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 Source:
History of Summit County,
with an outline sketch of
Ohio
Edited by William Henry Perrin.
Illustrated.
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers,
186 Dearborn Street
1881
CONTENTS
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PART I.
HISTORY OF THE STATE OF OHIO |
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PAGE |
| CHAPTER I. - |
11 |
Introductory
- Topography
- Geology
- Primitive Races
- Antiquities
- Indian Tribes |
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| CHAPTER II. - |
19 |
| Explorations in the West |
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| CHAPTER III. -
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37 |
English Explorations
- Traders
- French and Indian War in the West
- English Possession |
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| CHAPTER IV. - |
48 |
Pontiac's Conspiracy
- Its Failure
- Bouquet's Expedition
- Occupation by the English |
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| CHAPTER V. - |
52 |
American Exploration
- Dunmore's War
- Campaign of George Rogers Clarke
- Land Troubles
- Spain in the Revolution
- Murder of the Moravian Indians |
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| CHAPTER VI. - |
60 |
American Occupation
- Indian Claims
- Early Land Companies
- Compact of 1787
- Organization of the Territory
- Early American Settlements in the Ohio Valley
- First Territorial Officers
- Organization of Counties |
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| CHAPTER VII. -
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73 |
Indian War of 1795
- Harmar's Campaign
- St Clair's Campaign
- Wayne's Campaign
- Close of the War |
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| CHAPTER VIII. - |
79 |
Jay-s Treaty
- The Question of State Rights and
National Supremacy
- Extension of Ohio Settlements
- Land Claims
- Spanish Boundary Question |
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| CHAPTER IX - |
85 |
First Territorial Representatives
in Congress
- Division of the Territory
- Formation of States
- Marietta Settlement
- Other Settlements
- Settlements in the Western Reserve
- Settlement of the Central Valleys
- Further Settlements in the Reserve and Elsewhere |
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| CHAPTER X. - |
121 |
Formation of the State Government
- Ohio a State
- The State Capitals
- Legislation
- The "Sweeping" Resolutions |
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| CHAPTER XI. - |
127 |
The War of 1812
- Growth of the States
- Canal, Railroads and other Improvements
- Development of State Resources |
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| CHAPTER XII. - |
132 |
Mexican War
- Continued Growth of the State
- War of the Rebellion
- Ohio's Part in the Conflict |
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| CHAPTER XIII. - |
138 |
Ohio in the Centennial
- Address of Edward D. Mansfield, L.L.D., Philadeophia, Aug. 9, 1876 |
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| CHAPTER XIV. - |
148 |
Education
- Early School Laws
- Notes
- Institutions and Educational Journals
- School System
- School Funds
- Colleges and Universities. |
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| CHAPTER XV. - |
151 |
Agriculture
- Area of the State
- Early Agriculture in the West
- Markets
- Live Stock
- Nurseries, Fruits, etc..
- Cereals, Root and Cucurbitaceous Crops
- Agricultural Implements
- Agricultural Societies
- Pomological and horticultural Societies |
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| CHAPTER XVI. - |
163 |
Climatology
- Outline
- Variation in Ohio
- Estimate in Degrees
- Amount of Variaability |
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| CHAPTER XVII. - |
165 |
Public Lands
- Early Contest on Right of Soil and Jurisdiction
- The Western Reserve
- Origin and Organization
- Social and Material Growth |
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PART II.
HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY |
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PAGE |
| CHAPTER I. - |
181 |
- Introductory
- Physical Features
- Geological Structure
- The Different Shales
- Coal Measures
- Agriculture and Agricultural Societies
- Statistics, etc. |
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| CHAPTER II. - |
207 |
- Prehistoric Races
- Traces and Relics of the Mound Builders
- The Indian Tribes
- Their Occupation of Summit County
- Sketches of Them
- The Border Wars. |
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| CHAPTER III. - |
226 |
- Settlement and Organization
of the County
- Its Civil Divisions
- The Early Judiciary
- County Buildings
- Their Cost and Character
- Officials, etc. |
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| CHAPTER IV. - |
249 |
- War Record
- Our Struggle for Independence
- 1812
- The Mexican War
- Our Late Civil War
- Sketches of Regiments
- Aid Societies
- Monuments, etc. |
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| CHAPTER V. - |
271 |
- Religions
- The Gospel on the Frontier
- A Tax for its Support
- Educational
- School Statistics
- The County Press
- Railroads, Canals, etc. |
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| CHAPTER VI. - |
301 |
- The Professions
- Early Lawyers
- Summit County Bar
- The Lawyers of the Present
- Medical
- Pioneer Doctors
- Early Practice
- The Modern Physicians |
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| CHAPTER VII. - |
321 |
- Portage Township
- Descriptive and Topographical
- Coming of the Pioneers
- Their Primitive Life
- Development of Resources
- Schools, Churches, etc. |
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| CHAPTER VIII. - |
330 |
- City of Akron
- Original Plat
- Its Growth as a Village
- An Incorporated City
- Municipal Government
- Statistics
- Secret and Other Societies |
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| CHAPTER IX. - |
344 |
- Its Manufacturing Interests
- Their Growth and Development
- The Buckeye Reaper
- Potteries
- Mills
- Other Establishments |
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| CHAPTER X. - |
366 |
- City of Akron
- Religious History
- Early Christianity and Pioneer Preachers
- Advancement of Gospel
- Churches of the Present Day
- Sagbath Schools, etc. |
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| CHAPTER XI. - |
381 |
- City of Akron
- Formation of the Public Schools
- Akron School Law
- Present Educational Facilities
- Sketch of Buchtel College |
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| CHAPTER XII. - |
399 |
- Its Settlement
- Early Glory and Importance
- Water Power
- Growth of Manufacturing Industries
- Present Business |
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| CHAPTER XIII. |
409 |
- Hudson
Township
- Its Early History
- Topography
- The Settlement by the Whites
- Pioneer Incidents
- Growth and Development of Industries |
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PART II -
CONTINUED -
HISTORY OF SUMMIT COUNTY |
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PAGE |
| CHAPTER XIV. - |
426 |
- Hudson Township -
Early Society
- Organization
- The Village of Hudson Laid Out
- Its Business and Growth
- Religious and Educational |
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| CHAPTER XV. - |
446 |
- Hudson Village
- Educational Institutions
- Location of College
- Questions of Difference
- Officers and Faculty
- Library, Preparatory School, etc. |
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| CHAPTER XVI. - |
466 |
- Cuyahoga Falls
- Settlement by Whites
- Early History
- Grottoes, Caverns and Ravines
- Organization as a Township
- Its Officers, etc. etc. |
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| CHAPTER XVII. - |
478 |
- Cuyahoga Falls
- Growth and Prosperity
- Manufacturing Interests
- Incorporation
- Schools and Teachers
- Religious
- Sketches of the Churches
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| CHAPTER XVIII. - |
497 |
- Norhampton Township
- Descriptive
- Early History and Settlement
- Development of Resources
- Early Schools
- Statistics
- Religious
- Different Churches |
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| CHAPTER XIX. - |
511 |
- Stow Township
- Description and Topography
- The Whites
- Improvement and Development
- Villages
- Religious
- Educational |
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| CHAPTER XX. - |
521 |
- Coventry Township
- Topography
- Boundaries
- Lakes
- The Palefaces
- Their Life in the Wilderness
- Industries
- Schools and Churches |
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| CHAPTER XXI. - |
532 |
- Boston Township
- Its Ownership
- General Description
- Occupancy of the Whites
- Unlawful Operations
- Towns
- Educational, etc. |
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| CHAPTER XXII. - |
545 |
- Springfield Township
- General Description
- Wealth and Resources
- Coal Mines
- The Palefaces
- Pioneer Industries
- Schools and Teachers
- Religious |
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| CHAPTER XXIII. - |
552 |
- Tallmadge Township
- Physical Features
- Early History
- The Whites
- Pioneer Vicissitudes
- Growth and Prosperity
- Schools, Churches, etc. |
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| CHAPTER XXIV. - |
567 |
- Northfield Township
- Its Physical Geography
- Settlement by the Whites
- Growth and Improvement
- Statistical
- Religious
- Villages |
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| CHAPTER XXV. - |
578 |
- Norton Township
- Descriptive and 'Topographical
- White Settlement
- Pioneer Industries
- Advancement in Civilization
- Schools and Teachers
- Churches
- The Villages, etc. |
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| CHAPTER XXVI. - |
593 |
- Green Township
- Physical Features
- Original Boundaries
- Pioneer Occupancy
- The Germans
- Growth and Development
- Villages
- Churches and Schools |
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| CHAPTER XXVII. - |
608 |
- Richfield Township
- General Description
- Coming of the Whites
- Growth and Prosperity
- Pioneer Industries
- Schools and Teachers
- Christianity, etc. |
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| CHAPTER XXVIII. - |
617 |
- Bath Township
- Boundaries and Topography
- White Settlement
- Wealth and Prosperity
- Pioneer Achievements
- Churches and Preachers
- Schools, etc. |
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| CHAPTER XXX. - |
639 |
- Copley Township
- Descriptive and Topographical
- The White Settlement
- Early Industries
- Their Growth and Development
- Educational and Religious |
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| CHAPTER XXXI. - |
649 |
- Twinsburg Township
- Description and Early Features
- The Coming of the Whites
- Pioneer Improvements
- Anecdotes
- Educational and Religious |
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PART III.
BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES |
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PAGE |
| Akron, City of |
661 |
| Bath Township |
1044 |
| Boston Township |
891 |
| Copley Township |
1026 |
| Coventry Township |
876 |
| Cuyahoga Falls Township |
841 |
| Franklin Township |
1026 |
| Green Township |
980 |
| Hudson Township |
823 |
| Northampton Township |
853 |
| Northfield Township |
933 |
| Norton Township |
963 |
| Portage Township |
806 |
| Richfield Township |
997 |
| Springfield Township |
908 |
| Stow Township |
863 |
| Tallmadge Township |
920 |
| Twinsburg Township |
1039 |
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ILLUSTRATIONS
PORTRAITS |
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PAGE |
| Alling, Ethen (Biography on page
1039 |
648 |
| Buchtel, John |
440 |
| Bosworth, Delos (Biography on page
1029) |
616 |
| Burgess, Joseph (Biography on page
965) |
632 |
| Brewster, Alexander (Biography on
page 682 |
504 |
| Brown, C. W. (Biography on page 697) |
488 |
| Crotzer, William F. (Biography on
page 910) |
568 |
| Cotter, A. L. (Biography on page
687) |
520 |
| Conger, A. L. (Biography on page
695) |
424 |
| Crouse, G. W. (Biography on page 694 |
472 |
| Emmitt, William (Biography on page
699 |
544 |
| Hill, John (Biography on page 969) |
581 |
| Hine, David (Biography on page 924) |
600 |
| Lane, S. A. (Biography on page 728 |
228 |
| Miller, George (Biography on page
815) |
320 |
| Miler, Lewis (Biography on age 739) |
536 |
| Quigley, Martin (Biography on page
760) |
408 |
| Summer, I. (Biography on page
767) |
260 |
| Sumner, J. A. (Biography on page
767) |
456 |
| Sumner, Charles (Biography on page
769) |
292 |
| Stone, N. B. (Biography on page 766) |
376 |
| Schumacher, Ferd. (Biography on page
771) |
344 |
| Taplin, J. B. (Biography on page
784) |
392 |
| Voris, A. C. (Biography on page 786) |
360 |
| Wright, Amos (Biography on page 932) |
552 |
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VIEWS
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| Summit County Court House |
180 |
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