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This page is a table of contents for Beers History for Warren County, Ohio, transcribed by Arne Trelvik, webmaster for US GenWeb of Warren County, Ohio and also a member of WCGS. Most of the articles have been transcribed by Martie Callihan of Columbus, OH can be found below and also on the Warren County Gen web page. Biographies can be found in the Warren County section, as well as the township sections. For your convenience, we have listed the township biographies after the township general information. Beers History for Warren County, Ohio is available in our library for your reference. If you would like to have a photocopy of any of the pages listed below, please contact our research department.

Section
NW Territory
Ohio
Warren County
Clearcreek Twp	Salem Twp
Deerfield Twp	Turtlecreek Twp
Franklin Twp	Union Twp
Hamilton Twp	Washington Twp
Harlan Twp	Wayne Twp
Massie Twp
Portraits
Illustrations
Miscellaneous

Preface

History of the NW Territory

Section	Chapter	Page
NW Territory	Geographical Position	19
NW Territory	Early Explorations	20
NW Territory	Discovery of the Ohio	32
NW Territory	English Explorations and Settlements	34
NW Territory	American Settlements	59
NW Territory	Division of the Northwest Territory	65
NW Territory	Tecumseh and the War of 1812	69
NW Territory	Black Hawk and the Black Hawk War	73

History of the State of Ohio

Section	Chapter	Page
Ohio	History of Ohio	93
Ohio	French History	96
Ohio	Ordinance of 1787, No. 32	105
Ohio	The War of 1812	122
Ohio	Banking	126
Ohio	The Canal System	128
Ohio	Ohio Land Tracts	129
Ohio	Improvements	132
Ohio	State Boundaries	136
Ohio	Organization of Counties & Early Events	137
Ohio	Governors of Ohio	160
Ohio	Ancient Works	174
Ohio	Some General Characteristics	177
Ohio	Outline Geology of Ohio	179
Ohio	Ohio's Rank During the War	182
Ohio	A Brief Mention of Prominent Ohio Generals	191
Ohio	Some Discussed Subjects	186
Ohio	Conclusion	200
Ohio	Comments upon the Ordinance of 1787, from the Statues of Ohio Edited by Salmon P. Chase, and Published in the year 1833	204

History of Warren County by Josiah Morrow

Section	Chapter	Page
Warren County	Preface	214
Warren County	Organization and Boundaries	215
Warren County	Hamilton County	215
Warren County	Virginia Counties: Illinois and Botetourt Counties	216
Warren County	Boundaries of Warren County [Acts of 1803 & 1815]	216
Warren County	The Indian Owners	218
Warren County	Indian Mode of Life	220
Warren County	Gen. Harrison on Indian Character	221
Warren County	Extinguishment of Indian Titles	221
Warren County	Explorations - Surveys - Land Grants (Christopher Gist, O'Bannon and Fox, Maj. Benjamin Stites)	223
Warren County	Symmes' Land Speculation	224
Warren County	Adventures of Early Surveying Parties	227
Warren County	Method of Survey	228
Warren County	Numbering of Sections	229
Warren County	Virginia Military Lands	230
Warren County	Symmes' Patent	231
Warren County	Ministerial Sections	231
Warren County	School Sections	231
Warren County	Military Range	232
Warren County	Forteitures	232
Warren County	Congress Lands	233
Warren County	Pre-empted Lands	233
Warren County	Chain of Land Titles	233
Warren County	Pioneer History	237
Warren County	Stations for Defense Against the Indians	237
Warren County	Premiums for Indian Scalps	239
Warren County	First Settlements	240
Warren County	Rapid Growth of the County	241
Warren County	States from which the Settlers Came	242
Warren County	Prices and Commercial Intercourse	243
Warren County	Friendly Indians	243
Warren County	Early Mills	244
Warren County	Deerfield Township, Hamilton County, Northwest Territory	244
Warren County	Early Elections	247
Warren County	Members of the Territorial Legislature	247
Warren County	Members of the Constitutional Convention	248
Warren County	Pioneer Life	249
Warren County	Clearing of the Land	249
Warren County	Dwellings and Furniture	249
Warren County	Wearing Apparel	250
Warren County	Horseback Travel	250
Warren County	Horse Thieves	250
Warren County	Copper Distilleries	251
Warren County	Character of the Pioneers	252
Warren County	The Backwoods Age not a Golden Age	252
Warren County	Josiah Espy Quoted	253
Warren County	The Primitive Forests	253
Warren County	Streams	257
Warren County	Wild Animals	258
Warren County	Premiums for Wolf and Squirrel Scalps	258
Warren County	Snakes and Leeches	259
Warren County	Bear Hunt Described	259
Warren County	First Teachers and Schoolhouses	261
Warren County	Francis Glass	262
Warren County	Pioneer Preaching	262
Warren County	The Baptist Church	263
Warren County	The Methodist Episcopal Church	264
Warren County	The Presbyterian Church	264
Warren County	The Great Revival of 1801, 1802, 1803, and the Introduction of Shakerism1	267
Warren County	Rev. Richard McNemar	268
Warren County	The Jerks and Other Nervous Disorders	269
Warren County	Scenes of Religious Tumult	271
Warren County	First Vist of Shaker Missionaries	272
Warren County	Presbyterians become Shakers	273
Warren County	Civil and Judicial	274
Warren County	First Court and Grand Jury	274
Warren County	First Financial Exhibit	278
Warren County	Seat of Justice	278
Warren County	County Buildings	279
Warren County	First Jail	279
Warren County	First Court House	280
Warren County	Second Jail	280
Warren County	Third Jail	280
Warren County	Second Court House	281
Warren County	Fourth Jail	281
Warren County	Infirmary	282
Warren County	Orphans Asylum and Children's Home	282
Warren County	Roads	283
Warren County	Turnpikes	287
Warren County	Canals - Warren County Canal	287
Warren County	Little Miami Canal and Banking Company	289
Warren County	Railways	289
Warren County	First Excursion Train on Little Miami Railroad	290
Warren County	Post Offices	292
Warren County	The Bench and the Bar	294
Warren County	Lists of Lawyers in 1830 and 1840	298
Warren County	Lawyers' Fees and Judges' Salaries	299
Warren County	Opposition to the Code	299
Warren County	List of Judges	300
Warren County	The Medical Profession	300
Warren County	Lists of Physicians in 1830 and 1840	303
Warren County	Medical Censors	304
Warren County	Dr. Samuel Thompson's Botanic System	304
Warren County	Lebanon Medical Society	307
Warren County	The Newspaper Press	309
Warren County	Education	311
Warren County	Teachers' Institutes	312
Warren County	Religion in the Common Schools	313
Warren County	County School Examiners	313
Warren County	Religion	314
Warren County	Changes in Worship and Belief	318
Warren County	Sunday School	319
Warren County	Agriculture	320
Warren County	Horses	321
Warren County	Cattle - Sheep	322
Warren County	Swine - Poland-China Breed	323
Warren County	Review of Agriculture in 1849	324
Warren County	County Agricultural Society and Fairs	328
Warren County	Warren County Horticultural Society	330
Warren County	Growth of Population and Wealth	330
Warren County	Value of Real Estate	333
Warren County	Politics	337
Warren County	Nominating Candidates	338
Warren County	Campaign of 1840	339
Warren County	Statistics of Votes	340
Warren County	The Militia Muster	342
Warren County	Corwin's Reply to Gen. Crary	343
Warren County	The War of 1812	343
Warren County	The Wagoner Boy	347
Warren County	Shakers Drafted	347
Warren County	The Mexican War	348
Warren County	Corwin's Speech	348
Warren County	The Civil War	349
Warren County	The Distinguished Dead	353
Warren County	Robert Benham	353
Warren County	Francis Dunlevy	357
Warren County	Jeremiah Morrow	360
Warren County	Matthias Corwin	367
Warren County	Joshua Collett	369
Warren County	John McLean	370
Warren County	Thomas R. Ross	371
Warren County	Thomas Corwin	372
Warren County	George J. Smith	379
Warren County	Joseph Whitehill	382
Warren County	John Probasco, Jr.	383
Warren County	John Milton Williams	387
Warren County	George Kesling	388
Warren County	Ephraim Kibby	389
Warren County	John Bigger	390
Warren County	William S. Schenck	391
Warren County	Michael H. Johnson	391
Warren County	Thomas B. Van Horne	392
Warren County	Topography	393
Warren County	Table of Elevations	397
Warren County	Climate	397
Warren County	Geology	398
Warren County	Bowlders and Fossils	400
Warren County	Antiquities	401
Warren County	Fort Ancient	401
Warren County	Fort of Burnt Earth	402
Warren County	Archaeological Relics	403
Warren County	Opening of a Mound	404
Warren County	Historical Notes and Collections	407
Warren County	Routes of Expeditions Against the Indians	407
Warren County	Col. John Bowman's Expedition	407
Warren County	Gen. George R. Clark's First Expedition	408
Warren County	Gen. George R. Clark's Second Expedition	410
Warren County	Gen. Josiah Harmar's Route	410
Warren County	Journey Through Warren County in 1797	411
Warren County	Pilgrims of 1818	413
Warren County	Visit of Gov. De Witt Clinton	414
Warren County	Visit of the Duke of Saxe-Weimar	418
Warren County	Butler and Warren Pioneer Association	419
Warren County	Towns Laid Out	419
Warren County	Eaton Township (Extinct)	420
Warren County	Recorders - Sheriffs - Prosecuting Attorneys	421
Warren County	Auditors - Clerks - Treasurers	422
Warren County	County Commissioners	423
Warren County	Associate Judges	424
Warren County	Probate Judges	424
Warren County	Members of the Legislature	424
Warren County	Members of the Constitutional Convention, etc.	429

Clearcreek Township by W. B. Thacker

Section	Chapter	Page
Clearcreek Twp	Clear Creek Township	587
Clearcreek Twp	Situation and Organization	587
Clearcreek Twp	List of Township Officers	589
Clearcreek Twp	Schools	593
Clearcreek Twp	Churches	594
Clearcreek Twp	Societies	595
Clearcreek Twp	In the War	597
Clearcreek Twp	Manufactures	597
Clearcreek Twp	Post Offices and Roads	598
Clearcreek Twp	Early Settlers	598
Clearcreek Twp	Incidents	603

Clearcreek Township Biographies

Section	Chapter	Page
Clearcreek Bios	Phillip Alexander	890
Clearcreek Bios	W. Wallace Baird	890
Clearcreek Bios	William H. Ballard	891
Clearcreek Bios	Jonathan J. Baner	892
Clearcreek Bios	John M. Blackford	892
Clearcreek Bios	Christopher Blin	893
Clearcreek Bios	George E. Bunnell	894
Clearcreek Bios	Stephen Clevenger	895
Clearcreek Bios	Samuel R. Crane	896
Clearcreek Bios	Caleb M. Crane	897
Clearcreek Bios	Amos Crane	897
Clearcreek Bios	Marmaduke Crockett (deceased)	898
Clearcreek Bios	William L. Dearth	899
Clearcreek Bios	Isaac N. Dearth	899
Clearcreek Bios	Joseph Decker	900
Clearcreek Bios	Arthur D. Easton	901
Clearcreek Bios	Charles H. Eulass	901
Clearcreek Bios	Christopher Fry	902
Clearcreek Bios	Evan E. Githens	903
Clearcreek Bios	David Graham	903
Clearcreek Bios	Jonah R. and James A. Gregg	904
Clearcreek Bios	William Harrison Gregg	906
Clearcreek Bios	Benajah Gustin	907
Clearcreek Bios	John Gustin	908
Clearcreek Bios	Mahlon T. Janney	909
Clearcreek Bios	Napoleon Johnson	909
Clearcreek Bios	Samuel Kirby	910
Clearcreek Bios	Harrison Kirby	911
Clearcreek Bios	Nathan E. Lupton	911
Clearcreek Bios	Caleb Merritt	913
Clearcreek Bios	James C. Merritt	913
Clearcreek Bios	Henry H. Merritt	914
Clearcreek Bios	Thomas Miller	914
Clearcreek Bios	Lewis N. Miller	916
Clearcreek Bios	John C. Miltenberger	916
Clearcreek Bios	Peter Monfort	917
Clearcreek Bios	George Monger	917
Clearcreek Bios	Job Mullin	918
Clearcreek Bios	Clayton W. Mullin	919
Clearcreek Bios	Jonathan Munger	920
Clearcreek Bios	Joseph Nedry	922
Clearcreek Bios	Jonathan J. Null	923
Clearcreek Bios	George W. Null	923
Clearcreek Bios	Edward A. Null	924
Clearcreek Bios	Henry Elijah Null	924
Clearcreek Bios	John Plunkett	924
Clearcreek Bios	George W. Read (deceased)	925
Clearcreek Bios	George E. Riley	926
Clearcreek Bios	Lindley M. Rogers	926
Clearcreek Bios	Frederick Rosnagle	927
Clearcreek Bios	Solomon Rosnagle	928
Clearcreek Bios	Joseph Stanton	928
Clearcreek Bios	Benjamin A. Stokes	929
Clearcreek Bios	John Stroop	930
Clearcreek Bios	Monroe Sweny	931
Clearcreek Bios	W. B. Thacker	932
Clearcreek Bios	Edmond Throckmorton	933
Clearcreek Bios	Thomas Tibbals	934
Clearcreek Bios	Robert H. Todd	934
Clearcreek Bios	Wilson Unglesbe	935
Clearcreek Bios	Aaron Wilson	935
Clearcreek Bios	David Witterman	936
Clearcreek Bios	Jonathan M. Wright, M.D.	937

Deerfield Township by Louis F. Coleman

Section	Chapter	Page
Deerfield Twp	Deerfield Township	630
Deerfield Twp	Topography	630
Deerfield Twp	Early Settlements	631
Deerfield Twp	Township Officials	633
Deerfield Twp	Justices of the Peace	634
Deerfield Twp	Other Township Officials	634
Deerfield Twp	Roads	636
Deerfield Twp	Churches	639
Deerfield Twp	Schools	640
Deerfield Twp	Societies	641
Deerfield Twp	Mills and Distilleries	642
Deerfield Twp	Graveyards	642
Deerfield Twp	Post Offices	643
Deerfield Twp	Politics	643
Deerfield Twp	The War Record	643
Deerfield Twp	Towns	645

Deerfield Township Biographies

Section	Chapter	Page
Deerfield Bios	James Baxter	960
Deerfield Bios	William R. Baxter	961
Deerfield Bios	John Baxter	961
Deerfield Bios	Andrew J. Baxter	961
Deerfield Bios	R. H. Bennett	961
Deerfield Bios	David E. Bennett	963
Deerfield Bios	John C. Bennett	963
Deerfield Bios	Sam C. Bennett	964
Deerfield Bios	John Bercaw	965
Deerfield Bios	Thomas M. Bercaw	965
Deerfield Bios	Hamilton L. Bercaw	966
Deerfield Bios	Thomas J. Blackburn	966
Deerfield Bios	James Bowyer	967
Deerfield Bios	John S. Bowyer	969
Deerfield Bios	John W. Bowyer	968
Deerfield Bios	John N. Brewer	968
Deerfield Bios	William M. Burch	969
Deerfield Bios	Jacob Bursk	969
Deerfield Bios	William W. Casseday	970
Deerfield Bios	Samuel M. Casseday	970
Deerfield Bios	Alonzo Casseday	970
Deerfield Bios	Frederick Cline	971
Deerfield Bios	Aza Coleman	971
Deerfield Bios	William F. Coulson (deceased)	972
Deerfield Bios	Joshua Cox	973
Deerfield Bios	William Cox Jr.	973
Deerfield Bios	Richard M. Cox	974
Deerfield Bios	Erastus Cox	975
Deerfield Bios	John E. Cox	975
Deerfield Bios	John B. Crawford	975
Deerfield Bios	John Dill	976
Deerfield Bios	Col. William S. Dodds	976
Deerfield Bios	James H. Foster (deceased)	977
Deerfield Bios	Seth B. Greely	978
Deerfield Bios	Reuben Hoff	978
Deerfield Bios	William Jackson	979
Deerfield Bios	John Kohl	979
Deerfield Bios	Jacob and Mary (Jackson) Le Fevre	980
Deerfield Bios	Joseph McClung	981
Deerfield Bios	Jonas McCurdy	981
Deerfield Bios	Ephraim L. Mehan	981
Deerfield Bios	Robert Merchant	982
Deerfield Bios	Alonzo Miller	982
Deerfield Bios	Joseph Mulford	983
Deerfield Bios	Jonathan J. Myers	984
Deerfield Bios	John T. Nixon	984
Deerfield Bios	M. Obergefell	985
Deerfield Bios	Thomas L. Pendery	985
Deerfield Bios	James N. Perrine	985
Deerfield Bios	A. W. Pittinger	986
Deerfield Bios	Abner L. Ross	986
Deerfield Bios	John Sanders	987
Deerfield Bios	James Scott	988
Deerfield Bios	Thomas Scott	988
Deerfield Bios	J. M. Thompson	989
Deerfield Bios	John L. Thompson	990
Deerfield Bios	L. C. Thurston	990
Deerfield Bios	Alfred Voorhis	991
Deerfield Bios	William C. Williamson	992
Deerfield Bios	Peter W. Wikoff	992
Deerfield Bios	John C. Wodrey	993

Franklin Township by W. C. Reeder

Section	Chapter	Page
Franklin Twp	Early Settlements	509
Franklin Twp	Manufactures	512
Franklin Twp	Ancient Remains	512
Franklin Twp	New Jersey Presbyterian Church	515
Franklin Twp	Old-School Baptist Church	517
Franklin Twp	Carlisle Station	518
Franklin Twp	The Town of Franklin	518
Franklin Twp	Officers of Franklin	520
Franklin Twp	Protection from Fire	526
Franklin Twp	Situation of the Town and its Growth	526
Franklin Twp	Public Buildings	527
Franklin Twp	Schools and School Buildings	528
Franklin Twp	Churches	529
Franklin Twp	The Presbyterian Church of Franklin	529
Franklin Twp	Franklin Baptist Church	529
Franklin Twp	The Methodist Episcopal Church	530
Franklin Twp	The Christian Church	531
Franklin Twp	The Union Meeting House	531
Franklin Twp	St. Mary's Catholic Church	532
Franklin Twp	The African Methodist Episcopal Church	532
Franklin Twp	The African Baptist Church	532
Franklin Twp	Prominent Buildings	532
Franklin Twp	Canal and Railroad	535
Franklin Twp	Franklin Hydraulic and Mills	535
Franklin Twp	Prominent Men	539
Franklin Twp	J. N. C. Schenck	539
Franklin Twp	Robert C. Schenck	539
Franklin Twp	Lewis D. Campbell	540
Franklin Twp	Samuel Campbell	540
Franklin Twp	O. C. Maxwell	540
Franklin Twp	John F. Gallaher	541
Franklin Twp	John Kell	541
Franklin Twp	A. D. Schenck	541
Franklin Twp	William Kell	542
Franklin Twp	Peter M. Dechant	542
Franklin Twp	Young Men's Christian Association and Public Library	542
Franklin Twp	Temperance Movements	545
Franklin Twp	Franklin Suspension Bridge	546
Franklin Twp	Grain Elevators	546
Franklin Twp	Newspapers	547
Franklin Twp	In the War	547
Franklin Twp	Cemetery	548
Franklin Twp	Hotels	548
Franklin Twp	Secret Societies	548
Franklin Twp	List of Township Officers	549

Franklin Township Biographies

Section	Chapter	Page
Franklin Bios	Lewis G. Anderson	793
Franklin Bios	George Balintine	793
Franklin Bios	William B. Ballinger	794
Franklin Bios	William T. Barkalow	794
Franklin Bios	Arthur D. Barkalow	794
Franklin Bios	William V. Barkalow	795
Franklin Bios	James A. Barnett	795
Franklin Bios	Elias L. Bone	795
Franklin Bios	Thomas Brady	796
Franklin Bios	Daniel Brininger	796
Franklin Bios	James C. Brown	796
Franklin Bios	John R. Bundy	796
Franklin Bios	William H. Butt	797
Franklin Bios	Samuel Campbell (deceased)	797
Franklin Bios	Joseph Chamberlin	797
Franklin Bios	John Chamberlin	798
Franklin Bios	Daniel H. Clutch	798
Franklin Bios	Washington Coleman	798
Franklin Bios	Enoch D. Compton	799
Franklin Bios	Joseph Conover	800
Franklin Bios	Anthony Cook	800
Franklin Bios	Edward P. Crist	800
Franklin Bios	William M. Cumming	801
Franklin Bios	John M. Dachtler	801
Franklin Bios	David Deardoff (deceased)	801
Franklin Bios	Perry H. Deardoff	802
Franklin Bios	Frederick Dechant	802
Franklin Bios	George L. Denise	802
Franklin Bios	Peter T. Dickey (deceased)	803
Franklin Bios	Joseph Dubois	803
Franklin Bios	James Eberhart	803
Franklin Bios	Lewis H. Eisenminger	804
Franklin Bios	Joseph Ely	804
Franklin Bios	Samuel Emans	804
Franklin Bios	Edward Emerson	804
Franklin Bios	G. W. Emley	805
Franklin Bios	George R. Feerer	805
Franklin Bios	J. C. Fleming, M. D.	805
Franklin Bios	William Green	805
Franklin Bios	David O. Greene	806
Franklin Bios	Mordecai M Gregg	806
Franklin Bios	W. C. Hankinson	806
Franklin Bios	James Johnson	807
Franklin Bios	Henry P. Lane, Jr.	807
Franklin Bios	Ransom S. Lockwood	807
Franklin Bios	James Marshall	808
Franklin Bios	Harvey B. Meeker	808
Franklin Bios	William B. McAroy, M. D.	808
Franklin Bios	Joseph McKinley	809
Franklin Bios	George McLane	809
Franklin Bios	James McLane	809
Franklin Bios	Warren C. McWhinney	810
Franklin Bios	Mordecai Millard	810
Franklin Bios	Casper Miller	810
Franklin Bios	James H. Miller	810
Franklin Bios	William Miltenberger	811
Franklin Bios	Loton Miltenberger	811
Franklin Bios	Thomas C. Mitchell	812
Franklin Bios	Frederick Morey	812
Franklin Bios	Jacob Morningstar	812
Franklin Bios	Harry Orsborn	812
Franklin Bios	Daniel S. Parker	812
Franklin Bios	Charles P. Parker	813
Franklin Bios	William M. Robison	813
Franklin Bios	Edward Rossman	813
Franklin Bios	James Rossman	813
Franklin Bios	Ner Rothrock	814
Franklin Bios	Benedict G. Schenck	814
Franklin Bios	John C. Schenck	815
Franklin Bios	Jacob W. Shertzer	815
Franklin Bios	William A. Snuff	816
Franklin Bios	Joseph D. Stanton	816
Franklin Bios	Lloyd Stockman	816
Franklin Bios	James S. Stoutenborough	817
Franklin Bios	Henry Stoutenborough	817
Franklin Bios	John L. Thirkield	817
Franklin Bios	Eden B. Thirkield	818
Franklin Bios	William B. Vail	818
Franklin Bios	John W. Vail	819
Franklin Bios	William C. Vail	819
Franklin Bios	Thomas Van Dyke	819
Franklin Bios	Abraham Van Tuyl	819
Franklin Bios	Michael Van Tuyl	820
Franklin Bios	Sayles Walling	820
Franklin Bios	John Ward	820
Franklin Bios	James Warrick	820
Franklin Bios	George C. Weaver	821
Franklin Bios	William M. Wilson	821

Hamilton Township by Horace Clinton

Section	Chapter	Page
Hamilton Twp	Hamilton Township	604
Hamilton Twp	Early Settlements	606
Hamilton Twp	Geological Structure	608
Hamilton Twp	Topography	608
Hamilton Twp	Roads	609
Hamilton Twp	Schools	610
Hamilton Twp	Maineville Academy	611
Hamilton Twp	Members of Board of Education of Hamilton Township from 1853 to Present Time	612
Hamilton Twp	Early Manufactures	613
Hamilton Twp	Early Graveyards	614
Hamilton Twp	Early Reminiscences - Miscellaneous	615
Hamilton Twp	Township Officials	615
Hamilton Twp	Politics	616
Hamilton Twp	Justices of the Peace	617
Hamilton Twp	War of 1812 and Mexican War	617
Hamilton Twp	War of the Rebellion	617
Hamilton Twp	Post Offices	618
Hamilton Twp	Villages of the Township	618
Hamilton Twp	Maineville	621
Hamilton Twp	Maineville Business Directory	622
Hamilton Twp	The Churches	622
Hamilton Twp	M. E. Church of Zoar	623
Hamilton Twp	Maineville Methodist Episcopal Church	623
Hamilton Twp	Maineville Free-Will Baptist Church	623
Hamilton Twp	United Presbyterian Church, Hopkinsville	624
Hamilton Twp	Bethel Presbyterian Church	624
Hamilton Twp	Bethel Temperance Society	629

Hamilton Township Biographies

Section

Chapter

Page

Hamilton Bios

Edwin Adams

938

Hamilton Bios

Levi Baker

938

Hamilton Bios

Joseph Baker

938

Hamilton Bios

Isaac C. Burton

938

Hamilton Bios

William Burton

939

Hamilton Bios

William Butterworth

939

Hamilton Bios

Henry K. Cain

939

Hamilton Bios

Horace Clinton

940

Hamilton Bios

Robert Cook

940

Hamilton Bios

Lucius A. Cottle

941

Hamilton Bios

Frank Cummings

942

Hamilton Bios

Rev. Isaac J. Cushman (deceased)

942

Hamilton Bios

John M. Dyer

943

Hamilton Bios

Benjamin Eltzroth

943

Hamilton Bios

Daniel Eltzroth

943

Hamilton Bios Jacob Ertel
944

Hamilton Bios John Ertel
944

Hamilton Bios

Henry Ford

945

Hamilton Bios

Richard Ford

945

Hamilton Bios

Samuel D. Ford

945

Hamilton Bios

Charles Ford

946

Hamilton Bios E. D. Foss
946

Hamilton Bios

Joseph Gillis

947

Hamilton Bios

David Gillis

947

Hamilton Bios

M. Girton

947

Hamilton Bios

John P. Grandin (deceased)

948

Hamilton Bios

Isaac Hall

948

Hamilton Bios

W. H. Haney

949

Hamilton Bios

Daniel Hewitt

949

Hamilton Bios

James Hopkins

950

Hamilton Bios

John A. Jameson

950

Hamilton Bios

B. F. Johnson

950

Hamilton Bios

George Kroener

950

Hamilton Bios

Josiah Lownes

950

Hamilton Bios

Richard Ludlum

951

Hamilton Bios

Benjamin F. Ludlum

951

Hamilton Bios

John F. Marsh

951

Hamilton Bios

Samuel H. McFerren

952

Hamilton Bios

W. R. Merrill

952

Hamilton Bios

James H. Monce

952

Hamilton Bios

William P. Mounts

953

Hamilton Bios

James W. Mounts

953

Hamilton Bios

Lindsey Mounts

953

Hamilton Bios

William G. Mounts

954

Hamilton Bios

J. C. Redman

954

Hamilton Bios

George J. Roach

954

Hamilton Bios

William Roat

955

Hamilton Bios

H. Schlotman

955

Hamilton Bios

Daniel H. Shields

955

Hamilton Bios

P. W. Skillman

956

Hamilton Bios

Peter W. Snook

956

Hamilton Bios

John Spence Jr.

957

Hamilton Bios

Milton Spence

957

Hamilton Bios

Joseph Stryker

957

Hamilton Bios

William Swank

957

Hamilton Bios

A. L. Thompson

958

Hamilton Bios

William Harrison Walker

958

Hamilton Bios

Thomas Dickey Walker

958

Hamilton Bios

Samuel Walker

959

Hamilton Bios

Andrew Jackson Walker

959

Harlan Township by J. A. Runyan

Section	Chapter	Page
Harlan Twp	Harlan Township Organization	671
Harlan Twp	Ancient remains, etc.	672
Harlan Twp	Early Roads	673
Harlan Twp	Railroads	674
Harlan Twp	Towns and Villages	674
Harlan Twp	Butlerville	677
Harlan Twp	Osceola	677
Harlan Twp	Black Hawk	678
Harlan Twp	Middleborough	678
Harlan Twp	Pleasant Plain	678
Harlan Twp	Level	678
Harlan Twp	Religious Denominations	678
Harlan Twp	Societies	679
Harlan Twp	Early Elections	680
Harlan Twp	Early Settlements	680
Harlan Twp	Justices of the Peace	683
Harlan Twp	Township Officers	684

Harlan Township Biographies

Section	Chapter	Page
Harlan Bios	Mary A. Addis	1029
Harlan Bios	Jacob Balzhiser	1029
Harlan Bios	Daniel S. Bird	1029
Harlan Bios	Jackson Clinton	1029
Harlan Bios	James B. Collins	1030
Harlan Bios	George Constable	1030
Harlan Bios	John W. Couden	1030
Harlan Bios	D. T. Cox	1031
Harlan Bios	George Crosson	1031
Harlan Bios	Jacob Diebold	1031
Harlan Bios	Phillip Enz	1032
Harlan Bios	Andrew Fryburger	1032
Harlan Bios	John D. Hamer	1033
Harlan Bios	Moses R. Hill	1033
Harlan Bios	William H. H. Hitesman	1033
Harlan Bios	George Holmes	1034
Harlan Bios	James Hutchinson	1034
Harlan Bios	John Ingle	1034
Harlan Bios	William Jackson	1035
Harlan Bios	George Jackson	1035
Harlan Bios	Thomas J. Jones	1035
Harlan Bios	Michael Keller	1036
Harlan Bios	Fannie Klippart	1036
Harlan Bios	Israel Lundy	1036
Harlan Bios	Sarah E. Meneley	1037
Harlan Bios	James E. Nichols	1037
Harlan Bios	William Noscar	1038
Harlan Bios	Thomas J. Patterson	1038
Harlan Bios	John A. Peel	1039
Harlan Bios	Herschel W. Price	1039
Harlan Bios	James W. Ross	1039
Harlan Bios	John R. Ross	1039
Harlan Bios	Charles Romber	1040
Harlan Bios	Samuel Sharp	1040
Harlan Bios	David H. Smith	1041
Harlan Bios	Samuel S. Smith	1041
Harlan Bios	Estle Snell	1041
Harlan Bios	Gustavius A. Spence	1042
Harlan Bios	William Symons	1042
Harlan Bios	F. M. Van tress	1043
Harlan Bios	George Veidt	1043
Harlan Bios	William Young	1043

Massie Township by Hon. Thomas M. Wales

Section	Chapter	Page
Massie Twp	Massie Township	647
Massie Twp	Location and Survey of Land Warrants	647
Massie Twp	Organization	648
Massie Twp	Early Settlers	650
Massie Twp	Churches	651
Massie Twp	Industries	652
Massie Twp	Harveysburg	652
Massie Twp	Dr. Jesse Harvey	654

Massie Township Biographies

Section	Chapter	Page
Massie Bios	Hiram Allen	994
Massie Bios	Isaac H. Antram	994
Massie Bios	Clarkson Burgess	995
Massie Bios	Joseph C. Carroll	996
Massie Bios	George T. Champlin	997
Massie Bios	John D. Cleaver	997
Massie Bios	William H. Cleaver	998
Massie Bios	William J. Collett	998
Massie Bios	Israel D. Compton (deceased)	999
Massie Bios	Frank M. Cunningham	1000
Massie Bios	Joseph J. Downing	1000
Massie Bios	James W. Ellis	1001
Massie Bios	Harvey C. Ellis	1002
Massie Bios	Milton Hadley	1002
Massie Bios	Samuel Harlan	1002
Massie Bios	Wilson Harvey	1003
Massie Bios	Jervis J. Hatton	1004
Massie Bios	Christian Hisey	1004
Massie Bios	Edward P. Kirvan	1005
Massie Bios	Herbert A. Laurence	1005
Massie Bios	Joseph Lukens	1006
Massie Bios	Salathiel Lukens	1006
Massie Bios	John Lukens	1007
Massie Bios	Levi S. Lukens	1007
Massie Bios	E. L. and J. G. Macy	1008
Massie Bios	Dr. David Mason	1009
Massie Bios	Luke McGuinn	1010
Massie Bios	Conrad Miller	1010
Massie Bios	William Miller	1010
Massie Bios	William Morgan	1011
Massie Bios	John Morris	1011
Massie Bios	Nathan Mullin (deceased)	1012
Massie Bios	Thomas Rich	1012
Massie Bios	Josiah C. Rogers	1013
Massie Bios	Daniel Romine	1014
Massie Bios	George P. Ross	1014
Massie Bios	Joseph Sears	1015
Massie Bios	Thomas Sherod	1015
Massie Bios	Jonathan Sherwood	1016
Massie Bios	Charles H. Sherwood	1017
Massie Bios	Bushrod Singleton	1017
Massie Bios	Jonas Stump	1017
Massie Bios	Jonathan Vandervoort	1018
Massie Bios	John Vandervoort	1019
Massie Bios	Thomas M. Wales	1019

Salem Township by J. L. Mounts, M. D.

Section	Chapter	Page
Salem Twp	Salem Township	660
Salem Twp	Organization	660
Salem Twp	Land Warrants	661
Salem Twp	Settlements	662
Salem Twp	Justices of the Peace	665
Salem Twp	Churches	665
Salem Twp	Roachester	667
Salem Twp	Fredericksburg	667
Salem Twp	Millgrove	667
Salem Twp	Morrow	668
Salem Twp	Col. Thomas Worthington	669
Salem Twp	E. D. Mansfield	669

Salem Township Biographies

Section	Chapter	Page
Salem Bios	Albert Brant	1020
Salem Bios	Jonathan P. Coddington	1022
Salem Bios	James Skinner Couden	1022
Salem Bios	Dr. John T. Couden	1023
Salem Bios	S. Belle Geopper	1023
Salem Bios	Enoch A. Hill	1023
Salem Bios	Huston Hopkins	1024
Salem Bios	William Ireland	1024
Salem Bios	W. H. McKinney	1024
Salem Bios	J. L. Mounts	1025
Salem Bios	Gilbert Mount	1025
Salem Bios	William T. Mounts	1026
Salem Bios	Samuel Reed Nickerson	1026
Salem Bios	Arthemas Reed Nickerson	1026
Salem Bios	Joseph C. Newport	1027
Salem Bios	John Scheer	1027
Salem Bios	Joseph G. Sellew	1027
Salem Bios	Lewis Stibbs	1027
Salem Bios	Robert Whitacre (deceased)	1028

Turtlecreek Township by Josiah Morrow

Section	Chapter	Page
Turtlecreek Twp	Introduction	433
Turtlecreek Twp	Organization	433
Turtlecreek Twp	Early Settlements	434
Turtlecreek Twp	Two Indians Killed on Turtle Creek	440
Turtlecreek Twp	Shaker Swamp	441
Turtlecreek Twp	The Shakers of Union Village	442
Turtlecreek Twp	Mob Against the Shakers	442
Turtlecreek Twp	A Visit to Union Village in 1811	446
Turtlecreek Twp	Important Events [in the history of the Shaker Society]	448
Turtlecreek Twp	Lebanon	449
Turtlecreek Twp	The Site of Miami University	451
Turtlecreek Twp	Postmasters	452
Turtlecreek Twp	Electric Telegraph and Telephone	452
Turtlecreek Twp	Fire Department	452
Turtlecreek Twp	Public Ground	455
Turtlecreek Twp	The Old Town Hall	457
Turtlecreek Twp	Washington Hall	457
Turtlecreek Twp	Lebanon Public Hall	458
Turtlecreek Twp	The Lecture System	460
Turtlecreek Twp	Celebrations of the Fourth of July	461
Turtlecreek Twp	Industrial Interests	465
Turtlecreek Twp	Printing and Publishing	467
Turtlecreek Twp	First Bank	468
Turtlecreek Twp	Wagon and Carriage Making	469
Turtlecreek Twp	Masons' and Plasterers' Bill of Prices, 1815	469
Turtlecreek Twp	An Eccentric Character	470
Turtlecreek Twp	Cemeteries	471
Turtlecreek Twp	Baptist Graveyard Burials Methodist Graveyard Burials Presbyterian Graveyard Burials	475
Turtlecreek Twp	Schools of Lebanon	477
Turtlecreek Twp	Lebanon Academy	479
Turtlecreek Twp	National Normal School	480
Turtlecreek Twp	Churches	487
Turtlecreek Twp	Baptist Church at Lebanon (1781-1836)	487
Turtlecreek Twp	East Baptist Church at Lebanon (1836-1881)	490
Turtlecreek Twp	West Baptist Church at Lebanon (1836-1881)	491
Turtlecreek Twp	First Presbyterian Church of Lebanon	492
Turtlecreek Twp	Methodist Epsicopal Church of Lebanon	497
Turtlecreek Twp	Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Lebanon	498
Turtlecreek Twp	The Methodist Protestant Church at Lebanon	499
Turtlecreek Twp	Congregational Church at Lebanon (1857-74)	499
Turtlecreek Twp	St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church	499
Turtlecreek Twp	The Zion Baptist Church at Lebanon	500
Turtlecreek Twp	African Methodist Episcopal Church at Lebanon	500
Turtlecreek Twp	Bethany Christian Church	500
Turtlecreek Twp	Turtle Creek Friends' Society	500
Turtlecreek Twp	Societies	501
Turtlecreek Twp	The Women's Anti-Liquor Crusade	505
Turtlecreek Twp	County Seat Removal Contest of 1879	507
Turtlecreek Twp	Efforts of Lebanon to Obtain a Railroad	508

Turtlecreek Biographies

Section	Chapter	Page
Turtlecreek Bios	Luther Babbitt	725
Turtlecreek Bios	Amos Babbitt and Isaac Beals	725
Turtlecreek Bios	S. R. Bailey	725
Turtlecreek Bios	Rev. William Beller	726
Turtlecreek Bios	David P. Bennett	726
Turtlecreek Bios	William H. Bean	727
Turtlecreek Bios	Thomas H. Blake	727
Turtlecreek Bios	John Bone	728
Turtlecreek Bios	William V. Bone	728
Turtlecreek Bios	Peter Boyd	729
Turtlecreek Bios	Martin Brown	729
Turtlecreek Bios	J. Appleton Brown	729
Turtlecreek Bios	Nathan M. Brown	729
Turtlecreek Bios	John E. Brown	730
Turtlecreek Bios	George W. Carey	730
Turtlecreek Bios	Charles Clapp	730
Turtlecreek Bios	Charles S. Colvin, Sr.	731
Turtlecreek Bios	Edwin E. Corlis (deceased)	731
Turtlecreek Bios	Robert Griffin Corwin	731
Turtlecreek Bios	Robert Boake Corwin	732
Turtlecreek Bios	Charles R. Cowan	733
Turtlecreek Bios	David R. Cowan	733
Turtlecreek Bios	Ezra Craver	733
Turtlecreek Bios	Richard Davis	734
Turtlecreek Bios	John E. Dey	734
Turtlecreek Bios	William Francis Dill	735
Turtlecreek Bios	John Drake	735
Turtlecreek Bios	John R. Drake	735
Turtlecreek Bios	Robert Duckworth	736
Turtlecreek Bios	Henry J. Dunham	736
Turtlecreek Bios	George W. Dunnegan	736
Turtlecreek Bios	Dr. D. T. D. Dyche	737
Turtlecreek Bios	George Dynes	737
Turtlecreek Bios	William F. Eltzroth	738
Turtlecreek Bios	David P. Egbert	738
Turtlecreek Bios	P. F. Finch	738
Turtlecreek Bios	John Gallaher (deceased)	739
Turtlecreek Bios	William A. Gallaher	739
Turtlecreek Bios	David B. Glasscock	740
Turtlecreek Bios	West Glenny	740
Turtlecreek Bios	J. P. Gilchrist	740
Turtlecreek Bios	James B. Graham	741
Turtlecreek Bios	H. J. Greathouse	742
Turtlecreek Bios	Frank H. Greely	742
Turtlecreek Bios	William F. Gunther	742
Turtlecreek Bios	Cephas Guttery	742
Turtlecreek Bios	Levi Gustin, Sr.	743
Turtlecreek Bios	Charles E. Hale	743
Turtlecreek Bios	William H. Hamilton	743
Turtlecreek Bios	Emily W. Hampton	744
Turtlecreek Bios	Peter B. Hatfield	744
Turtlecreek Bios	John M. Hatfield	744
Turtlecreek Bios	Smith Hatfield	744
Turtlecreek Bios	J. P. Hathaway	745
Turtlecreek Bios	George Henderson	745
Turtlecreek Bios	Augustus F. Hinsch	745
Turtlecreek Bios	Henry Hizar	746
Turtlecreek Bios	Prof. Alfred Holbrook	746
Turtlecreek Bios	William Hollcroft	748
Turtlecreek Bios	Joseph Hollingsworth	748
Turtlecreek Bios	David Holloway (deceased)	748
Turtlecreek Bios	Cephas Holloway	749
Turtlecreek Bios	Silas Hurin (deceased)	749
Turtlecreek Bios	Thomas P. Hutchinson	749
Turtlecreek Bios	Frederick Hutchinson	750
Turtlecreek Bios	Thomas J. Hutchinson	750
Turtlecreek Bios	Joshua Iorns	750
Turtlecreek Bios	Eli F. Iorns	751
Turtlecreek Bios	Nicholas S. Iorns	751
Turtlecreek Bios	G. W. Iutzi	751
Turtlecreek Bios	Joseph Jameson	752
Turtlecreek Bios	Thomas Keever	752
Turtlecreek Bios	George Keever (deceased)	753
Turtlecreek Bios	Nathan Keever (deceased)	753
Turtlecreek Bios	Abe Keever	753
Turtlecreek Bios	James M. Keever	754
Turtlecreek Bios	William Oscar Keever	754
Turtlecreek Bios	Albert Keever	754
Turtlecreek Bios	John Knox	754
Turtlecreek Bios	G. L. Krieger, M. D.	754
Turtlecreek Bios	Enos Lackey	755
Turtlecreek Bios	J. R. Lawler	755
Turtlecreek Bios	William C. Lewis	755
Turtlecreek Bios	Charles A. Lewis	756
Turtlecreek Bios	John V. H. Lewis	757
Turtlecreek Bios	Rev. L. H. Long, D. D.	757
Turtlecreek Bios	Michael Maher	758
Turtlecreek Bios	George R. March (deceased)	759
Turtlecreek Bios	John T. Mardis	759
Turtlecreek Bios	A. W. Mathews	760
Turtlecreek Bios	A. G. McBurney	760
Turtlecreek Bios	William C. McClintock	761
Turtlecreek Bios	Eli McCreary	762
Turtlecreek Bios	Robert T. McMahan	762
Turtlecreek Bios	James McMullen	762
Turtlecreek Bios	Peter Miller	762
Turtlecreek Bios	A. S. Monfort	763
Turtlecreek Bios	E. B. Monroe	763
Turtlecreek Bios	John Morris	763
Turtlecreek Bios	Isaac Morris (deceased)	764
Turtlecreek Bios	Jehu Mulford	764
Turtlecreek Bios	Henry Mull	764
Turtlecreek Bios	Benjamin Mull	765
Turtlecreek Bios	Hiram Nelson	765
Turtlecreek Bios	W. C. Nixon	765
Turtlecreek Bios	Allen Nixon	765
Turtlecreek Bios	J. Kelly O'Neall	766
Turtlecreek Bios	Joseph W. O'Neall	767
Turtlecreek Bios	John Osborn (deceased)	768
Turtlecreek Bios	John N. Oswald	768
Turtlecreek Bios	Dr. J. B. Owens	769
Turtlecreek Bios	David Parkhurst	769
Turtlecreek Bios	Clarissa Patterson	769
Turtlecreek Bios	George P. Patterson	770
Turtlecreek Bios	Samuel Pauly	770
Turtlecreek Bios	J. C. Pence	771
Turtlecreek Bios	William C. Perrine	771
Turtlecreek Bios	Daniel Perrine	771
Turtlecreek Bios	Stephen B. Probasco (deceased)	771
Turtlecreek Bios	George W. Probasco (deceased)	772
Turtlecreek Bios	Robert Ralston	772
Turtlecreek Bios	Joseph W. Rhodes	772
Turtlecreek Bios	Nathan Richardson (deceased)	772
Turtlecreek Bios	William Ritchey (deceased)	773
Turtlecreek Bios	A. A. Roland	773
Turtlecreek Bios	Theodore Ross	773
Turtlecreek Bios	Charles E. Sausser	773
Turtlecreek Bios	Jacob Schwartz	774
Turtlecreek Bios	L. E. Schwartz	774
Turtlecreek Bios	Hon. James Scott	775
Turtlecreek Bios	Dr. Seldon Smith Scoville	776
Turtlecreek Bios	L. M. See	777
Turtlecreek Bios	Rev. Richard Simonton	777
Turtlecreek Bios	Thomas Simpson	778
Turtlecreek Bios	E. K. Snook	778
Turtlecreek Bios	Ellison Snook	778
Turtlecreek Bios	Rev. Jesse Porter Sprowls	779
Turtlecreek Bios	Moses Steddom	780
Turtlecreek Bios	Isaac K. Steddom	780
Turtlecreek Bios	Aaron Stephens	781
Turtlecreek Bios	J. L. Stephens, M. D.	781
Turtlecreek Bios	John Stephenson	782
Turtlecreek Bios	Dr. E. B. Stevens	782
Turtlecreek Bios	Robert Stewart	783
Turtlecreek Bios	Seth St. John	783
Turtlecreek Bios	W. S. Stokes	783
Turtlecreek Bios	William H. Storer	783
Turtlecreek Bios	Pomeroy Stoddard (deceased)	783
Turtlecreek Bios	John Strawn	784
Turtlecreek Bios	John L. Swink	784
Turtlecreek Bios	Joseph H. Thompson	784
Turtlecreek Bios	William D. Thompson	785
Turtlecreek Bios	William M. Thompson	785
Turtlecreek Bios	John S. Thompson	785
Turtlecreek Bios	William Todhunter	785
Turtlecreek Bios	Thomas Unglesby	786
Turtlecreek Bios	Shubal D. Vail	786
Turtlecreek Bios	I. N. Walker	786
Turtlecreek Bios	Durbin Ward	787
Turtlecreek Bios	Wesley Warwick	787
Turtlecreek Bios	Joseph West	788
Turtlecreek Bios	James M. White	788
Turtlecreek Bios	Jonathan K. Wilds (deceased)	788
Turtlecreek Bios	Columbus Williams (deceased)	788
Turtlecreek Bios	John D. Williams	789
Turtlecreek Bios	Robert Wilson (deceased)	789
Turtlecreek Bios	J. Henry Winner	790
Turtlecreek Bios	William Wood (deceased)	790
Turtlecreek Bios	David M. Worley	791
Turtlecreek Bios	Lot Wright	792

Union Township

Section	Chapter	Page
Union Twp	Union Township	710
Union Twp	Organization	710
Union Twp	Early Settlements	710
Union Twp	Deerfield laid out	711
Union Twp	Description of the Miami Woods	714
Union Twp	First Methodist Sermon	714
Union Twp	The Stites Family	714
Union Twp	Mills	715
Union Twp	Churches	716
Union Twp	Justices of the Peace	716
Union Twp	Ancient Works	717
Union Twp	The Roosa Murder	717

Union Township Biographies

Section	Chapter	Page
Union Bios	James I. Benham	1050
Union Bios	J. E. Bolmer	1051
Union Bios	Stephen H. Bowyer	1051
Union Bios	Samuel Bowyer	1051
Union Bios	David Brown (deceased)	1051
Union Bios	Benjamin Bunnel (deceased)	1052
Union Bios	S. W. Burdsal	1052
Union Bios	B. Cavolt	1052
Union Bios	J. T. Cochran	1053
Union Bios	Henry Dilatush	1053
Union Bios	William J. Dilatush	1053
Union Bios	W. F. Downey	1053
Union Bios	Peter B. Dunham	1054
Union Bios	John E. Dunham	1054
Union Bios	Samuel S. French	1054
Union Bios	John Hackett	1054
Union Bios	Rev. Ralph Stout Hageman	1055
Union Bios	J. H. Harrell	1055
Union Bios	John Harper	1056
Union Bios	David J. Hopkins (deceased)	1056
Union Bios	Daniel Hufford	1056
Union Bios	Albert T. Jones	1057
Union Bios	A. J. Keever	1057
Union Bios	James Keever	1058
Union Bios	Nathan Kelley	1058
Union Bios	Henry B. Kelley	1058
Union Bios	A. King	1059
Union Bios	F. B. Lytle	1059
Union Bios	Nathan K. Lytle	1059
Union Bios	John W. H. Monfort	1060
Union Bios	Alexander L. Mounts	1060
Union Bios	Nathaniel Murphy (deceased)	1061
Union Bios	James Perrine	1061
Union Bios	James H. Perrine	1062
Union Bios	John H. Phillips	1062
Union Bios	Nathaniel B. Roszell (deceased)	1063
Union Bios	Aaron Scull	1063
Union Bios	William W. Shuets	1063
Union Bios	Moses Thompson (deceased)	1064
Union Bios	James S. Totten	1064
Union Bios	Wilson & Sons	1065
Union Bios	A. G. Wright	1065

Washington Township by Samuel Harris

Section	Chapter	Page
Washington Twp	Washington Township	685
Washington Twp	Topography	685
Washington Twp	Ancient Works	686
Washington Twp	Wild Animals - Game	686
Washington Twp	Timber	687
Washington Twp	Indians	687
Washington Twp	Early Settlements	687
Washington Twp	Incidents	696
Washington Twp	Sketch of William Smalley	697
Washington Twp	Organization and Records	698
Washington Twp	Roads	703
Washington Twp	Churches	704
Washington Twp	Cemeteries	706
Washington Twp	Schools	706
Washington Twp	Villages	707
Washington Twp	Fort Ancient	707
Washington Twp	Freeport, Oregon Post Office	708
Washington Twp	Hammel	709
Washington Twp	Military	709

Washington Township Biographies

Section	Chapter	Page
Washington Bios	Isaac Campbell	1044
Washington Bios	Isaac Clements	1044
Washington Bios	George W. Elbon	1044
Washington Bios	Aaron W. Ertel	1045
Washington Bios	James Harris	1045
Washington Bios	Samuel Harris	1045
Washington Bios	Jabez Hollingsworth	1046
Washington Bios	Dr. T. C. Kersey	1046
Washington Bios	George Koebel	1046
Washington Bios	Thomas McCray	1047
Washington Bios	Cornelius H. Nixon	1047
Washington Bios	Stephen Penquite (deceased)	1047
Washington Bios	George Ridge	1047
Washington Bios	Ezra R. Robertson	1047
Washington Bios	Huston H. Robertson	1048
Washington Bios	Baylis N. Settlemyre	1048
Washington Bios	Frank Sherwood	1048
Washington Bios	William J. Sherwood	1049
Washington Bios	Isaac Stubbs	1049
Washington Bios	William Vandoren	1049
Washington Bios	Barkley Vandoren	1049
Washington Bios	George Vandoren	1049
Washington Bios	E. T. M. Williams	1050

Wayne Township by Judge John W. Keys

Section	Chapter	Page
Wayne Twp	Wayne Township	555
Wayne Twp	Contract of Symmes, Smith, Heighway and Banes	555
Wayne Twp	Agreement of Smith, Heighway and Banes	557
Wayne Twp	Samuel Heighway's Journey to Waynesville	557
Wayne Twp	Religious Societies and Organizations	568
Wayne Twp	Schools	570
Wayne Twp	Physicians	570
Wayne Twp	Taverns	571
Wayne Twp	Distilleries	572
Wayne Twp	Early Industries	572
Wayne Twp	Bridges	575
Wayne Twp	Stores	575
Wayne Twp	Prices of Land	576
Wayne Twp	Marriages	577
Wayne Twp	Some Early Settlers	579
Wayne Twp	Mills	581
Wayne Twp	Officers	582
Wayne Twp	Towns	585
Wayne Twp	Concluding Notes	586

Wayne Township Biographies

Section	Chapter	Page
Wayne Bios	John Wesley Borden	822
Wayne Bios	Robert S. Braddock	822
Wayne Bios	Benjamin Brown (deceased)	823
Wayne Bios	William G. Burnet	823
Wayne Bios	Edward B. Butterworth	824
Wayne Bios	Septimus L. Cartwright	825
Wayne Bios	Charles F. Chapman	826
Wayne Bios	James M. Chenoweth	833
Wayne Bios	John D. Clements	833
Wayne Bios	John H. Coleman	833
Wayne Bios	James C. Collett (deceased)	834
Wayne Bios	Levi and Elisha Cook	834
Wayne Bios	William H. Duke	835
Wayne Bios	Samuel Dunwiddie	836
Wayne Bios	John M. Earnhart	837
Wayne Bios	Peter Eberly	837
Wayne Bios	John Edwards	838
Wayne Bios	Samuel E. Elliott	838
Wayne Bios	Joel Evans	839
Wayne Bios	Davis Furnas	841
Wayne Bios	Robert F. Furnas	842
Wayne Bios	Seth W. Furnas	843
Wayne Bios	Samuel C. Gard	843
Wayne Bios	Clarkson Gause	844
Wayne Bios	Jesse Gibbs	844
Wayne Bios	Hon. Seth Silver Haines	845
Wayne Bios	Allen Haines	848
Wayne Bios	Ner Haines	848
Wayne Bios	Albert D. Haines	849
Wayne Bios	Israel Hopkins Harris	849
Wayne Bios	Amos Hartsock	851
Wayne Bios	Phillip Hawke	852
Wayne Bios	William H. Heighway	852
Wayne Bios	Rev. John Hisey	853
Wayne Bios	Jacob R. Hisey	853
Wayne Bios	William H. Hoblit	854
Wayne Bios	Mrs. Elizabeth Hoel	854
Wayne Bios	Reeve Holland	858
Wayne Bios	Josiah Hough	859
Wayne Bios	William Humphreys	859
Wayne Bios	John Hunt	860
Wayne Bios	Charles L. Janney	861
Wayne Bios	Nathan Jones	861
Wayne Bios	Capt. James A. Kearney	862
Wayne Bios	Samuel Kelly	862
Wayne Bios	Levi H. Kelly	864
Wayne Bios	Judge John W. Keys	864
Wayne Bios	Hiram Kilbon	866
Wayne Bios	David Lashley	866
Wayne Bios	John R. Lincoln	867
Wayne Bios	John W. Marlatt	867
Wayne Bios	David Mason	868
Wayne Bios	Acquilla McComas	868
Wayne Bios	Joshua C. McKay	869
Wayne Bios	Henry McKinsey	870
Wayne Bios	Madison McKinsey	871
Wayne Bios	Abraham Mendenhall (deceased)	871
Wayne Bios	George Myer	872
Wayne Bios	Isaac Michener	872
Wayne Bios	John F. Missildine	873
Wayne Bios	Benjamin Morris	874
Wayne Bios	James O'Neall	874
Wayne Bios	A. P. & G. T. O'Neall	875
Wayne Bios	Henry Prater	876
Wayne Bios	Jesse Pugh	877
Wayne Bios	Samuel Pugh	877
Wayne Bios	John T. Roberts	878
Wayne Bios	Samuel W. Rogers	879
Wayne Bios	Empson A. Rogers	879
Wayne Bios	George S. Sale	880
Wayne Bios	Jonah Sands	880
Wayne Bios	Abel Satterthwaite	881
Wayne Bios	Henry Sherwood	882
Wayne Bios	Amos B. Sides	882
Wayne Bios	Albert Stacy	883
Wayne Bios	Drew Sweet	883
Wayne Bios	Edwin Sweney	884
Wayne Bios	Hiram C. Taylor	885
Wayne Bios	Andrew J. Thorpe	885
Wayne Bios	J. Woodrow Warner	886
Wayne Bios	Alexander Williams	886
Wayne Bios	Francis A. Williamson, M. D.	887
Wayne Bios	Andrew H. Williamson	888
Wayne Bios	George M. Zell	899

Portraits
Collected Portraits from Beers History of Warren County Ohio

Section	Chapter	Page
Portraits	Jeremiah Morrow (deceased)	115
Portraits	J. W. Keys	134
Portraits	A. G. McBurney	151
Portraits	Alfred Holbrook	170
Portraits	I. H. Harris	187
Portraits	Benjamin A. Stokes	206
Portraits	S. S. Haines	211
Portraits	Henry Dilatush	225
Portraits	Isaac K. Steddom	235
Portraits	Davis Furnas	246
Portraits	T. C. Kersey, M. D.	255
Portraits	S. R. Crane	266
Portraits	W. C. Lewis	275
Portraits	T. M. Wales	286
Portraits	John E. Dey	295
Portraits	David Graham	306
Portraits	Charles F. Chapman	315
Portraits	Job Mullin	326
Portraits	Aron Wilson	335
Portraits	John Drake	346
Portraits	John Perrine	366
Portraits	James Perrine (deceased)	376
Portraits	David Brown (deceased)	385
Portraits	Samuel Harris	396
Portraits	D. M. Worley	405
Portraits	Nathan Keever (deceased)	416
Portraits	Thomas P. Hutchinson	425
Portraits	John T. Mardis	434
Portraits	Jabez Hollingsworth	443
Portraits	J. L. Stephens, M. D.	454
Portraits	Aaron Stephens (deceased)	463
Portraits	John N. Oswald	474
Portraits	W. H. Heighway	483
Portraits	William Hollcroft	494
Portraits	Joseph Lukens	503
Portraits	Salathiel Lukens	514
Portraits	Thomas Rich	523
Portraits	Jonathan Sherwood	534
Portraits	John Morris	543
Portraits	Mahlon T. Janney	554
Portraits	James Bowyer	568
Portraits	S. B. Greely	574
Portraits	William Butterworth	583
Portraits	R. M. Cox	602
Portraits	William Jackson	619
Portraits	Frederick Cline	638
Portraits	John L. Thompson	656
Portraits	Mrs. Eleanor Thompson	657
Portraits	William Swank	676
Portraits	A. Voorhis	693

Collected Portraits from Beers History of Warren County Ohio

Illustrations

Section	Chapter	Page
Illustrations	Sources of the Mississippi	22
Illustrations	La Salle Landing on the Shores of Green Bay	24
Illustrations	Buffalo Hunt	26
Illustrations	Trapping	28
Illustrations	Mouth of the Mississippi	31
Illustrations	High Bridge	33
Illustrations	Pontiac, the Ottawa Chieftain	42
Illustrations	Indians Attacking Frontiersmen	55
Illustrations	Present Site Lake Street Bridge, Chicago, 1833	58
Illustrations	A Pioneer Dwelling	60
Illustrations	Lake Bluff	62
Illustrations	Tecumseh, the Shawnee Chieftain	68
Illustrations	Indians attacking a Stockade	71
Illustrations	Black Hawk, the Sac Chieftain	74
Illustrations	Perry's Monument, Cleveland	91
Illustrations	Niagara Falls	92

Miscellaneous

Section	Chapter	Page
Miscellaneous	Map of Warren County	14, 15
Miscellaneous	Constitution of the United States	79
Miscellaneous	Population of the United States	203
Miscellaneous	Miles of Railroad in Operation	203
Miscellaneous	Area of the United States	203
Miscellaneous	Area of Principal Countries in the World	203
Miscellaneous	Population of Principal Countries in the World	203
Miscellaneous	Population of Ohio	202
Miscellaneous	Population of Warren County	330
Miscellaneous	Autographs of Old Settlers of Warren County	355, 356
Miscellaneous	Business References	1079