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Source History of Hocking Valley, Ohio
Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages
and Townships,
Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political
History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and
Biographies of Representative Citizens
- Publ. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1883.
CHAPTERS:
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CHAPTER I. - |
INTRODUCTORY, BUT STILL HISTORY. |
17 - 26 |
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- Indians and the White Man's Advent
- The Owners of the Territory
- The Government Secured It - Ordinance of 1787
- The Dunmore War
- Locating on Indian Lands
- Dunmore's March up the Hocking Valley
- The Indian Name and Why |
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CHAPTER II. - |
EARLY SETTLEMENT AND MATERIAL PROGRESS. |
27 - 48 |
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- The Ohio Company
- The Valley of Hocking
- Washington County - Generals Washington and Putnam
- Organization
- Purchase of Land
- Athens and Hocking Counties
- First Settlers
- Adelphia
- Marietta
- Indian War
- Generals Harmer and St. Clair Defeated
- Mad Anthony Victory
- First Settlers of College Lands, or Athens Count
Making Salt
- Pioneer Modes and Pioneer Progress |
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CHAPTER III. - |
THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, CABINS AND COMFORTS OF EARLY
DAYS. |
49 - 84 |
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- Pioneer Life
- The Log Cabin
- Cooking
- Dress
- Family Worship
- Hospitality
- Trade and Barter
- Hog Killing
- Native Animals
- Wolf Hunts
- Education
- Spelling and Singing Schools
- On Their Guard
- The Bright Side
- A Touch of Pioneer Life
- How the Pioneers Advanced Civilization
- Women Pioneers |
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CHAPTER IV. - |
SCIENTIFIC VIEW OF HOCKING VALLEY, PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS |
85 - 127 |
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- Topography
- Drainage or River System
- Geology
- Stratigraphical Formation
- Archaeology
- Fauna
- Flora
- Meterology
- Summary
- Conclusion |
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CHAPTER V. - |
STATISTICS OF THE HOCKING VALLEY, BESIDES RAILROADS AND
CANALS, SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES |
128 - 145 |
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- Lands and Valuation
- Miles of Railway
- Area of Valley
- Population and Wheat Growing
- Cities and Villages and Population
- Boundary of the Mineral Field
- Coal Production
- Hocking Valley
- State Senators of the Hocking Valley and Representatives |
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CHAPTER VI. - |
ATHENS COUNTY HISTORY - SEE
ATHENS COUNTY |
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- includes Chapters VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII,
XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV,
XXVI, XXVII, XVIII - APPENDIX |
146 thru 812 |
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CHAPTER XXIX. - |
HISTORY OF HOCKING COUNTY |
813 thru 1157 |
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- includes Chapters XXIX, XXX, XXXI, XXXII, XXXIII,
XXXIV, XXXV, XXXVI, XXXVII, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XL, XLI, |
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CHAPTER XLII. - |
HISTORY OF VINTON COUNTY - A
COUNTY WHICH CAME INTO BEING READY MADE BY TOWNSHIP. -
FINISHED 11/9/2016 |
1158 - 1174 |
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- A County Which Had No Pioneer History
- Labor
- Its Organization, 1850
- Boundary and Area
- Early Arrivals
- An Interesting Letter
- Names of Early Settlers
- Political Movements
- First Convention
- Jail and Contract
- Court House
- Mineral Interests
- Coal
- Iron Ore
- Geological Report
- Burr Stone
- Agricultural and Stock Statistics
- Valuation
- Miles of Railroad
- County Infirmary
- Buildings and Cost
- Officials |
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CHAPTER XLIII. -
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THE PRESS AND OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST - -
FINISHED 11/9/2016 |
1175 - 1184 |
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- The Vinton County Press
- McArthur, Zaleski and Hamden
- Agricultural Society of Ante-Bellum Days
- Safe Burglary
- Contents, $40,000
- No Convictions |
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CHAPTER XLIV. -
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VINTON COUNTY IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION
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PARTIALLY DONE |
1185 - 1207 |
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- Introductory
- Eighteenth Ohio, Three Years' service
- Second West Virginia Infantry
- Seventy fifth Ohio Infantry
- Ninetieth Ohio Infantry
- One Hundred and Fourteenth Ohio Infantry
- Twelfth Ohio Cavalry
- One Hundred and Ninety-fourth Ohio Infantry |
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CHAPTER XLV. -
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ELK TOWNSHIP, INCLUDING CITY OF McARTHUR
- THE PIONEER ORGANIZATION OF VINTON COUNTY -
PARTIALLY DONE |
1208 - 1280 |
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- The Pioneer Township
- The Pioneers of Elk
- Personal Recollections of Mrs. C. E. Bothwell
- Schools
- Church
- Population by Decades
McArthur
- Location
- Incorporation
- Village Officers
- Fires
- Postoffice
- McArthur in 1883
- Churches
- Societies
- Schools
- Vinton County Bank
- Town Hall
- Railroad Statistics
- Mills
- BIOGRAPHICAL |
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CHAPTER XLVI. -
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MADISON, KNOX AND BROWN TOWNSHIPS, CONTAINING ZALESKI,
THE LARGEST CITY IN THE COUNTY. -
PARTIALLY DONE |
1281 - 1305 |
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Madison Township
- Original Organization
- Mineral
- Schools and Churches
- Assessor's Returns, 1883
- Zaleski
- Its Religious, Educational and Business Interests
- Lodges
- Manufactories
Knox Township
- Identical with Madison
- Name and its Origin
- Soil and Topography
- The First Arrivals
- Stock and Its Assessment
- Only Postoffice
- Schools and Churches
- How it Became a Township
- Metes and Bounds
- The First Settlers
- Its Water Supply
- What Usually Happens
- Religious Denominations
- Population
- Transportation
- New Plymouth
- Its Stock Returns for 1883
- Agricultural and Mineral
- Value as a Stock township
- BIOGRAPHICAL |
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CHAPTER XLVII. -
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SWAN AND JACKSON TOWNSHIPS -
PARTIALLY DONE
- WHAT
HOCKING LOST WAS VINTON'S GAIN |
1306 - 1332 |
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Swan Township
- Boundary
- Early Settlers
- First Events
- Postoffice
- Business
- Minerals
- Township Officers
- Assessment and Stock
Jackson Township
- When Changed from Eagle to Jackson
- Its Water Courses
- Early Settlers
- County Honors
- Population from 1840 to 1880
- Postoffices
- Schools
- Stock Returns, 1883
- Assessed Valuation
- BIOGRAPHICAL |
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CHAPTER XLVIII. -
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EAGLE, HARRISON AND RICHLAND TOWNSHIPS
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PARTIALLY DONE
- IN AGRICULTURE, POOR; IN MINERAL DEPOSITS FAIR. |
1333 - 1384 |
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- Eagle
- When Organized
- Divided by Hocking
- First Election, May 9, 1818, and in 185- Gave Remainder to
Vinton
- Area and Location
- The Old Pioneer
- Religious and Education
- Stock and Valuation
Harrison Township
- A part of Ross Township in 1798
- Topography
- Well Watered
- A Part of Jackson in 1818
- Then Again to Ross
- Population
- Rapid Gain
- Churches
- Schools
- The Largest Township
- Some Good Land
- Its Assessed Valuation
- Stock Report
- North Part Good Farming Land
- South Part Minerals, Iron Ore and Coal
- A Partial List of Settlers
- Churches, Schools and Military
- BIOGRAPHICAL |
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CHAPTER XLIX. - |
WILKESVILLE, VINTON AND CLINTON TOWNSHIPS
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PARTIALLY DONE
- A TRIO THAT CONTAINS IMMENSE MINERAL DEPOSITS. |
1345 - 1379 |
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Wilkesville Township
- Iron Ore and Coal
- Wilkesville Village
- Churches
- Schools
- Hawk Station
- Minerton
- Valuation of Stocks
Vinton Township
- Name
- Early Settlement
- Schools
- Population
- Radcliff Station
- Mineral Development
- Personal Property
- Valuation
Clinton Township
- Of Athens County, then of Jackson
- Once Part of Elk Township
- Local History
- Postoffice
- Lodges
- Churches
- Dundas
- Educational
- Population
- Valuation
- Stock Reports
- BIOGRAPHICAL |
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PORTRAITS |
| Alderman, W. N. |
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437 |
Mansfield, W. D. |
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104 |
| Anderson, George S. |
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335 |
Mathias, Isaac |
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782 |
| Armstrong, William |
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1036 |
McBroom, J. C. |
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1130 |
| Belt, Raymond |
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908 |
McBroom, J. C., Mrs. |
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1131 |
| Blackstone, William |
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238 |
McCarthy, T. F. |
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960 |
| Bowlby, Wm. R. |
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550 |
McCormick, I. H. |
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1341 |
| Bowen, Wm. M., Capt. |
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862 |
Patterson, John |
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362 |
| Brawley, Henry B. |
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284 |
Poston, A. |
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412 |
| Brown, John |
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Frontis-piece |
Primrose, I. P. |
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1256 |
| Boerhaus, Carl H. |
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688 |
Rempel, Ferdinand F., Col. |
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813 |
| Carpenter, Abel |
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1071 |
Shaw, J. A. |
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60 |
| Culver, L. A. |
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27 |
Shepard, W. P. |
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175 |
| Davis, Levi |
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640 |
Spencer, Smith |
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485 |
| Defebaugh, D. K. |
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1098 |
Stewart, D. B. |
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259 |
Fri__ser, John S.
(not sure of spelling) |
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887 |
Stiers, Wilfred |
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1284 |
| Grogan, James R. |
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834 |
Stiers, Elizabeth |
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1285 |
| Grosvenor, C. H. |
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146 |
Welch, John F. |
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515 |
| Hansen, John |
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984 |
White, C. L. |
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1208 |
| Hart, C. C. |
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85 |
Wolf, Andrew |
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1158 |
| Henry, Charles |
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745 |
Wolf, Joseph |
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200 |
| Iles, Jeremiah |
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713 |
Young, W. R. |
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590 |
| Jones, H. |
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1185 |
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