OHIO GENEALOGY EXPRESS - Seneca Co., Ohio

Source:
History of Seneca County : from the close of the Revolutionary War to July, 1880 :
embracing many personal sketches of pioneers, anecdotes,
and faithful descriptions of events pertaining to the organization of the county and its progress
Published: Springfield, Ohio: Transcript Print. Co.,
1880

CHAPTER XLIV.
COUNTY OFFICERS TO 1880 AND CONCLUSION.

OFFICERS OF SENECA COUNTY, NOW IN OFFICE, JULY 1, 1880.

     Probate Judge - Jacob F. Bunn
     Clerk of Court of Common Pleas - Jeremiah Rex
     Treasurer - John W. Barrack
     Auditor - Victor J. Zahm
     Sheriff - Lloyd N. Lease
     Recorder - Thomas J. Kintz
     Prosecuting Attorney - G. B. Keppel
     Commissioners - William T. Histe, Solomon Gamby and James H. Fry.
     Surveyor - Samuel Nighswander
     Infirmary Directors - George HEabler, Lewis Spitler and Joseph E. Magers.
     Superintendent of the Infirmary - Daniel G. Heck
     Coroner - William Smith

JOHN W. BARRACK

Was born July 28, 1833, in Lycoming county, Pennsylvania. In 1834 his parents moved to Ohio and settled near the base-line in Crawford county. His father's name was John and his mother's maiden name was Jane Dunlap. The father was a carpenter by trade, and when John W. was big enough to learn a trade, he helped his father at his work and became a carpenter. The family lived on a farm and conducted that also at the same time. John W. married Miss Catharine Shoemaker on the 17th of June, 1857. They had nine children, of whom six are living. Mr. Barrack was elected treasurer of this county in 1877 and re-elected in 1879.

JEREMIAH REX

LLOYD N. LEASE

VICTOR J. ZAHM

POPULATION OF SENECA COUNTY IN 1880.

The census enumerators of Seneca County have made their returns to the clerk's office just in time to record the population of Seneca county for 1880 into this chapter.
The following is clipped from the Seneca Advertiser of July 15, 1880:

CENSUS RETURNS.

At last the census enumerators have completed their work, and we are now able to give the population of the county by townships, as below, and with them the population of 1870; also the loss and gain made during the past ten years:

	1870	1880	Loss	Gain
Adams	1,537	1624	-	7
Bloom	1,492	2,162	-	670
Big Spring	2,084	2,048	36	-
Clinton	1,526	1,701	-	75
Eden	1,483	1,598	-	115
Hopewell	1,370	1,635	-	265
Jackson	1,131	1,394	-	263
Liberty	1,686	2,159	-	491
Loudon	1,400	1,277	127	-
Fostoria	1,733	3,045	-	1,312
Pleasant	1,352	1,417	-	65
Reed	1,334	1,501	-	167
Seneca	1,583	1,537	46	-
Scipio	1,635	1,826	-	201
Thompson	2,070	1,900	170	-
Venice	1,781	2,231	-	-
Tiffin -
- First Ward	3,275	1,330
- Second Ward	2,373	1,538
- Third Ward	-	1,997	-	2,234
- Fourth Ward	-	1,378	-	-
- Fifth Ward	-	1,639	-	-
	_____	_____	_____	_____
Total	30,827	36,947	379	6,395
POPULATION OF TOWNS, VILLAGES, ETC.
	1870	1880
Greenspring	-	746
Bloomville	-	689
New Reigel	236	368
Adrian	257	214
Alvada	-	63
Bettsville	-	518
Kansas	-	204
Berwick	188	169
Republic	4l81	715
Attica	375	663
Fostoria	1,743	3,578
POPULATION OF TIFFIN, 7,882 The revised figures give Tiffin a population of 7,882, as follows, by wards:
First Ward	1,330
Second Ward	1,538
Third Ward	1,997
Fourth Ward	1,378
Fifth Ward	1,639
	_____
Total:	7,882

It will be noticed that Seneca county has made the handsome increse of 6,120 during the past decade, of which our city is to be credited with about thirty-six per cent. The towns seen to have made the most gains, and, in fact, all of the increase. Over one-half of the population of the county is in the towns. The population of our county since its formation ahs been as follows: 1830; 5159; 1840, 18,128; 1850, 27,104; 1850, 30,868; 1870, 39,827; 1880, 36,947. Tiffin had a population of 2,663 in 1850; 3,974 in 1860; 5,648 in 1870, and 7,882 in 1880.
This shows a healthy and steady growth, of which the citizens of the county may well be proud."

Township	Name of Enumerator
Adams	Christian Hoeltzel
Big Spring	James V. Magers
Bloom	Oscar M. Holcomb
Clinton	Virgil D. Lamberson
Eden	H. C. Pitman
Hopewell	John Corrigan
Jackson	Hugh W. A. Boyd
LIberty	J. D. Reese
Loudon	George D. Acker
Fostoria Precinct	J. C. Millbine
Pleasant	J. H. Davidson
Reed	James Ford
Scipio	William Bogart
Seneca	Rolla W. Brown
Thompson	James A. Feese
Venice	David Sanford
Tiffin -
First Ward	Henry J. Weller
Second Ward	John B. Schwartz
Third Ward	Albert Beilharz
Fourth Ward	Ephriam Messer
Fifth Ward	Frank H. Lang

P. S. - To Fostoria should be added 158 persons in Jackson township and 375 in Hancock county6 - 4,111 in all.

OFFICERS OF SENECA COUNTY TO JULY, 1880.

PROBATE OFFICERS.

COUNTY CLERKS

COUNTY AUDITORS.

COUNTY TREASURERS.

PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS

SHERIFFS

RECORDERS.

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

SURVEYORS.

CORONERS.

ASSESSORS.

ASSOCIATE JUDGES.

CONCLUSION.

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