THE



HISTORY



OF



MARION COUNTY,



OHIO,





CONTAINING



A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES,

SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY

RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT

MEN; HISTORY OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY;

HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS

MATTERS, ETC., ETC.



ILLUSTRATED



CHICAGO:

LEGGETT, CONAWAY& C0.

1883.



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CONTENTS.

PART III.

HISTORY OF MARION COUNTY.

CHAPTER I,-GEOLOGY, ZOOLOGY, METROLOGY......................... 215

CHAPTER II.-Indians and Early Settlement....................... 230

CHAPTER III.-PIONEER LIFE ..................................... 256

CHAPTER IV.-REMINISCENCES ..................................... 273

CHAPTER V. - ORGANIC........................................... 293

CHAPTER VI.-POLITICAL.......................................... 305

CHAPTER VII-BENCH AND BAR ...................................... 347

CHAPTER VIII.-MATERIAL PROGRESS ................................. 377

CHAPTER IX-RELIGION, TEMPERANCE, EDUCATION, LITERATURE AND ART.. 393

CHAPTER X.-MEDICAL................................................ 414

CHAPTER XI-THE PRESS ............................................ 418

CHAPTER XII- MISCELLANEOUS ..................................... 435

PART IV. MILITARY HISTORY........................................ 441

PART V. - TOWNSHIP HISTORIES.

CHAPTER MARION VILLAGE & TOWNSHIP.......................... 487

CHAPTER Big Island, Bowling Green, Claridon, Grand, Grand Prairie .650

CHAPTER Green Camp, Montgomery, Pleasant Township..................778

CHAPTER Prospect, Richland, Salt Rock, Scott, Tully, Waldo Township888

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - ALL TOWNSHIPS

Please click on the letter of alphabet for biographies on individuals. The place of birth has been added where known the compiler. This relates mostly to German Immigrants.

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