COMMEMRATIVE
HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
OF
WOOD COUNTY,
OHIO;
ITS PAST AND PRESENT,
EARLY SETTLEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT; ABORIGINAL HISTORY; PIONEER HISTORY;
POLITICAL ORGANIZATION; AGRICULTURAL, MANUFACTURING, COMMERCIAL
INTERESTS, INCLUDING OIL AND GAS; HISTORY OF THE COUNTY, TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS
AND VILLAGES; ' RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND MILITARY
HISTORY, INCLUDING ROSTER BY TOWNSHIPS; STATISTICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
MATTER; BIOGRAPHIES AND FOR
TRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS, ETC.
.ILLUSTRATED,
CHICAGO:
J. H. BEERS & CO.,
1897.
WOOD COUNTY COURTHOUSE COURTHOUSE (BUILT 1894-1896). BOWLING GREEN, OHIO
September 28, 2007
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CONTENTS. CHAPTER I.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 1 CHAPTER II. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 6 - 12 CHAPTER III.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 - 17 CHAPTER IV.. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 -24 CHAPTER V.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 - 27 CHAPTER VI.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 - 30 CHAPTER VII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 - 34. CHAPTER VIII... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 - 38 CHAPTER IX.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 - 46 CHAPTER X. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 - 49. CHAPTER XI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 - 58 CHAPTER XII. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 - 65 CHAPTER XIII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 66 - 68 CHAPTER XIV. . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 - 84. CHAPTER XV.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 - 94 CHAPTER XVI.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 - 101 CHAPTER XVII.. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 - 114 CHAPTER XVIII.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 - 169 CHAPTER XIX.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 - 172 CHAPTER XX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 - 175 CHAPTER XXI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 - 178 CHAPTER XXII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 - 181 CHAPTER XXIII.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 181 - 189 CHAPTER XXIV.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 - 200 CHAPTER XXV.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 - 209 CHAPTER XXVI. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 - 211 CHAPTER XXVII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 - 232 CHAPTER XXVIII.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 232 - 246 CHAPTER XXIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 - 255. CHAPTER XXX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 - 267. CHAPTER XXXI. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 268 - 2779 CHAPTER XXXII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 - 292 CHAPTER XXXIII.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 - 297 CHAPTER XXXIV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 - 302 CHAPTER XXXV. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 302 - 309 CHAPTER XXXVI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 - 320 CHAPTER XXXVII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 - 329 CHAPTER XXXVIII.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 - 344 CHAPTER XXXIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 - 356 CHAPTER XL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 - 382 CHAPTER XLI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383 - 389 CHAPTER XLII .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 389 - 396 CHAPTER XLIII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . 397 - 399 CHAPTER XLIV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 - 406 CHAPTER XLV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 - 414 CHAPTER XLVI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 415 - 422 CHAPTER XLVII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422 - 433 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
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PagesMISCELLANEOUS.
Map of Wood Countyxii-xiii
Map of Ohio, 1805facing 23
Plan Illustrating the Battles of the Maumeefacing 23
Map of Fort Meigs and its Environsfacing 41,
Biographical Sketches 434-1368
Index1369-1386
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