HISTORY



OF



SENECA COUNTY,



OHIO.



CONTAINING A HISTORY OF THE. COUNTY, ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS,

VILLAGES, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, INDUSTRIES, ETC,; PORTRAITS OF

EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; BIOGRAPHIES;

HISTORY OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HIS-

TORY OF OHIO; STATISTICAL AND MIS-

CELLANEOUS MATTER, ETC,, ETC.



ILLUSTRATED



CHICAGO:

WARNER, BEERS & CO.,

1886.


SENECA COUNTY COURTHOUSE, TIFFIN, OHIO




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CONTENTS.

PART III.



HISTORY OF SENECA COUNTY.



CHAPTER I.-TOPOGRAPHY--TOWNSHIPS AND CITIES-NATURAL HISTORY- ARCHEOLOGY . . 187-196

CHAPTER II.-SENECA'S RED PIONEERS . . 196-217

CHAPTER III.-PIONEERS OF SENECA COUNTY PIONEER ASSOCIATION-OLD TIME INCIDENTS, CUSTOMS, ETC . . . 218-238

CHAPTER IV.-ORGANIC HISTORY-PUBL1C BUILDINGS. . .238-259

CHAPTER V.-POLITICAL HISTORY . . .259-299

CHAPTER VI-JUDICIARY . . . . . .290-311

CHAPTER VII-PHYSICIANS-MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS . . .311-319

CHAPTER VIII- THE PRESS . . . 319-328

CHAPTER IX.-MILITARY HISTORY . . .328-371

CHAPTER X -SOCIETIES . .. 372-379.

CHAPTER XI.-RAILROADS - 380-386.

CHAPTER XII.-BANKS AND INSURANCE . . 386-387

CHAPTER XIII.-STATISTICS . . . 388-398

CHAPTER XIV-ADAMS TOWNSHIP . . . . .,398-417

CHAPTER XV - BIG SPRING TOWNSHIP . . . . .418-429

CHAPTER XVI.-BLOOM TOWNSHIP . . . . . 429-445

CHAPTER XVII.--CLINTON TOWNSHIP AND TIFFIN CITY 446-471

CHAPTER XVII. - TIFFIN CITY. . . .. . . .471-536

CHAPTER XVIII-EDEN TOWNSHIP . . .536-55O

CHAPTER XIX.-HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP . . . 551-560

CHAPTER XX JACKSON TOWNSHIP . . . . .560-567

CHAPTER XXI.-LIBERTY TOWNSHIP . . . . . 568-579

CHAPTER XXII.-LOUDON TOWNSHIP AND FOSTORIA CITY . . .579-626

CHAPTER XXIII-PLEASANT TOWNSHIP . . . . . .625-637

CHAPTER XXIV.-REED TOWNSHIP . .. . . 638-647

CHAPTER XXV.-SCIPIO TOWNSHIP . . . . .648-664

CHAPTER XXVI-SENECA TOWNSHIP . . . .664-674

CHAPTER XXVII-THOMPSON TOWNSHIP . . . . 675-683

CHAPTER XXVIII-VENICE TOWNSHIP . . . . . . .684-696

PART IV.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

Adams Township . ........................................ 699

Big Spring Township .................................... 715

Bloom Township .......................................... 732

Clinton Township and Tiffin City .............. 752

Eden Township ............................................ 846

Hopewell Township ..................................... 864

Jackson Township.......................................... 888

Liberty Township ......................................... 877

Loudon Township and Fostoria City ............ 887

Pleasant Township ........................................ 934

Reed Township ............................................ 953

Scipio Township........................................... 969

Seneca Township ......................................... 987

Thompson Township..................... ........ 1003

Venice Township ........................................ 1016

APPENDIX . . 1047-1069.

ORIGINAL LAND ENTRIES.

Adams Township . ....................................... 1064

Big Spring Township ................................... 1047

Bloom Township ............................... .......... 1061

Clinton Township ........................................ 1058

Eden Township ............................................. 1056

Hopewell Township ...................................... 1053

Jackson Township .......................................... 1050

Liberty Township ........................................... 1055

Loudon Township .......................................... 1049

Pleasant Township ......................................... 1059

Reed Township ............................................... 1066

Scipio Township ............................................. 1065

Seneca Township ............................................ 1052

Thompson Township ...................................... 1067

Venice Township ............................................ 1065

The Gore ..........................................................1069