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CHAPTER I. - THE EARLY NORTHWEST ---- pg. 17 |
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- Robert Chevalier LaSalle
- the first White Explorer
of the Ohio Valley
- His Journey of 1669-70
-
Probability of his having Explored the Muskingum
- The
West little known to the English prior to 1740
- Early
Englishmen in the Ohio Valley
- DeBienville's
Expedition, 1749
- Curious Discovery at the mouth of the
Muskingum
- The Colonial Ohio Land Company, of Virginia
- Its Efforts to Promote Settlement Unsuccessful
- First
Military Expedition of the English in the Ohio Valley
-
Colonel Bouquet's Bloodless Victory
- Washington
on the Ohio in 1770
- Virginia Establishes the County of
Illinois
- Early Ownership of the Northwest
-
Conflicting Claims
- Cession of Various State Claims
-
Indian Treaties, 1784 to 1795. |
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CHAPTER II. - THE ABORIGINES OF OHIO ---- pg. 31 |
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-
Southeastern Ohio Before its Occupation by the White Man
- Evidence of a Great but Extinct People
- Indians of
Ohio
- Original Tribes
- Conquest of the Country by the
Iroquois
- Indian Towns
- The Delawares of the Muskingum
and the Tuscarawas
- Their Traditions
- Other Indian
Nations
- Estimate of the Number of Warriors, 1778
-
Colonel James Smith's Account of his Experience
Among the Indians of the Muskingum Valley, 1755
-
Interesting Pictures of Savage Life in the Wilderness
-
Reminiscences by William Corner
- An Indian Trail
in Morgan County. |
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CHAPTER III. - MEASURES REGARDING TERRITORIAL
GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC LANDS AND SURVEYS ---- pg. 43 |
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-
The Ordinance of 1784
- The Act of 1785 Regarding
Western Lands and the Survey Thereof
- Squatters and
Intruders on the Public Lands
- Attempts to Disperse
Them
- Names of Squatter Settlers in Eastern Ohio in
1785
- Preparations for Establishing a Garrison at the
Mouth of the Muskingum
- Fort Harmar built in 1785
- The
Survey of the First Seven Ranges
- The Work Begun and
Abandoned in 1785 is Resumed and Continued in 1786
- A
Virginia Cornhusking, 1786
- The Sale of a Tract to the
Ohio Company
- The Survey Resumed under the Act of May
18, 1796
- Manner of Disposing of Public Land
-
Donations to Ebenezer Zane
- The Military Lands
-
Establishment of Land Offices
- The Ordinance of 1787 |
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CHAPTER IV. - THE OHIO COMPANY ---- pg. 61 |
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-
First Steps Toward Organizing the Ohio Company
-
Conference of Generals Putnam and Tupper
-
Meeting in Boston
- Statement of its Objects
- Dr.
Cutler Appointed to Conduct negotiations with
Congress
- His Ability and Success as an Agent
- The
Ordinance of Freedom
- Reasons for Selecting Lands on
the Muskingum
- The Proposed City and Colony
- Measures
in Relation to the Same
- The Survey
- Final Adjustment
of the Company's Affairs
- The Purchase as Finally
Concluded
- The Donation Lands
- Division of Lands Among
Shareholders. |
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CHAPTER V. - WASHINGTON COUNTY AND THE NORTHWEST
TERRITORY ---- pg. 71 |
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-
1788 to 1803
- Remarkable Prediction about the Ohio
Country by Dr. Cutler
- The Company of
Adventurers
- Their Winter Journey Across the Mountains
- Arrival of the Mayflower at the Muskingum, April 7,
1788
- Names of the Founders of Marietta
- Origin of the
term Buckeye
- Establishment of Townships
- The Birth of
a State
- Attempt to Legalize Slavery in Ohio
-
Settlements at Belpre and Waterford
- The Settlement at
Big Bottom. |
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CHAPTER VI. - THE INDIAN WAR - 1790 TO 1795 ---- pg. 81 |
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-
Primary Causes of the War
- Preparations for a Treaty
-
The Treaty Made at Fort Harmar in January, 1789
- Attack
on the Ohio Company's Surveying Party
- The Colony at
Big Bottom
- Murder of the Settlers
- Two Men Elude the
Indians and Warn the neighboring Settlements
- The
Colony Formed at Olive Green in 1794
- The Indian
Silver-hells
- Wayne's Victory. |
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CHAPTER VII. - PIONEERS AND PIONEER LIFE ---- pg. 99
- Partially Done |
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-
Description of the Log Cabin and the Manner of its
Erection
- The Kitchen Utensils of the Pioneer Household
- The Bill of Fare and How it was prepared
- Fish and
Game
- Pioneer Agriculture
- Rude Implements
- Woman's
Work
- Pioneer Preachers
- The Early Schools
- Manner of
Travel. |
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CHAPTER VIII. - CIVIL HISTORY OF MORGAN COUNTY ---- pg.
108 |
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-
Morgan County Erected December 29, 1817
- Its Original
Boundaries
- Organization in 1819
- First Election in
April 1819
- Controversy over the County Seat
-
McConnelsville Selected
- Attempt to Change the Location
of the Seat of Changes in the County's Boundaries
-
Township Organization
- Children's Home
- County Justice
- Infirmary
- How the Pauper Question was Managed in
Olden Times
- Civil Roster. |
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CHAPTER IX. - INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS AND RIVER NAVIGATION
---- pg. 125 |
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-
Early Roads
- Mails and Postoffices
- Old-Time Star
Routs
- Pioneer Boating on the Muskingum
- The "Orleans"
Boats
- The "Rufus Putnam" Passage Up the Muskingum in
January, 1824
- McConnelsville Navigators
- The
River Improvement
- Railroad Projects
- A Railroad at
Last
- The Bridge at McConnelsville
- Early Mills. |
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CHAPTER X. - THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD ----pg. 150
FINISHED 9/12/2022 |
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-
The Origin of the Underground Railroad
- Its Route in
Morgan County
- Success of the Road
- Anecdotes and
Incidents of Slavery Days
- A Prominent Official of the
Road in Morgan County
- How Slaves were Assisted to Gain
their Liberty
- Slave Hunters and Isaac Clendenin
- A Spy's Uncomfortable Predicament
- Escape of a White
Man's Wife and Children. |
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CHAPTER XI. - PHYSICAL FEATURES OF MORGAN COUNTY ----
pg. 157 |
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-
Topography
- Soil and Productions
- Agricultural and
Mineral Resources
- Coal
- Salt Manufacturing
-
Zuriel Sherwood, The Pioneer Saltmaker of Morgan
County
- How Salt was Carried to Market in the Early
Days
- Natural Gas
- Stone's Well
- Petroleum
- The
Extent of the Business, 1860-1854. |
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CHAPTER XII. - MILITARY ---- pg. 166
- FINISHED 9/19/2022 |
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- Volunteer Militia -166
-
Early organization in Morgan County - 166
- The Mexican
Campaign -
169
- Morgan in the
Rebellion - 170
- 17th Regiment - Co. H - 171
- 26th Regiment - 2d Co. - 172
- 25th Reg. - Co. H. - 174
- 2nd West Virginia Cavalry - Co. E - 177
- Capt. Scott's Cavalry Co. - 179
- 18th Regiment - 179
- 17th Regiment - three years - 181
- 62d Regiment - Cos. B & I - 183
- 77th Regiment - Co. F - 190
- 78th Regiment - Co. E - 193
- 86th Regiment - Co. F - 198
- 97th Regiment - Cos. C & D - 199
- 122d Regiment - Co. C - 206
- 161st Regiment, Ohio National Guard - 210
- 1st Regiment Heavy Artillery - 214
- 182d Regiment - Co. C - 217
- 78th O. V. I. - Co. D - 218
- 77th O. V. I. - Co. K. 218
- U. S. Signal Detachment - 219
- 193d O. V. I. - Co. E - 219
- Miscellaneous List - 219
- Captain Joseph Francis Sonnanstine - 221
- Hughes Post No. 285, G. A. R. - 221
- Reminiscences of Prison Experience - 222
Sharon's note: You will see some extra titles I
found in this chapter within the pages' titles. |
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CHAPTER XIII. - MORGAN'S RAID ---- pg. 227
FINISHED
9/19/2022 |
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His raid in Ohio
- Morgan's Retreat
- He Encamps in
Deerfield Township
- Experience of the Zanesville Scouts
- Consternation at McConnelsville on Receipt of a Despatch, "Morgan is Coming"
- The Crossing of the River
at Eagleport by the Rebels
- The Skirmish
- A Citizen
Killed
- Capture and Imprisonment of Morgan
- His
Escape. |
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CHAPTER XIV. - LOCAL POLITICS - THE COUNTY PRESS ----
pg. 235 |
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-
Origin of the "Brimstone" and "Junto" Factions in the
County
- Their Leaders
- The Local Press
- Progress and
Influence of Journalism
- The First Paper "The Morgan
Sentinel"
- "The Genius of Liberty"
- The First
Democratic Organ
- The Newspaper War in McConnelsville
-
Description of an Early Copy of "the "Sentinel"
-
"Morgan Record"
- "Valley Democrat"
- "Democratic Guard"
- "The Chronicle"
- "The Enquirer"
- "The Conservative"
- "The McConnelsville Democrat"
- Whit and Republican
Papers
- "The Advocate"
- "The Whig Standard"
- Contents
of an Early Number
- "The Independent"
- The
McConnelsville Herald" |
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CHAPTER XV. - THE BENCH AND BAR OF MORGAN COUNTY ----
pg. 252
FINISHED 9/11/2022 |
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-
The First Courts
- The Primitive Court House
- The Early
Courts and Lawyers
- John Doland, the First
Attorney
- Hon. John E. Hanna
- James L. Gage,
and Other Early Lawyers
- Hon. J. M. Gaylord
- Hon.
Elijah Hayward
- Hon. E. E. Evans
- Colonel Melvin
Clarke
- Hon. Isaac Parrish
- Hon. C. B. Tompkins
-
Judge F. W. Wood
- Royal T. Sprague
- General F. B. Pond
- Biographies of Members of the Present Bar
- Judge
Newell Corner,
Hon. E. M. Stanbery |
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CHAPTER XVI. - THE MEDICAL PROFESSION ---- pg. 270
FINISHED 7/25/2020 |
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-
The First Physician
- Dr. David McGarry at Olive
Before the Formation of Morgan County
- Dr. Ziba
Adams
- Other Early Doctors
- Dr. Samuel A.
Barker
- His Life and Public Services
- Dr. P. B.
Johnson
- His Influence and Prominence as a
Politician
- Dr. Charles Robertson
- Present
Members of the Profession. |
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CHAPTER XVII. - McCONNELLSVILLE ---- pg. 291
IN PROCESS starting 7/18/2020 |
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-
Original Plat of the Town, 1817
- Donation of Lots by
General McConnel
- Jacob Kahler, the First
Settler
- The Pioneers of the Village
- Hotel Keepers
-
Merchants and Mechanics
- Anecdotes
- A Picture of
Pioneer Village Life
- Later Settlers and Industries
-
Banks
- Incorporation of the Town
- Property Holders in
1836
- A Glance at the Names of Former Business Men
-
Business of 1886
- Reminiscences
- Celebration of the
Fourth, 1820
- Telegraph Companies
- Early Schools
- The
New Schoolhouse
- Temperance Work in the Town and County
- Early Temperance Workers
- The McConnelsville
Ordinance
- Churches of McConnelsville
- Lodges
-
BIOGRAPHIES |
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CHAPTER XVIII. - MORGAN ---- pg. 333
- FINISHED 7/27/2020 |
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-
Early Elections
- The First Magistrate
- Roster of
Pioneers
- Deacon Miles
- The Juntos and
Brimstones
- Old Joe
- Election Customs
-
Memorable Contest Between the Juntos and the
Brimstones
- Early Courts
- Court Attendance of
Pioneer Days
- Tavern Gatherings Reminiscences
-
Personal Incidents |
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CHAPTER XIX. - MALTA - THE VILLAGE AND THE TOWNSHIP ----
pg. 342 IN PROCESS starting
7/24/2020 |
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-
Malta Village
- Platted in 1817
- The Early Settlers
-
The Pools, Bells and Others
- Judge Young
- The Ferry
- The First Stores and Industries
- The
Origin and Growth of Various Business Interests
-
Manufacturers
- The Brown-Manly Plow Company
-
Churches, Lodges, Etc.
- Malta Township
- Its
organization
- Pioneer Settlers
- A Novel Mill
-
Dawes' Store and Tannery
- Abe and Bill Hughes
and Their Advent. |
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CHAPTER XX. - PENN ---- pg. 378
- FINISHED 9/12/2022 |
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-
Early Settlers from Belmont and Jefferson Counties
-
Names of Pioneers
- Organization of the Township
- First
Election
- Later Settlers
- Anecdote
- Family Sketches
- Pierpont's Mill
- Pennsville
- An Old Village
- Laid Out
in 1828
- Growth of the First Decade
- Churches
- I. O.
O. F. |
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CHAPTER XXI. - WINDSOR ---- pg. 391
- IN PROCESS 7/25/2020 |
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-
The Largest Township of the County
- The Earliest
Settlement
- The Big Bottom Massacre
- Site of the Block
House
- New England Influences
- Fruit Culture
- Early
Inhabitants Along the River
- The Hill Farms and "Rabbit
Lands"
- The Old Mill at Luke Clute
- Pioneer Families
-
Melancholy Event at a Wolfe Hunt
- Joel Sherman
Killed
- The Noted Fisherman of the Valley
- Canoeing
-
A Pioneer's Experiences
- Remarkable Religious
Excitement
- The "Six Weeks' Meeting" in 1819
- Early
Schools and Teachers
- Mercantile and Industrial Items
-
The Village of Stockport
- A good Trading Point
- The
Settlement, Origin and Growth of the Town
- Lodges
-
Churches
- BIOGRAPHICAL |
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CHAPTER XXII. - MARION ---- pg. 430
- FINISHED 9/11/2022 |
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A Part of Athens County until 1845
- Its Original
Boundaries
- A Prosperous and Well-Improved Township
-
An Industrious and Thrifty Population
- The Early
Settlers
- The Influence of the Friends
- Captain
Lovell's Experiences
- Other Pioneers
- Primitive
Election Methods
- Early Justices
- Scarcity of Money
-
The Village of Chester Hill
- Its Origin
- Early
Settlers and Their Occupation
- The Town in the Woods
Becomes Wealthy and Prosperous
- Schools, Churches,
Lodges, Etc.
- Personal Mention |
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CHAPTER XXIII. - DEERFIELD ---- pg. 452
- FINISHED 7/19/2020 |
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-
An Old Township
- The First Justice
- Early Elections
-
Names of Voters and Candidates
- Character of the
Inhabitants
- A Permanent Population
- An Honorable
Record
- Pioneer Life
- Hunting
-
Family Sketches
- The
Saylors
- Stanberys, Moodys,
Masseys, and other Early Settlers
- The Village of
Triadelphia
- The First Anti-Slavery Society in the
County
- Its Organization in 1836
- Names of Its members
- Churches of Deerfield. |
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CHAPTER XXIV. - MEIGSVILLE ---- pg. 461
- FINISHED 7/28/2020 |
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-
An Early Settlement
- Character of the Pioneers
- First
Settlements along the Marietta Road and on Meigs Creek
-
The First election in the Township, 1819
- Names of
Voters at this Election
- Other Early Settlers
- John
Duffy and the Lawyer
- Schools
- Early Mills and
Stores
- Family
Sketches
- Pioneer
Pictures
- Churches. |
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CHAPTER XXV. - BRISTOL ----pg. 469
- IN PROCESS 7/26/2020 |
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-
Organization
- Topography
- Nativity of
the First Settlers
- David Stevens,
the Pioneer
- Social Gatherings
- Log Rollings
-
Raisings
- Corn Shuckings
- Quiltings
- Dances
-
Arthur and William Jenkins
- The Fordyces
- Berg.
W. Talbot
- Land Sharks
- Experience of the Early
Settler
- Matthew Wilson
- Experience of an Early
Mail Carrier
- Initial Events
- List of Early
Settlers
- The "Old Bristol Meeting House"
- Pioneer
Ministers
- Johnny Appleseed
- Adrial Huzzey,
the Shoemaker and Preacher
- Later Settlers
- New
Bristol
- Churches. |
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CHAPTER XXVI. - UNION ---- pg. 489
- FINISHED |
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-
Organization in 1821
- Formerly a Part of Deerfield
-
Surface and Drainage
- Lawless Character of a Few Early
Settlers
- Slow Progress of Improvements
- The
Quigleys and the Corners
- Mrs. Quigley and
the Bear
- Names of Early Settlers
- Family Sketches
- Early Events
- The First Mill
- First Frame House
-
First Brick House
- The First Election
- Villages
-
Ringgold
- Origin and History
- Morganville and Rosseau.
- BIOGRAPHIES |
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CHAPTER XXVII. - HOMER
---- pg. 498 - IN PROCESS
7/28/2020 |
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-
Introductory and Descriptive
- Mineral Resources
- Oil
-
A Part of Ames Township in 1805
- Homer and Marion
Together
- Population 1820 to 1840
- Pioneer Settlers
- The Aldermans
- The Lovells
-
Other Early and Prominent Families
- Reminiscences
and Personal History
- First Improvements
- Village
- Their Origin and Date
- Churches, Societies, Etc. |
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CHAPTER XXVIII. - BLOOM ---- pg. 508
- FINISHED 7/28/2020 |
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-
Organization of the Township
- Early Settlers
- A
Farm for Sale Cheap
- First Election
- Settlers of
1819 and later years
- Sick Wheat
- Squirrel
Migration
- First Peaches
- Church History
- A Puzzled
Parson
- Latter Settlers and Miscellaneous Events
-
A Great Rail Splitter
- The Martin's,
McCune's and John F. Talley
- First Improved
Stock
- First Brick Houses
- Early Mills
- Villages: Airington, Eagle port and Rokeby
- Reminiscences
- Cloth
"Kicking"
- Cost of a Pair of Boots. |
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CHAPTER XXIX. - YORK ---- pg. 519
- IN PROCESS 7/28/2020 |
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-
Organization
- The Deavers, Longstreths, Pletchers,
Wellers, Stoneburners
- The First Settlers
-
Andrew Gossman and the Panther
- Old Dragon
- Deavertown
- Early Recollections of Mrs. T. L. Grey
- Initial Events
- Lodges
- Churches
- Deavertown in
1886. |
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CHAPTER XXX. - MANCHESTER ---- pg. 527
- FINISHED 8/2/2014 |
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-
The Township Organized
- Reduction of Territory
-
Earliest Settlement
- The Pioneers
- First Election
for Justices
- Names of Voters
- Anecdote of Old Ned.
Gen. McConnel and a Cider Treat
- Frederick Wood
- Establishment of Wood Grove Postoffice
- First
Mill
- Villagers
- Seeleyville
- Societies
- Odd
Fellows and Masons. |
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CHAPTER XXXI. - CENTER ---- pg. 531
- FINISHED |
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-
Organization of the Township
- First Election, 1819
-
Election Contests
- A Peculiar Document
- List of
Pioneer Voters
- Early Settlers
- Their Character
-
Their Experiences and Hardships
- "Essence" Smith
- The Native Woods
- Clearing
- Visiting
- Going to Mill
- Religious Privileges
- Elder Hussey
- "Early
Candle-Light" Meetings
- School Privileges
- Early
Teachers
- Early Mail Routes
- Personal Mention. |
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BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX |
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ILLUSTRATIONS |
Atkinson, Morris K. - 500
Buck, John - 144
Barker, Samuel A., M.D. - 270
Barker, Luther Dana - 296
Brokaw, Obadiah - 398
Chadwick, Justus - 412
Chappellear, George J. - 492
Children's Home - 116
Coburn, Nicholas - 104
Corner, George L. - 368
Davis, Joshua - 344
Davis, William, Capt. - 136
Donovan,
A. J. - 400
Dunsmoor, Hiel - 360
Durbin, William - 516
Edwards, Forster - 452
Gatewood, W. Emmett, M.D. - 282
Gaylord, James M., Hon. - 320
Gibson, C. J., Capt. - 168
Hambleton, John R. - 440
Henery, David A., Lieut.
- 200
Henery, Nathan B., Rev. - 416
Hook, Isaac N., Capt.
- 132
Huffman, George W. - 432
Johnson,
Perley B., M.D. - 272
Lane, T. B. - 426 |
Lane, Jesse D. - 426
McConnelsville in 1840 - 292
McConnelsville in 1886 - 292
McConnel, Alexander, Gen. - 290
McDermott, John - 390
Manly, James - 348
Manly, W. H. - 384
Massey, William - 456
Mellor, William V. - 376
Mellor, Samuel - 376
Miller, John - 348
Montgomery, J. J. - 408
Morgan, Carleton C., Capt. - 128
Murduck, Jackson C. - 184
Nixon, Joseph W.
- 460
Noyes, Hiram Judson, M. D. - 280
Parmiter, John - 472
Pierrot, Eugene - 392
Pond, Francis B., Gen.
- 260
Robertson, Charles, M.D. - 287
Sherwood, William - 252
Sherwood, Edwin - 353
Smith, Eli
C. - 495
Stanbery,
E. M., Hon.
- 264
Swayne, Eugene R. - 506
Thomas, John E. - 372 |
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