct. 7, 1812.  He remained at his early home till his marriage with Miss Catherine Hoffner, in the spring of 1836.  Eleven children were born to them - William, Thomas, John, Jethro, Oliver, Felty A., Mary F., Angeline, Harriet, James B., and Albert.  All are dead but Angeline, who married George Laboyteaux, one of the prominent merchants of Mount Pleasant.  Mr. Snodgrass served as trustee of the township a number of years.  He died in the year 1868, while in Minnesota recruiting his health.  He, as well as his wife, was a member of the Christian church.  Mrs. Snodgradd, with her son-in-law and daughter, reside in a comfortable home in Mount Pleasant.

     JOHN WOLVERTON first settled in Springfield township, in 1814.  In 1783 he was born in New Jersey, from which State he moved to Ohio.  His death occurred in Iowa, in the year 1850.  Eary in his life he carried on the business of weaving, but later became a farmer.   Mary Hoagland, his wife, was born in 1789, and died in 1835.  The children are John, Alfred, William, Milton, Harriet, Neely, Ann Laboyteaux, and Amos, who resides in the township, and is the subject of the following sketch.  Amos Wolverton was born in New Jersey, in 1811, and came with his parents to Ohio in 1814.  In 1833 he married Miss Rebecca Carl, daughter of a pioneer.  The fruit of this union was nine children - three sons and six daughters: David, William, Thomas, Eliza Ann, Eveline, Mary, Harriet, Matilda and one that died in infancy.  Mr. Wolverton is one of the few remaining pioneers of Hamilton county, a good and esteemed citizen.  While he is not associated with any church organizatior, he is a moral man, and lives what he believes.  This worthy couple have now reached their three-score and ten years, and are remarkably well preserved for their years.

     WILLIAM RIDDLE, grandson of the famous pioneer, Colonel John Riddle, eldest son of John and Catharine Riddle, was born Mar. 15, 1815, and made his home with his parents until his marriage, in 1854, to Miss Lemira S. Burdsall, daughter of one of the pioneer families.  They have had four children - Lydia A., Edgar B., Alice D., and one that died without name in infancy.  He has acquired a comfortable fortune, and his surroundings show more than ordinary thrift and taste.  Both are earnest members of the Church of Christ, and staunch supporters of its institutions.

     JOSEPH CARMAN

     ISAAC LANE

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     JOHN HALL

     ELIJAH HILLS

     JOSHUA YERKES

     BENJAMIN STERRITT

     ELIAS COMPTON

     ARCHIBALD BROWN

     THOMAS WESTON

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     JOHN ADAMS, the eldest son of John and Asenath Adams, was born in the State of Massachusetts in the year 1805.  He assisted his father in cultivating the farm and in the manufacture of barrels, up to the year 1827, when he married and immediately after came to Hamilton county.  To Mr. and Mrs. Adams were born two daughters - Mary Ann and Harriet D.  His pursuit since coming to Ohio has been that of a cooper and farmer.  In the year 1855 he lost his companion.  He was married again, in the year 1856, to Miss Maria Weston.  Mr. and Mrs. Adams are active members of the Universalist church, and have ever been staunch supporters of the faith they profess.  He has retired from business, and he and his family live at east in a comfortable little home in Mount Pleasant.

     JOSEPH B. HALL

     JOHN HALL

     WILLIAM HERBERT

     AUGUSTUS ISHAM

     MR. ALEXANDER BROWN

     MR. JAMES LOVETT

     ANDREW L. SORTER

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     PHILIP DORN, the eldest son of Philip and Catharine Dorn was born in Germany in the year 1809.  He came with his parents to Maryland.  The family removed to Pennsylvania in 1819 or 1820, where the parents resided until the time of their decease.  The son came to Hamilton county in the fall of 1831.  He was a blacksmith by trade, with which business he afterward associated the manufactory of carriages and wagons.  He was twice married, first to Miss Catharine Lowe, by whom he had nine children, six sons and three daughter_ - Alexander, John, William, Gilbert, Frank, Martha, Ruth, Ellen, and Louisa, and one son who died in infancy.  Louisa, William, and John are dead.  Mr. Dorn lost his companion about the year 1852.  He was afterward married to Miss Susannah Aldman, and there were added to the family five children, three sons and two daughters - Albert, Mary, Julia, John, and Philip, all now living.   For almost half a century Mr. Dorn has been one of the prominent business men of the county.  He began at the bottom of the ladder, but by hard labor and wise economy he has climbed upward, and to-day ranks among the most prosperous of his community.  while he is not associated with any church he is interested in public improvement, and is an earnest advocate of the right.  His wife is an active member of the United Brethren church.  Although past his three-score and ten years, he is yet in the manufacturing business, and successfully superintends all his affairs.

     DAVID H. GILLESPIE

     HENRY MOSER

     MR. J. H. STORY

GLENDALE.

[PORTRAIT OF GEORGE W. WALKER]

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the place, is eighty feet wide.  Colonel Maxwell, in his admirable book on the suburbs of Cincinnati, says:

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LOCKLAND

BENJAMIN URMSTON
(between pp. 378 - 379)

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SPRINGDALE.

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REEVES McGILLIARD, Esq.
(between pp. 380 - 381)

JOHN ROSS FIELD
(between pp. 380 - 381)

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MOUNT PLEASANT.

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HARTWELL,

a little northeast of Carthage, on the opposite side of Mill creek, and on section one, in the southeast corner of the township, and on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton and Short Line railroads, was laid out in 1868 by the Hamilton County Building association, and named from Mr. John  W. Hartwell, who was vice president of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railroad when its station was located there.  It had a population of but sixty-seven in 1870, which ten years later had mounted to eight hundred and ninety-two, largely of persons doing business in Cincinnati and having suburban residences here.  A Methodist church and a  good graded school are located here.  It was incorporated Sept. 9, 1876.

WYOMING

is west of Lockland, on the other side of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railroad.  It was surveyed in the fall of 1869, by Isaac Riddle, for the Lockland & Wyoming Homestead association; was incorporated for special purposes Dec. 7, 1879, and for general purposes Mar. 25, 1874.  Its mayor, the latter year, was Mr. W. B. Teetor.  It had eight hundred and forty inhabitants by the census of June, 1880.  The Presbyterian church here is in charge of the Rev. M. Maxwell.

NEW BURLINGTON

has had, likewise for postal reasons, to change its name to Transit Post Office.  It is an old place near the west line of the township, one and a half miles northwest of Mt. Pleasant.  It was laid out May 31, 1816, by John Pegg.  In 1830 it had sixty-two inhabitants.

GREENWOOD

is a village plat surveyed in 1858 by C. S. Woodruff, on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railroad, between Lockland and Wyoming, by whose growth and fame its own have become considerably obscured.

PARK PLACE,

on the same iron road, a little northwest of Greenwood, was laid off in 1877, by the Park Place Land and Building company.

FOSTER HILL

is next north of Park Place on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railroad, east side, in the neighborhood of the first white settlements made in Springfield township.

WOODLAWN

is a short distance north of Foster Hill, on the same section, four, and the same side of the railroad, near the township line, not far from the south corporation line of Glendale.

ELLISTON

is a station north of Glendale, on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railroad, laid out in 1868, by W. F. Muchmore, and named from Mr. John W. Ellis, a resident of the neighborhood.

MAPLEWOOD

is another station and village on this railroad, platted in 1873, by Joseph F. Mills.  It is now incorporated with Hartwell village in one municipality.

THE POPULATION

of Springfield township in 1870 was six thousand five hundred and eight-four, and in 1880 had increased to seven thousand nine hundred and seventy-five.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

JOSEPH JACKSON with portrait
     and portrait of Mrs. Joseph Jackson

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HON. JOHN  MORROW COCHRAN

CAPTAIN GEORGE W. WALKER

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