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Welcome to
HANCOCK COUNTY, OHIO
History & Genealogy

Source:
History of Hancock County, Ohio -
Geographical and Statistical.
By
Jacob A. Spathe
The B. F. Wade Printing Co. Toledo
1903

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter Author's Preface PAGE
I - Organization and Formation of County  - Finished 6/2/2024 15
II - Mound Builders in Hancock County 33
III - Indians in Hancock County 35
IV - Hancock County in the War of 1812 41
V - Hancock County Pioneers  - Finished 6/2/2024 47
VI Surface, Soil and Drainage 51
VII Hancock County in the Mexican War 55
VIII Railroads 57
IX The Underground Railroad - Finished 6/6/2024 61
X Hancock County in the Civil War 65
XI Bar of Hancock County 71
   - Edson Goit
 - Arnold F. Merriam
 - John H. Morrison
 - Jacob Barnd
 - Jude Hall
 - Hon. Charles W. O'Neal
 - Abel F. Parker
 - Ezra Brown
 - Elijah Williams
 - M. C. Whiteley
 - William M. Patterson
 - Hon. James M. Coffinberry
 - Charles S. Coffinberry
 - Aaron H. Bigelow
 - John E. Rosette
 - Henry Brown
 - William Gribben
 - Aaron Blackford
 - William Mungen w/photo
 - Andrew "Count" Coffinberry
 - John F. Capels
 - Daniel B. Beardsley
 - William C. Bunts
 - Hon.. John M. Palmer
 - Colonel James A. Bope
 - Jacob F. Burket  - w/photo
 - Elijah T. Dunn
 - George F. Pendleton
 - HANCOCK COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
 
XII Newspapers of Hancock County 87
XIII Gas and Oil Industry 93
XIV Court Houses 99
XV The Jails 107
XVI Hancock County Infirmary 109
XVII Hancock County Agricultural Society 111
XVIII Hancock County in the War with Spain 113
XIX Physicians of the County
 - Bass Rawson
 - William H. Baldwin
 - Charles Oesterlin
 - Dr. William D. Carlin
 - Anson Hurd
 - Lorenzo Firmin
 - William M. Detwiler
 - Tobias G. Barnhill
 - Franklin Wayne Entrikin
 - Francis W. Firmin
 - Jacob A. Kimmel
117
XX Banks
 - The Farmer's National Bank
 - The American National Bank
 - The City Banking Company
 - The Commercial Bank and Savings Company
125
XXI Labor Organizations
 - Dr. Joseph Michnewitsch.
129
XXII Hancock County Schools 133
XXIII Hancock County Churches 145
XXIV The Grand Army 151
  First Entry of Land in Each Township - Finished 5/25/2019 153
  Location and Incorporation of Villages - Finished 6/3/2024 155
  Legislators for Hancock County - Finished 5/25/2019 161
   - Auditors of Hancock County 162
   - Commissioners 163
   - Clerks 164
   - Coroners 165
   - Infirmary Directors 165
   - Probate Judges 166
   - Prosecuting Attorneys 166
   - Recorders 167
   - Sheriffs 168
   - Surveyors 168
   - School Examiners 169
   - Treasurers 170
  Abstract of Personal Property 172
  Abstract of Duplicates 180
  Births and Deaths - Statistics 190
  Marriage and Divorce Statistics 191
  Miscellaneous Officials
 - City Officers
 - Member of Congress
 - Common Pleas Judges
 - Associate Judges
192
  First Settler in Each Township - Finished 6/4/2024 194
  "The First" - Finished 6/4/2024 195
  Tax Laws 197
  Roster of Hancock County Soldiers in the Civil War - Partial 5/24/2019 201
  Roll of Honor - Finished 5/24/2019 286
  Roster of Hancock County Soldiers in Spanish American War  - Finished 307
   - Miscellaneous Companies - Finished 5/24/2019 309
  Relics from "Indian Green" - Finished 6/2/2024 311
 


- ILLUSTRATIONS -

 
  Brehm, George 44
  Burket, Jacob F., Hon. 80
  Central Avenue Maple Grove Cemetery 144
  City Hall, Findlay 50
  Court House - First 99
  County Infirmary 139
  Central School Building 139
  Court House - Second 100
  Court House - Present 102
  Court House - Present 106
  County Jail - First 107
  County Jail - Present 108
  English Lutheran Church, Findlay 148
  Findlay College 140
  First Frame Residence in Hancock County 98
  First Brick Residence in Hancock County 98
  Fort Findlay 42
  Fountain, Maple Grove Cemetery 92
  High School Building, Findlay 142
  Main Entrance, Maple Grove Cemetery 128
  Methodist Church, Findlay 146
  Members of Hancock County Bar Association 86
  Michnewitsch, Joseph 131
  Mortuary Chapel, Maple Grove Cemetery 132
  Mungen, William, Hon. 79
  Orphan's Home 56
  Presbyterian Church, Findlay 147
  Residence of Superintendent of Maple Grove Cemetery 112
  South Avenue, Maple Grove Cemetery 116
  View of Main Street, Findlay, by Gaslight 95
  View of Main Street, Findlay 46
  View of Central Part of Findlay, 1846 54
  Woods, John A. 63

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