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Welcome to
TRUMBULL COUNTY,  OHIO
History & Genealogy

Source: 
History of Trumbull & Mahoning Counties, Ohio
with Illustrations & Biographical Sketches -
Vol. I - Vol II
 Cleveland - H. Z. Williams & Bro.
1882

Trumbull County, Ohio

Biographies will be put on here on request - Sharon W.

CONTENTS.
CHAPTER PAGE

GENERAL HISTORY.
I. - Indian Occupation 9
   - Early Occupation of Northern Ohio  
   - Indian Traditions and Tribal Conflicts  
II. - European Explorations 13
   - Early Explorers  
   - The Cavaliers  
   - La Salle and His Discoveries  
III. - Ownership of the Northwest 17
   - The Claims of France  
   - England's Claim  
   - Treaty of Paris in 1763  
   - Ohio as Part of France and Canada  
   - Conflicting Claims of States  
   - The Northwest Territory Erected as Botetourt County  
   - Illinois County  
   - New York withdraws Claim  
   - A Serious Evil Averted  
   - Treaty of Fort Stanwix  
   - Treaty of Fort McIntosh  
   - Indian Tribes Reorganized as Rightful Owners  
IV. - Sale of the Western Reserve 22
   - The Hesitancy of Purchasers  
   - Fear of Title  
   - Sale of the Salt Spring Tract  
   - Death of General Parsons and Failure to Pay for Lands  
   - Sale of the Connecticut Land Company  
V. - Connecticut Land Company 26
   - Terms of the Association  
   - Proceedings of the Directors
    - includes names of members of the Connecticut Land Company		  
     - The Extinguishment of the Indian Title  
   - Survey and Division  
     - Survey of the Western Reserve  
     - Arrival of the Surveyors  
     - The Appointment of an Equalizing Committee  
     - Mode of Patrition  
     - Draft  
     - Other Drafts  
VI. - Progress of Western Settlement 33
   - First Settlements West of the Ohio  
   - Colonies on the Ohio River  
   - First Settlement on the Reserve  
VII. - Settlement of the Reserve 40
   - Early Settlement of the Reserve  
   - Ownership of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties  
   - First Families with Date of Arrival  
     - Residents in 1801  
VIII. - Indian Abdication 50
   - Origin of Difficulties  
   - The Captain George Tragedy  
   - James Hillman's Exploits  
IX. - The Pioneers 56
   - Their Toils, Privations, and Hardships  
   - Amusements and Successes  
X. - Civil Government 63
   - Organization of Trumbull County  
   - Official Vote  
   - Civil List  
   - County Buildings  
     - Clerks of Court  
     - Recorders  
     - County Commissioners  
     - Auditors  
     - Probate Judges  
     - Treasurers  
     - Surveyors  
     - Sheriffs  
XI. - Mahoning County 76
   - Erection and Civil History of Mahoning County  
   - County Seat Controversy  
XII. - Militia Organization and War of 1812 83
   - The Need of Watchfulness  
   - Hull's Surrender  
   - General Wadsworth and Perkins go to the Front  
XIII. - Geology 92
   - Physical Features and Economic Resources  
   - Geological Formation  
XIV. - Transportation Facilities 100
   - Turnpikes  
   - Stage Lines  
   - Railroads and Canals  
XV. - County Societies 107
   - Early Fairs  
   - Organization of an Agricultural Society in 1846  
   - First Year's Exhibition  
   - Mahoning County Agricultural Society  
   - Its Constitution and Gradual Growth  
   - Pioneer Reunion at Youngstown  
   - Formation of a Pioneer Society  
   - Publication of a Volume of Historical Collections.  
XVI. - The Rebellion Record 115
   - Beginning of the War  
   - Contribution of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties  
   - Organization of Regiments and Outline of their Service in the Field  
XVII. - The Bar of Trumbull County- Updated 12/7/2021 174
   -  
XVIII. - Mahoning County Bar. 208


CITY OF WARREN
(Trumbull County, OH)
I. - The Village and Village Life 241
II. - Business Growth. 251
III. - Religious Organizations 259
IV. - The Press 268
V. - Schools 273
VI. - Civil History 280
VII. - Physicians of Warren - Updated 12/7/2021 289
VIII. - Warren Lodges 293
IX. - Leavittsburg 305
X. - Biographical Sketches - Updated 12/7/2021 306
XI. - Biographical Notes - Updated 12/7/2021 335
     

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ILLUSTRATIONS
Bidwell, Eunicia, Mrs.  
Bidwell, Riverius  
Bishop, James C.  
Brown, James S.  
Brown, Mary A.  
Button, R. A.  
Drake, A. A.  
Fobes, Lottie, Miss  
Freeman, Francis, Judge  
Garfield, J. A.  
Harmon, John B.  
Jewell, A. M.  
Jewell, Rebecca C.  
Kincaid, William  
King, James Franklin  
Kline, Esther, Mrs.  
Kline, Peter  
Merry, Samuel  
Morrow, Robert  
Peck, Eliza H., Mrs.  
Peck, Joel  
Post, J. H.  
Quinby, Samuel  
Reed, E. A.  
Smith, Edward A.  
Snyder, George, Sr.  
Stevens, Benja  
Stevens, Mary  
Tayler, M. B.  
Taylor, Ezra B., Hon.  
VanGorder, Elizabeth S.  
VanGorder, James L.  
Williams, Almyra  
Williams, James  
MORE TO COME......................  
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CITY OF YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO
See Mahoning County, Ohio for this Part
I. - Initial Events 359
   - Survey into Lots and Settlements 359
   - First Settler 360
   - First Log House 361
   - Aboriginal Youngstown 361
   - Organization of the Township 363
   - Youngstown as a Municipal Corporation 364
   - Incorporated 364
   - Extension of Limits 364
   - Organization 365
   - Election 365
   - First Corporation Officers 365
   - First Council Meeting 365
   - City of the Second Class 365
   - Second Extension of Limits 365
   - First Corporation officers 365
   - First Council Meeting 365
   - City of the Second Class 365
   - Second Extension of Limits 365
   - First Election of City Officers 365
   - Third Extension of Limits 366
   - Mayors of Younstown 366
   - First Marriage 366
   - First Funeral 366
   - The First Show 366
   - Arks on the Mahoning 367
II. - Industrial Growth 368
   - First Grist Mill 368
   - Portrait of John M. Edwards 368a
   - First Vilalge Mill 369
   - Diamond Mill 369
   - Planing Mills 369
   - Iron Manufactures - First Furnace 370
   - Mill Creek Furnace 371
   - The Eagle, The First Bituminous Coal Furnace 371
   - First Rolling-Mill 372
   - Enterprise Rolling Mill 372
   - Other Industrial Works 373
   - Growth in Population 373
   - Householders in 1826 375
   - Banks and Bankers 376
   - Mahoning Valley Mutual Relief Association 377
   - Public Buildings 377
   - Street Railway 378
III. - Religious Societies 378
   - First Presbyterian Church 378
   - The Second Presbyterian Church 381
   - First Methodist Church 382
   - Protestant Episcopal Church 384
   - Portrait of B. S. Higley 384a
   - Baptist Church 386
   - Disciple Church 386
   - United Presbyterian 387
   - Roman Catholic 387
   - Martin Luther German Evangelical Lutheran Church 388
   - The Methodist Protestant Church 390
   - The Welsh Baptist Church 390
   - Evangelical Protestant Reformed Church 391
   - Calvinistic Methodist Church 391
   - Welsh Congregational Church 391
   - The Welsh Methodist Church 392
   - English Lutheran Church 392
   - Portrait of John Brownlee 392a
   - Colored Churches 393
   - Mission Baptist 393
   - Rod of Sholem Congregation 393
   - Burial Places 393
IV. - Public Schools 394
   - The Academy 396
   - Public Notice 398
   - School Library 400
   - Portrait of Freeman O. Adams 400a
   - Rayen School 401
   - Members of the Board 402
   - Commercial Colleges 403
   - Superintendent M'Millan 403
V. - Physicians 404
   - Portrait of John R. Holcomb 408a
   - The Mahoning County Medical Society 412
   - Dental Surgeons 412
VI. - Soldiers' Monument (inscriptions) 414
  North Side:  
   - First Infantry Division, Army of Virginia  
   - Second Ohio Volunteer Cavalry  
   - Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry  
   - Nineteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry  
  East Side:  
   - Twenty-Sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry  
   - Illinois Volunteer Infantry  
  West Side:  
   - Twenty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry  
   - Twenty-Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry  
   - Thirty-Sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  
   - Sixth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry  
   - Tenth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry  
   - Fifteenth Ohio Battery  
   - Twenty-Second Ohio Battery.  
  South Side:  
   - One Hundred and Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry  
   - One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry  
  One Hundred and Fifty-Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry  
VII. - The Press - Secret Societies 416
   - The Ohio Republican 416
   - Free Democrat 416
   - The True American 418
   - Mahoning 418
   - Youngstown Tribune 418
   - The Mahoning Courier 419
   - The Mahoning Vindicator 419
   - The Youngstown Commercial 419
   - New Star 419
   - The Youngstown Rundchau 419
   - The Free Press 419
   - Miner and Manufacturer 419
   - The News-Register 419
   - Secret Societies 420
   - Masonic 420
   - Hebron Lodge No. 55, I. O. O. F. 420
   - Youngstown Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows 423
   - Other Societies 423
VIII. - Biographical Sketches 424
     
IX. - Notes of Settlement (included in biographical index) 449
     
Sketch of the Life of James A. Garfield 485

BIOGRAPHICAL


Additional Short Biographies are within the Township histories

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