THIS township formerly belonged to Crawford
County, and was originally included in that county in 1821. It is what is
known as a fractional township and comprises Township 1 south, Range 15
east. It derives its name from Sycamore Creek, the nearest approach to a
river that courses through its midst, and this creek, no doubt, obtained
its title from the many so-called "sycamore" trees that grew in that
neighborhood, in reality the plane tree or buttonwood, the sycamore proper
(Sykamoros, fig-mulberry), being indigenous only to Egypt, Syria and
neighboring districts. This township lies in the extreme northeast of
Wyandot County. It is bounded on the north by Seneca County, on the east
by Crawford County, on the south by Eden Township, and on the west by
Tymochtee Township, It is six miles in length from north to south and four
in breadth from east to west Being one of the earliest settled townships
in this part of the county, the timber has been well cleared off, and
thereby it has a decided advantage over some of the other townships, as
the farms are more numerous and better developed, and altogether show
evidence of a more advanced state.
Of the streams in Sycamore Township (which all flow
east or northeast), the creek that gave it its name is the most notable.
Sycamore Creek takes its rise partly in Crawford County and partly in
Sections 22 and 27, this township. It flows nearly due northwest and
"glide that his own sweet will" through Sections 21, 16, 17, 18, 7 and a
small portion of 6, when it enters Tymochtee Township and finally pours
its waters into the Sandusky River near Mexico, in the latter township.
Mile Creek, the most northerly stream, which finds its source in Crawford
County, flows in a northwesterly direction through Sections 10, 3, 4, 5
and northeast corner of 6, where it enters Seneca County by the farm of
Peter Pennington, ultimately finding its way to the Sandusky River. A
stream, which enjoys the oleaginous and euphonious title, Greasy Creek,
contributes its measure to Sycamore Creek; it rises in Crawford County,
although one of its tributaries has its birth in Section 16, this
township, and passes through Sections 15, 10, 16, 9, 17 and 8, uniting
with Sycamore Creek in the northwest quarter of Section 7. Taylor Creek
has its main springs in Section 34, and after flowing through 33, 27 and
30, penetrates Tymochtee Township by the farm of J. Lease, and falls into
the Sandusky River about a mile west of the township line. Its smallest
tributary rises in Section 28, courses through Section 29 and conjoins
with Taylor Creek on Section 30, and a larger tributary rises in Section
34, traversing Sections 33, 32 and 31, entering Tymochtee Township by the
farm of P. Smith and flows into Taylor Creek on Section 14, latter
township. There are to be found some other smaller creeks in various parts
of the township. The Wyandot Reservation line runs from Tymochtee Township
eastward through the northern part of Sections 31, 32, 33 and 34 for a
quarter of a mile, thence south into Eden. FIRST
SETTLEMENTS. The first white
settler in Sycamore Township was Samuel Harper, who, with
his wife and seven children, four sons, William, James, Samuel and
George, and three daughters, moved into the township March 1, 1821,
where he entered 160 acres in Section 18, and another 160 acres in Section
6. He settled on Section 18, and resided there till his death, which
occurred October 18, 1821. He was a native of Ireland, born in 1748, and
came to America previous to the Revolutionary war, toward the commencement
of which he enlisted. At the battle of Bunker Hill, he received a gun shot
wound in the left arm, which was broken below the elbow. This disabling
him, he was discharged and he then settled in Northumberland County,
Perm., having been married, in Chester County, Penn., to Catharine
Grimes. In the fall of 1818, he moved to Ross County, Ohio, and
March 1, 1821, to Sycamore Township. He died in October of that year.
Mrs. Harper lived on the homestead until 1834, and then moved
to Sycamore Village, where she died in 1848, having reared all her
children to maturity. Alexander Morrow came with Samuel
Harper from Ross County, Ohio, March 1, 1821, and lived with the
Harper family for a time; he afterward bought land on Section 7.
Peter Baum, Sr., came about fifteen days after
Samuel Harper, accompanied by Daniel Walters,
who afterward married Susanna Baum, daughter of Peter
Baum, Sr. He entered ten acres of land on Section 18, and died there.
Ichabod Myron and Rufus Merriman, came about
the same period. John Eyestone came from Ross County,
entered 160 acres of land in Section 7, where he settled.
In 1822 came George Kisor; he entered
eighty acres of land, where he died some fifteen or twenty years after.
William Lupton succeeded Kisor, coming in the early part
of 1823. He settled on Section 17, where he entered 160 acres of land, and
there died about 1848. He had three sons and one daughter; John,
Samuel, Lewis and Massy, all of whom died in Sycamore
Township, excepting Lewis, who died in Eden Township. About the
same period came to this township the following: Peter Betzer,
William Griffith, Michael Van Gundy,
Jeptha Brown, Andrew Clingman, David
Ford, the Crawfords and Starkeys, James
Milligan, Jesse Ingerson, William Goodman,
James and Lorin Pease, and Conrad Betz.
Between 1823 and 1826, Jacob Hershberger
and family, Solomon Pontius and family, William
Griffith and family, Samuel and Bribner Hudson
and their families, Abram and Samuel Bair and their
families, Benjamin Van Gundy and family, William
Goodman and family, William and Samuel Caughey
and families, Jacob Combs and his family, from Virginia;
Gershom Cunningham and family.
From 1826 to 1830, Levi Pennington and
family came from Virginia; Hampton Ford and family of three
sons and one daughter, Benjamin Knapp and family, William
Betzer and family, Adam Coon and family and Abram
Brown and family. Following is a list of those who were assessed
for the payment of taxes in the township of Sycamore in 1845, showing also
the kinds of property owned, and (when real estate) upon what sections
located: OWNERS OF REAL ESTATE.
Anno, Samuel, Section 29, 160 acres.
Ackerman, George, Section 27, 80 acres.
Brown, Ezra, Section 16, 240 acres.
Brown, Jeptha, Section 8, 160 acres.
Bair, David, Section 20, 160 acres.
Brundage, Benjamin, Section 3, 80 acres.
Butler, Simons, Section 18, 80 acres.
Baum, Peter, Section 18, 80 acres.
Bair, Abraham, Section 6, 80 acres, also owned carding machine.
Bair, Samuel, Section 5, 80 acres.
Brown, Abram, Section 31, 107 acres.
Bruna, John J., Section 30, 80 acres.
Berry, Jacob A., Section 30, 80 acres.
Bretz, Conrad, Section 18, 160 acres.
Betzer, William, Section 30, 164 acres.
Barkhart, Peter, Section 10, 100 acres.
Betzer, John, Sections 27 and 34, 354 acres.
Bardoon, Magdalena, Section 9, 120 acres.
Cleland, Arthur, Section 15, 120 acres.
Carey, Harvey, Section 22, 80 acres.
Carpenter, Daniel, Sections 8, 9 and 23, 320 acres.
Culver, Ebenezer, Section 27, 80 acres.
Cornell. M. J. and W. H., Section 4, 80 acres.
Combs, Jacob, Section 6, 120 acres.
Caughey, William, Section 6, 40 acres.
Caughey, Samuel, Section 6, 40 acres.
Caughey, William, Section 6, 40 acres.
Coon, John, Sections 28 and 21, 120 acres.
Clingman, Andrew, Section 19, 80 acres.
Corey, David, Section 28, 80 acres.
Crawford, James, Section 29, 80 acres.
Cunningham, G., Section 4, 80 acres.
Dunlap, James R, Sections 3 and 10, 100 acres.
Dennison, George, Section 3, 160 acres.
Eyestone, Ezekiel, Section 30, 80 acres.
Eyestone, Abraham, Section 30, 80 acres.
Eyestone, George, Section 33, 199 acres.
Eyestone, John, Section 7, 160 acres.
Eichelberger, John, Section 28, 80 acres.
Ford, Stephen, Section 28, 80 acres.
Ford, Charles, Section 19, 40 acres.
Ford, David, Section 20, 160 acres.,
Goodman, D. and John, Section 9, 160 acres.
Garnett, George, Section 34, 97 acres.
Goodman, William, Section 17, 80 acres.
Gurney, Isaac, Section 4, 80 acres.
Grinith* William, Sections 7, 17 and 18, 559 acres.
Gregg, Andrew, Section 10, 160 acres.
Hushlinger, Jacob, Sections 3, 4 and 9, 240 acres.
Hoover, John, Sections 22 and 27, 320 acres.
Hudson, Allen, Section 8, 160 acres.
*One of the first County Commissioners.
Haines, Daniel, Section 9, 120 acres.
Hudson. Samuel, Section 18, 80 acres.
Hudson, Bribun. Section 8, 80 acres.
Hiestand, Martin, Section 22, 80 acres.
Hershberger, Jacob, Section 16, 80 acres.
Ingerson, Jesse, Section 18, 80 acres.
Jacqueth, Isaac, Section 32, 100 acres.
Jones, Levi, Section 31, 102 acres.
Kisor, George, Sections 21, 22 and 28, 320 acres.
Kisor, John, Section 28, 40 acres.
Koon, Andrew, Section 30, 80 acres.
Klick, John, Section 21, 160 acres.
Knapp, Samuel, Section 19, 80 acres.
Kroft, John, Section 21, 80 acres.
Kester, Jonathan L., Section 34, 80 acres.
Lundy, James, Section 30, 80 acres.
Lee, Ebenezer, Section 10, 80 acres.
Lemon, Joel, Sections 28 and 29, 200 acres.
Lundy, Levi, Sections 18 and 19, 240 acres.
Lupton, John R., Section 21, 80 acres.
Lupton, William, Sections 16, 17 and 20, 240 acres.
Lemart, Lewis, Section 10, 135 acres.
Little, James, Section 29, 160 acres.
Martin, John, Section 15, 160 acres.
McCauley, Alfred, Section 21, 80 acres.
McEwen, Robert, Section 3, 80 acres.
Myers, John L., Section 4, 79 acres.
Morrow, Alexander, Section 6, 42 acres.
Milligan, William, Section 29, 160 acres.
Neadry, John, Section 3, 120 acres.
Plane, Mary W., Section 5, 80 acres.
Pontius, Solomon, Sections 3 9, 20 and 32, 342 acres.
Pease, Loren A., Section 35, 1 acre.
Pennington. Isaac, Section 4, 160 acres.
Pennington, Levi, Section 5, 160 acres.
Pennington, Henry, Section 5, 80 acres.
Pool, Rodney, Section 6, 119 acres.
Porter, Simon, Section 22, 80 acres.
* Rogers and Smith, Sections 20 and 21, 160 acres.
Reed, T. C. and J. M., Section 7, 3 acres.
Rogers, Calvin, Section 5, 120 acres.
Reed, Isaac C., Section 7, 160 acres.
Searles, John, Section 34, 80 acres.
State of Ohio, Section 34, 66 acres.
Shafer, Gideon, Section 4, 1 acre.
Talman, Elihu, Section 7, 157 acres.
Talman, Akins, Section 8, 160 acres.
Van Gundy, Michael, Sections 15, 16, and 17, 480 acres.
Welch, Hugh, Section 6, 160 acres.
Wilson, Elisha, Section 19, 80 acres. ' Wagner, Jacob, Section 5,
40 acres.
Walter, Daniel, Sections 15 and 32, 120 acres,
Weeks, Robert M., Section 3, 80 acres.
Wolverton, Lewis, Section 28, 120 acres.
Yates, Abner, Section 10, 25 acres.
Yates, Thomas, Section 10, 40 acres.
Watson. George A., Section 15, 80 acres.
Pennington, Isaac, Section 4, 80 acres.
Dunlap, Daniel W., Sections 10 and 15, 120 acres.
Gregg, Andrew, Section 10, 160 acres.
Milligan, William, Section 29, 80 acres.
Ingerson, Alvin, Section 15, 40 acres.
OWNERS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Samuel Anno, Benjamin Bair, Abram Bair, Jeptha Brown, Lucas Baum, Conrad
Bretz, Abram Brown, Elizabeth Baum, William Betzer, John J. Bunn, Jacob
Beery, Peter Betzer, John Betzer, Andrew Bentley, Andrew Bender, Peter
Burkhart, David Babcock, William Caughey, Moses J. Cornell, Henry B.
Copenhaver, Gershom Cunningham,- Daniel Carpenter, Andrew Clingman, Jacob
Combs, John Cunningham, Adam Coon, David Corey, T. R. Culver, Miner P.
Cable, James Crawford, Charles Chapman, John Coon, Ebenezer Culver, Asa
Culver, Harvey Corey, Harriet J. Davis, James Dunlap, George Eye-stone,
George Eyestone, Jr., John Eyestone, Harman Eye3tone, Ezekiel Eye-stone,
Abram Eyestone, John Eyestone, Jr., Jacob Eckleberry, Hampton Ford, David
Ford, Stephen Ford, Isaac Gurney, Moses C. Gibson, David Goodman, William
Goodman, John Goodman, William Griffith, Andrew Gregg, Adna Gillett,
Bribner Hudson, Samuel Hudson, Allen Hudson, John Harper, James L. Harper,
Jacob Hershberger, Leonard Housburg, Martin Heistand, George Harper, Jesse
Ingerson, Alvin Ingerson, Jacob Imler, C. F. Jacqueth, Solomon S. Knapp,
George Kisor, Jonathan Kester, Samuel Kittsmiller, Benjamin Knapp, Levi
and Willits Lundy, James Lundy, James Little, Joel Lemon, William Lupton,
Samuel Lupton, John K. Lupton, Lewis Lupton, William Leasure, Ebenezer
Lee, John L. Myers, James Milligan, John Mattocks, John Martin, John
Needry, George Ockerman, Salmon Osburn, Rodney Pool, Levi Pennington,
Isaac Pennington, Solomon Pontius, Loren A. Pease, Mary Wilson Plain,
Henry Pennington, Thomas F. Pierce, Benjamin Palmer, Simeon Porter, Caleb
Phillips, Calvin Rogers, T. C. and J. M. Reed, C. P. Rogers, Alva Rose,
Salem T. Richardson. Andrew Storkey, Salem P. Swinehart, Benjamin Shepard,
George Taylor, Akins E. Tallman, John Tobridge, Michael Van Gundy. Michael
Van Gundy, Jr., William Van-Gundy, Hugh Welch, David Wagoner, Elisha
Willson, Lewis Wolverton, Benjamin Wilcox, Ransom Wilcox, Daniel Walter.
FIRST THINGS.
The first house in Sycamore Township was erected by Samuel Harper
about the year 1821. It was of hewed logs, dimensions 18x18 feet, one and
a half stories high, and it stood till 1834-35. The first saw mill was
established by William Griffith in 1830 on Section 18; it
was operated until destroyed by fire in 1876—77; and the first grist-mill
was known as Taylor's mill, erected on Sycamore Creek in Section 17 by
George W. Taylor in 1843-44. It had two run of buhrs, and is still
being operated. Prior to this mill, settlers had to go to the old Indian
Mill at tipper Sandusky, to have their grinding done, or to Buck Creek in
Clark County, Ohio. The first election in the township, which was then a
full Congressional township, was held at the house of George
Kisor near Petersburg, in 1822-23, when a full board of township
officers were elected. Prior to 1822, provisions were brought in from the
south. At that date a store was established at Old Tymochtee. The first
wedding in the township took place in 1826, at the residence of Peter
Baum, the contracting parties being Daniel Walters and
Susannah Baum, and the first births were Susannah and
Barbara Walters (twins), children of Daniel and
Susannah Walters. The first death was that of Samuel Harper,
which occurred at his old homestead in 1823. He is buried on the farm
A. Bretz now lives on. The first store in the township was in Sycamore
Village, kept by George Harper previous to which settlers went to
Delaware for their supplies. There are now, besides those in Sycamore,
three stores in the township, all in the village of Petersburg, viz.: One
dry goods, by John Bender; one grocery, by Jerome Williams,
and one drug store, by Francis Culver.
ROADS AND RAILROADS.
The only highway that traverses this township from north to south, other
than the Crawford County line, is the Section line a mile west of Crawford
County; three roads cross the township from east to west—one in the
center, passing through the town of Sycamore, one a mile further south and
a third on the Eden Township line." In addition to these there are several
others leading either in parallels with or along the section lines, or in
an irregular manner, one of which latter inclines in a northwesterly
direction from the village of Sycamore to Mexico, in Tymochtee Township,
and the Morrison State road, which was the first regularly laid out road
in the township. The Ohio Central Railroad intersects Sections 18, 20, 21,
28, 27 and 34, entering this township from Tymochtee on the farm of
Charles B. Ingerson, and enters Crawford County by the farm of C.
C. Pancoast. SCHOOLS,
CHURCHES, ETC. The first
school in this township was held in the village of Sycamore, and the first
schoolhouse was a round-log structure, 18x18 feet in dimensions, located
on Section 17. It was erected in 1825-26 by the citizens of the township.
The first teacher was Nancy Parmenter, who received the
munificent sum of $1 per week as salary, and this amount was raised by
subscription. There are now six school buildings in the township.
The first religious services in Sycamore Township,
before any regular house of worship was erected, were held during the
summer of 1822 at the house of Mrs. Harper, John
Stewart, a colored missionary, and James B. Finley officiating,
and meetings were continued to be held at private houses or cabins, and
occasionally on the old camp ground, until the erection of the first
church in 1834. This place of worship was a frame structure built on
Section 18, nominally by the Methodists, actually by the united support of
the people, regardless of sect.
Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church of Pipetown.—This
society held its first meeting in this township in the old round-log
schoolhouse in about 1834, and in that year their first church building
was erected on a piece of ground seventy rods north of the southeast
corner of Section 10, on the county line of Crawford and Wyandot. It was
of frame work, 30x40 feet, and completed at no other cost than the
gratuitous labor of those interested. The present church was built in
1853, a plain, but neat frame building, dimensions 28x35 feet, cost $625.
It is located on the same site as the old, and in Section 10. In 1844,
this society had some forty-four members, among whom were R. Weeks,
William Gregg, Thomas Yates, A. Gregg, Lewis Lemert, Isaac Blair,
Benjamin Shepherd, John Thompson, Robert Weeks, Jr., and the wives of
all of them, together with several children. The pastors have been: Among
those prior to 1844—Revs. Thomas Thompson, James Wilson, H.
O.Sheldon; since 1844—Revs. Martin Welsh, Ralph Wilcox, Luke S.
Johnson, — Kishler, Jesse Williams, Thomas J. Gard, John McKean, —
Huestis, and others, with their
colleagues. The first Trustees were Robert Weeks, William Gregg, Thomas
Yates; present Trustees, C. W. Longwell, R. L. Speer, J. F. Gregg.
There is at present no membership, and the church building is now used
for funeral services, Sabbath schools and irregular church meeting
appointments. The Sabbath schools are held in the summer months, and the
attendance of scholars averages about fifty. In December, 1844, a revival
took place in connection with this society, under the guidance of Revs.
M Welsh and J. R. Jewett, on which occasion many children and
youths and about a dozen adults were brought into the church, and in
January, 1854, quite a number of heads of families, as well as young
persons, were converted and joined the church under the administrations of
Revs. Luke S. Johnson and — Kishler.
There are several private burial grounds in the
township, and of the public cemeteries one is located in each of Sections
10, 18, 29. SYCAMORE.
This village is situated on Sycamore Creek between Sections 17 and 18, and
on the line of the Ohio Central Railroad. It was laid out in the year
1842, while Sycamore Township was yet a part of Crawford County. Old
Sycamore" as it is now termed, was of slow growth, and never attained
higher than an ordinary country hamlet. Subsequent additions have been
made, rather plats laid out independent of the "old town," till it now
comprises a thriving village of over 300 inhabitants. The first house
erected on the site of the village was in the year 1836. It was a store
18x30 feet in dimensions, and built of logs by George Harper,
who opened a store, conducting the same two years. At the expiration of
this time, he disposed of the stock to William Combs, who continued in the
mercantile business about the same length of time as Mr. Harper.
Combs sold to Gustus Saffel, who was one of
Sycamore's leading merchants till 1880.
In 1849-50, A. W. Brinkerhoff and J. B.
Wilson opened a store and did business till 1856, when the firm
dissolved and Brinkerhoff removed to Upper Sandusky.
The village now has three dry goods stores, besides
groceries, a sash and door factory, and a very fine five-story brick
flouring mill erected in 1884 by George Taylor.
RELIGIOUS. United Brethren
Church in Christ.—The first meeting of this society was held in a
schoolhouse located on Section —, by Rev. J. Powell, in the year
1849. Two years later, a permanent organization was effected by Rev.
William Mathers, with eleven members, as follows: John Gring, F.
Clapsaddle, William Van Gundy, Charles Shire, Samuel
Swinehart, Jane Swinehart, Martha Brady,
John Beck, Margaret Morris, Elizabeth
Noel, Mary Crawford and Father Swinehart.
The society continued to worship at this schoolhouse until 1853, when it
erected a frame building in Sycamore, 30x40 feet in size, at a cost of
$800. This was used as a house of worship until 1873, when it was replaced
by a commodious brick structure, 44x60 feet in dimensions. This edifice,
located on Saffell's Addition, cost $4,300. The following pastors
have served this charge, viz.: Revs. S. Essex, one year; S. H.
Rowdabaugh, two years; Rev. Clingal, two years; J. Ridly,
one year; L. Moore, one year; Rev. Struble, six months;
E. B. Maurer, two and a half years; and C. L. Bevington, the
present incumbent. The present number of members is ninety, with the
following officers: Trustees—William Van Gundy, P. K Sheaffer, J. W.
Eyestone, William Kinley and Solomon Downey. The society
has been blessed with several revivals, some of the principal ones
occurring in 1873, 1875 and 1877. In 1884, some fifty accessions were made
to the church. A Sabbath school. Missionary Society and a society
termed "The Gleaners," composed of young people, are maintained, and are
in a flourishing condition. SECRET
SOCIETIES. Rubicon Lodge, No. 645, I. 0. O. F.—The
dispensation was granted this lodge July 20, A. D. 1876. The original
members were I. B. Gibbs, J. N. Asbury, M. G. Clapsaddle, George W.
Biles, Philip Bloom, D. M. Bope, G. Eyestone, Harvey Griffith, J.
A. Gibson, A. E. Gibson, W. A. Milligan and William Park.
Nathan Jones, M. W. G. Master, organized the lodge with the following
officers: I. B. Gibbs, N. G.; J. K Asbury, Y. G.; G. W.
Biles, Secretary; J. A. Gibson, Treasurer; William
Milligan, Warden; Philip Bloom, Conductor; William
Park, I. G.; A. E. Gibson, O. G.; D. M. Bope, R. S. N.
G.; H. Griffith, L. S. N. G.; G. Eyestone, L. S. Y.
G.
The present officers are: C. Moessner, N. G.;
P. L. Babcock, Y. G.; E. Y. Ingerson, Secretary; Jacob
Staum, Treasurer; Philip Bloom, Warden; H. W.
Hawkins, Conductor; J. S. Gault, L G.; M. G.
Clapsaddle, O. G.; D. M. Bope, R. S. N. G.; H Grifith,
L. S. N. G.; Wilber Brown, R. S. Y. G.; A. Montours,
L. S. Y. G; A. J. Bretz, R. S. S.; A. J. Brown, L. S. S.
The society has a membership of fifty-five, and holds
its meetings every Saturday evening in the hall over H. M. Byers'
drug store. Prior to December, 1883, it convened in " Biles'
building." There has always been a deep interest taken in the order in
this place since the institution of the lodge, and it has always been
prompt in its attendance upon the sick or needy. But one member has been
taken away by death. The financial standing of the lodge is good, now
having $450 on interest.
Jaqueth Post, No. 196, G. A. B., was organized
January 31,1882, with the following members, viz.: B. Pontius,
J. E. Goodrich, W. Brown, C. Moessner, J. A. Boley, E. J. Wilson, J. Staum,
William Milligan, William Beard, William Hill, T. Fox and Edward
Ingerson. The Post was organized by Inspector Brown, of
Toledo. It has a membership of seventeen, with J. A. Boley as
Commander, and C. Moessner, Adjutant.
TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS SINCE 1845.
Trustees—
1845, Hugh Welch, Isaac Jaqueth, John Martin.
1846—Isaac Jaqueth, Jesse Ingerson, Jeptha Brown.
1847—Jesse Ingerson, Jeptha Brown, Isaac Jaqueth.
1848—Jesse Ingerson, Jeptha Brown, Isaac Jaqueth.
1849—John Kisor, Andrew Gregg, William Betzer.
1850—William Betzer, John Kisor, Andrew Gregg.
1851—William Betzer, John Kisor, Andrew Gregg.
1852—Andrew Gregg, William Betzer, Jonathan Kester.
1853— Elisha Willson, Peter Burkhart, Jesse Ingerson.
1854—Elisha Willson, Jesse Ingerson, John K. Lupton.
1855—John K. Lupton, Ezekiel Eyestone, James K. Dunlap.
1856—John K. Lupton, James K. Dunlap, Ezekiel Eyestone.
1857—Ezekiel Eyestone, Elisha Willson, Jeptha Brown.
1858—Jesse Ingerson, Jeptha Brown, Elisha Willson.
1859—Jesse Ingerson, Jeptha Brown, Elisha Willson.
1860—Jeptha Brown, S. P. Swinehart, William Betzer.
1861—J. A. Gibson, S. P. Swinehart, Enoch Eyestone.
1862—J. A. Gibson, Enoch Eyestone, S. P. Swinehart.
1863—Enoch Eyestone, Jeptha Brown, J. K. Lupton.
1864—William Van Gundy, Jeptha Brown, C. C. Pancoast.
1865—William Van Gundy, C. C. Pancoast, J. T. Konkle.
1866—E. Willson, J. T. Konkle, P. C. Kitchen.
1867—L. A. Pease, P. C. Kitchin, Silas Baker.
1868 - J. A. Gibson, P. C. Kitchin, Silas Baker.
1869—J. Gault, Cyrus Griffith. M. D. Betz.
1870—J. Gault, J. F. Gregg, J. W. Little.
1871—Jordan Gault, J. W. Libtle, A. Bender.
1872—J. W. Little, A. Van Gundy, A. Bender.
1873—A. F. Bender, A. Van Gundy, Cyrus Griffith.
1874—Z. S. Willson, A Thatcher, William Gibbs.
1875—Z. S. Willson, A. Thatcher, William Gibbs.
1876—A. C. Hershberger, Cyrus Griffith, J. W. Little.
1877—A. C. Hershberger, Cyrus Griffith, William Van Gundy.
1878—A C. Hershberger, Cyrus Griffith, William Van Gundy.
1879—Jeptha Brown, A. J: Bretz, Benjamin Pontius.
1880—A. J. Bretz, Benjamin Pontius, John W. Nichols.
1881—A. J. Bretz, Benjamin Pontius, John W. Nichols.
1882—A. J. Bretz, Benjamin Pontius, John W. Nichols.
1883—John W. Nichols, A. J. Bretz, Griffith Evestone.
Clerks—
1845-46, James C. Pease; 1847-48, Augustus Saffell; 1849-50,
Samuel Hudson; 1851-54, Henry J. Flack;
1855-61, T. A. Peeso; 1862, J. W. Eyestone; 1863-66, I.
Philips; 1867-68, G. E. Basom; 1869-75, I. Philips;
1876, J. C. Stalter; 1877, Wilber Brown; 1878, F.
H. West; 1879, Wilber Brown; 1880-83, I. B. Gibbs.
Treasurers—
1845, George Harper; 1846, L. A. Pease; 1847-54,
John Harper; 1855, Jeptha Brown; 1856, A. Saffell;
1857-59, A. H. Lundy; 1860, John Harper; 1861-65, A H.
Lundy; 1866-68, A. Saffell; 1869-73, John Stinchcomb;
1874, William Van Gundy; 1875-78, Silas Baker; 1879-83,
William Van Gundy.
Justices of the Peace—
1845, David Ellis, Joel Lemon; 1848, Benjamin Knapp, Jacob
Hershberger; 1850, Jeptha Brown; 1851, Jacob Hershberger;
1857, Andrew Gregg; 1860, M. C. Gibson, Jacob Hershberger;
1866, John W. Reynolds, James C. Pease; 1869, James C. Pease,
John W. Reynolds; 1871, G. W. Biles; 1872, J. E. Goodrich;
1874, George W. Biles; 1877, B. F. Culver; 1880, Tilghman
Zellner; 1881, J. E. Goodrich; 1883, Tilghman Zellner.
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