Source: 
History
of
Montgomery County, Ohio
Containing
A History of the County; Its Townships, Cities, Towns, Schools,
Churches, Etc.; General and Local Statistics; Portraits of
Early Settlers and Prominent Men; History of The
Northwest Territory; History of Ohio; Map of
Montgomery County; Constitution of the
United States, Miscellaneous
Matters, Etc., Etc.
- ILLUSTRATED -
Published
Chicago:
W. H. Beers & Co.
1882

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

PREFACE
 

BOOK I. --- PART FIRST. HISTORY OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY --- PRELIMINARY HISTORY.   Page History of Ohio 93 French History 96 Ordinance of 1787, No. 32 105 The War of 1812 122 Banking 126 The Canal System 128 Ohio Land Tracts 129 Improvements 132   Page State Boundaries 136 Organization of Counties 137 Description of Counties 137 Early Events 137 Governors of Ohio 160 Ancient Works 174 Some General Characteristics 177 Outline Geology of Ohio 179   Page Ohio's Rank During the War 182 A Brief Mention of Prominent Ohio Generals 191 Some Discussed Subjects 196 Conclusion 200 Comments upon the Ordinance of    1787, from the Statutes of Ohio    Edited by Salmon P. Chase, and    Published in the year 1833 204 BOOK II. ---- PART FIRST HISTORY OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY.   Page CHAPTER I. -  - The Mound Builders  - Earthworks, and Evidences of Antiquity  - Location of Mounds in Montgomery County  - Title to Lands in the Northwest  - Indian Title to Ohio Valley and Lower Lake Region  - The French Title  - The English Title  - French-English War for Possession  - English Acquire Possession  - Expeditions into the Indian Country  - Northwest Territory in Control of the British in 1775  - But Indians had not Ceded any their Rights  - George Rogers Clark's Expedition to Illinois  - Fort McIntosh and Laurens  - Great Britain's Quitclaim to Lands Northwest of the Ohio. 215-213 CHAPTER II. -  - The Miami Valley  - Military Events that Influenced its Settlement  - The Common Hunting Grounds for the Tribes  - 'Description of Streams, Hills and Bottoms  - Colonists Pushing Through to the West  - Capt. Bullit  - Indian Alarm and Hostilities  - Col. Bowman's Expedition to Old Chillicothe  - Speedy Retaliation  - Hard Winter of 1780  - Location of the Ohio Tribes  - Their Strength  - Noted Chieftains  - Indian Village Life  - Manners, Customs and Conditions  - Hunting, Trapping, Fishing  - War Parties  - Cruelties 224-241 CHAPTER III. -  - Kentucky Pioneers  - Col. Byrd's Expedition Against Them  - Clark Destroys Indian Villages on Little Miami and Mad River  - Col. Broadhead's Expedition  - Col. Lochry Ambushed  - Williamson  - Crawford's Defeat and Death  - Battle of Blue Licks  - Skirmish at the Mouth of Mad River  - Indian Towns, Crops and Supplies Destroyed at Piqua and Loramie  - Mouth of Mad River Selected in 1782 for Settlement  - Fort Harmar and Fort Finney Built  - Clark and the Shawnees at Fort Finney  - Logan Destroys Mackacheek Towns  - Virginia Cedes Northwest Territory to United States  - Indian Treaties  - United States Title Perfected  - Location of Loramie's Store and Fort Loramie  - Standing Stone Forks of Miami 242-253 CHAPTER IV. -  - Northwest Territory July 4, 1786  - Territorial Officers in 1787  - Gov. St. Clair at Fort Harmar  - Washington County  - Pioneer Thanksgiving  - The Symmes Purchase  - Columbia  - The Cincinnati Settlement  - North Bend  - The Mad River Country  - Details of Progress  - Fort Washington  - Hamilton County  - Indian Troubles  - Harmar's Expedition  - Indians at Dunlap's Station  - 'St. Clair's Defeat  - Wilkinson's Expedition  - Gen Anthony Wayne  - His Advance in 1793  - Victory at Fallen Timbers, 1794  - Winter Quarters; Winters of 1794-95 254-267 CHAPTER V. - - Wayne's Treaty  - Squatters  - Purchase of Lands at Mouth of Mad River  - Surveying Parties  - Dayton Platted  - Drawing Lots  - Formation of Colony  - First Settlers  - Their Journey Through the Woods  - Arrival by River  - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES  - Topographical  - DAyton Township  - Tax Assessment, 1798  - Township Affairs to 1803  - Ohio Becomes a State  - The Name  - State Boundaries  - Montgomery County  - Gen. Richard Montgomery  - The Original Townships  - Enumeration 268-287 CHAPTER VI. -  - First Settlements  - Emigrant Settlers  - In the Clearings  - Cabins and Cabin Life  - The Squatter Settlements  - Tomahawk Rights  - Discouraged Squatters  - Order of Township Settlements  - Farming  - Food  - Cabin Affairs  - Stock  - Sugar Camps  - Mills  - Log Rollings  - Weddings 288-300   Page CHAPTER VII. -  - The County Seat  - County Court  - The Log Jail  - Elections of 1803  - First Commissioners  - Tax Duplicate, 1804 - 1804 and 1805  - Randolph Township  - Jefferson Township  - The Brick Court House  - Schools  - Division of Montgomery County  - Roads  - Fruits  - Whisky  - Indian Summer  - Hunting and Trapping  - 1808  - Madison Township  - Militia  - First County Convention  - Wayne Township  - 1810-11  - First Stone Jail  - Earthquakes  - Influential Men of the County  - War Times   CHAPTER VIII -  - War of 1812 319-340 CHAPTER IX -  - Germantown  - Jackson Township  - Farmersville  - Alexandersville  - Whisky Tax  - Improved Stock  - Liberty  - Union  - Little York  - County Building  - Market Rates  - Butler Township  - Chambersburg  - Vandalia  - Miamisburg  - Perry Township  - New Lebanon  - Johnsville  - Notes  - Sunbury  - Clay Township  - Phillipsburg  - Arlington  - West Baltimore  - Brookville  - County Infirmary  - Miami Township  - Carrollton  - Miami Canal  - Events of 1833 to 1841  - Division of Dayton Township  - Harrison Township  - Mad River Township  - Van Buren Township  - Beavertown  - Turnpikes 341-350 CHAPTER X. -  - Log Cabin Settlers  - D. C. Cooper  - Robert Edgar  - Maj. George Adams  - Dr. John Hole  - Zachariah Hole  - Aaron Nutt  - Daniel Hoover 351-368 CHAPTER XI. -  - New Comers  - Judge Joseph H. Crane  - Col. Robert Patterson 369-378 CHAPTER XII. -  - Philip Gunkel  - Henry Brown  - Jonathan Harshman  - H. G. Phillips 379-393 CHAPTER XIII. -  - The Mexican War  - 1847 to 1861  - The War of the Rebellion  - Events in Military Circles since 1865 394-434 CHAPTER XIV. -  - The Soldiers' Home 435-447 CHAPTER XV. -  - Teology of Montgomery County 448-461 CHAPTER XVI. -  - County Buildings  - Railroads 462-469 CHAPTER XVII. -  - Bench and Bar of Montgomery County 470-491 CHAPTER XVIII. -  - Medical Societies 492-497 CHAPTER XIX. -  - Montgomery County Bible Society  - Sabbath School Union 498-501 CHAPTER XX. -  - Agriculture  - Horticulture  - Pioneer Association  - Farmers' Club 502-510 CHAPTER XXI. -  - Insane Asylum  - Infirmary  - Children's Home  - Women's Christian Association  - German Baptists  - Gypsies 511-534 CHAPTER XXII. -  - County Officers  - Statistics 535-542 PART SECOND CITY OF DAYTON   Page CHAPTER I. -  - Selecting the Site  - Purchase of 1789  - The Proprietors in 1795  - The Plat  - Arrival of First Settlers  - Dayton Pioneers  - Three First Cabins  - Topographical  - Discouragements  - Improvements  - The Hamlet  - Block House and School  - First Dayton Baby  - Cabin Meetin House and Burying Ground  - Flat Boating Trade  - Skin Currency  - Indian Trading  - Titles and Change of Plat  - The Old Tavern  - Population Reduced 547-558 CHAPTER II. -  - The Village  - Incorporated  - Changes  - Flood of 1805  - Indian Graves  - First Newspaper  - Business in 1808  - The Doctors  - Public Vendue  - Mail Routes  - Divorce  - Town Election  - Manufactures  - Ferries  - The Town Plats  - United States Patents to Cooper  - Fourth of July, 1809  - St. John's Lodge  - Boating up the Miami  - A Trip East  - Teaming  - The Town in 1810 - 1811  - Mob  - Celebrations  - War of 1812  - Mechanical Society  - Real Estate 559-569 CHAPTER III. -  - The Bank  - Shows, 1815  - Female Bible Society  - Cabintown  - Rattlesnake-- Commons  - Bucklot  - Market House  - Wagon Rates  - Rival Societies  - Mad River Bridge  - Bridge Street Bridge  - Breweries  - Town Election, 1816  - Freighting up the River  - Medical Society  - Sunday Schools  - Camp Meeting  - Stage Lines  - Boating South  - New Year's Ball  - Scarcity of Money  - Compton's Tavern  - Sickly Season  - Hanging of McAfee  - Mails  - 1825 to 1829  - Dayton and the Canal 570-580 CHAPTER IV. -  - Charter Amended  - Licenses  - Town Boundaries 1829  - The Five Wards  - Elections 1820 to 1841 inclusive  - Canal and Other Statistics  - Cholera  - Seely's Basin  - Peasley's Garden  - New Bridges  - Cooper Hydraulic  - Change of Mad River  - 'Canal Extension  - Dayton Hydraulic Company  - Harrison Convention  - Clay Convention  - City Charter  - Markets  - Scraps of History  - Elections 1841 to 1853, inclusive  - Statistics 582-594   Page CHAPTER V. -  - Village Plats and other Localities  - Mexican War  - Flood of 1847  - The City in 1850  - Minor Events  - Census  - Banks 595-603 CHAPTER VI. - DAYTON INDUSTRIAL INTERESTS -  - Introduction  - Car Works  - Wood Working Establishments  - Agricultural Works  - Carriages  - Machine Shops, etc.  - Mills  - Brewers  - Marble and Stone  - Tobacco  - Cracker Manufactories  - Miscellaneous 604-637 CHAPTER VII. - CHURCHES -  - Presbyterian  - Methodist  - Baptist  - Lutheran  - United Brethren  - Reformed  - Christian  - Dunkard  - Hebrew  _ Methodist Protestant  - Catholic  - Y. M. C. A. 638-382 CHAPTER VIII -  - Educational  - Introduction  - Public Schools  - German Schools  - Night Schools  - Colored Schools  - Instruction in Music  - High Schools  - School Law  - Superintendent of Instruction  - Intermediate School  - Normal School  - Board of Examiners  - Public Library  - Free Night Industrial Schools  - Statement of Superintendent of Penmanship  - Cooper Academy  - Catholic Schools  - (Saint Emanuel's - Saint Joseph's - St. Mary's - Holy Trinity - Sisters of Notre Dame - Saint Mary's Institute)  - Commercial College 683-705 CHAPTER IX. - THE DAYTON PRESS -  - Pioneer Newspapers  - The Dayton Journal  - The Dayton Republican  - The Dayton Democrat  - The Dayton Transcript  - The Daily Daytonian  - The Dayton Tri-Weekly Bulletin  - The Dayton Gazette  - The Dayton Daily and Weekly Volkszeitung  - The Saturday People  - The Daily and Weekly Herald  - The Miami Valley Courier  - The Vindicator  - Christ Church Register  - The Reformed Publishing House  - The Religious Telescope  - The United Brethren Publishing House  - Christian Publishing House  - Conclusion 706-724 CHAPTER X. - SECRET SOCIETIES  - Masonic  - Odd Fellows  - Knights of Pythias  - Ancient Order United Workmen  - Order United American Mechanics  - Other Orders 725-735 CHAPTER XI. -  - Fire Protection  - Water-Works  - Board of Health  - Police  - Work-House  - City Prison  - Insurance  - Street Railways  - Dayton Gas, Light and Coke Company  - Telegraphs 736-751 CHAPTER XII. -  - St. Elizabeth Hospital  - Woodland Cemetery  - Calvary Cemetery  - Descriptive Review of the City of Dayton 752-760 BOOK III. ----- PART FIRST TOWNSHIP HISTORIES   Page WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP 3  - Towns - 16  - Baptists - 17  - Old School Baptists - 19  - Universalists - 19  - Orthodox Friends - 19  - Washington Presbyterian Church - 20  - Methodist Episcopal Church - 21  - Conclusion - 22   GERMAN TOWNSHIP 24  - Twin Valley - 24  - German township - 25  - Sunbury - 26  - Early Settlement - 26  - Brief Biographical Sketches of Pioneers - 29  - Churches - 35  - Sunday Schools - 44  - Education - 45  - Institutions of a Higher Grade - 46  - Places of Sepulture - 47  - Newspapers and Printing - 48  - Manufactures - 49  - The Legal Profession - 49  - The Medical Profession - 50  - Justices of the Peace - 51  - Prominent Men - 51  - Statistics for the year 1881 - 53   RANDOLPH TOWNSHIP 54  - The First Settlement - 55  - Education - 56  - Manufacturing - 56  - Physicians - 57  - Officers of the Township, Etc. - 58  - Roads - 59  - Churches - 59  - Secret Societies - 62  - Villages - 62   JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP 65  - Early Settlers and Settlements - 66  - Churches - 70  - Schools - 72  - Early Enterprises - 72  - Graveyards - 73  - Towns and Villages 73   MADISON TOWNSHIP 75  - Pioneers - 76  - Early Enterprise - 80  - Churches - 80  - Schools - 81  - Villages - 81  - McAfee Murder - 81   WAYNE TOWNSHIP 82  - Schools and Churches - 86  - Topography - 88  - Public Roads - 90   JACKSON TOWNSHIP 93  - Early settlements - 94  - Churches - 98  - Schools - 99  - Roads - 99  - Towns and Villages - 100     Page BUTLER TOWNSHIP 102  - Early Settlement - 103  - Justices of the Peace - 107  - Schools - 107  - Churches and Graveyards - 108  - Mills, Distilleries, Etc. - 110  - Villages - 111  - Stations - 114   PERRY TOWNSHIP 115  - Early Settlers - 118  - Pyrmont - 120  - New Lebanon - 121   CLAY TOWNSHIP 122  - Villages - 127   MIAMI TOWNSHIP 132  - Erection of Miami Township - 136  - Streams - 138  - Mills - 138  - Agriculture - 139  - The Great Mound - 139  - Miamisburg - 139  - Shipping and Traveling Facilities - 141  - Manufacturing - 141  - Merchants - 143  - Postmasters - 144  - Public Houses - 144  - Banks - 145  - The Reformed Church - 145  - The Evangelical Lutheran Church - 146  - Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church - 147  - United Brethren - 147  - The Methodist Episcopal Church - 147  - The Catholic Church - 148  - Education - 150  - The Press - 150  - The Miamisburg Union - 151  - The Miamisburg Bulletin - 151  - The Miamisburg News - 152  - Alexanderville - 152  - Carrollton - 153  - Bridgeport - 153  - Cemeteries - 154   HARRISON TOWNSHIP 156 MAD RIVER TOWNSHIP 163  - Oakland - 163  - Pioneers - 163  - Mills and Distilleries - 169  - Graveyards - 170  - Schools - 171  - Churches - 171  - Military Camps - 172  - Township Officers - 172  - Justices of the Peace - 172  - Township Clerks - 172  - Township Treasurers - 172   VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP 173  - Shakertown - 176  - Davids' Church - 177  - Beavertown - 178  - Mills - 179  - Topography, etc. - 179  - Stone Quaries - 181   BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES   Page Dayton 185 Washington Township 208 German Township 278 Randolph Township 294 Jefferson Township 310 Madison Township 319 Wayne Township 323 Jackson Township 337   Page Butler Township 356 Perry Township 369 Clay Township 396 Miami Township 413 Harrison Township 426 Mad River Township 438 Van Buren Township 445 PORTRAITS   Page Dr. John Treon 213 Robert Bradford (deceased) 226 Samuel Wells 235 Joseph Nutt 246 John W. Turner 255 E. Shultz 266 George Bixler 275 Henry Becker 286 James H. Munger 295 John Vance 306 John Sacksteder 315 Colesten Schwind 326 Jacob Stickle 335 Michael Schiml 345 Christian F. Bremer 355 Charles Burroughs 366 H. Wyatt, Sr. 375 E. E. Barney (deceased) 546 Daniel Beckel (deceased 553 William Dickey (deceased 572 John Temple (deceased) 589 Henry Best (deceased) 508 M. P. Nolan 625 E. Bimm 644 P. Mitchell 661   Page E. H. Brownell 386 Samuel W. Hoover 406 John W. Gaines 407 E. Newcom (deceased 418 Mrs. E. Newcom 419 Noah Coler 430 Mrs. Eliza A. Coler 431 J. M. Kelsey 442 Mrs. Mary Kelsey 443 William M. Kelsey 454 Mrs. Phebe Kelsey (deceased) 455 Samuel Weller 474 Mrs. Mary C. Weller 475 David Worman 494 Mrs. Susannah Worman 495 Robert Sloan 514 Mrs. Mary A. Sloan 515 J. J. McIlhenny, M. D. 680 John L. H. Frank 689 W. J. Shuey 700 John Rouzer 709 J. E. Lowes 720 Samuel A. Dickey (deceased) 729 H. C. Eversole 740 MISCELLANOUS Maps of Montgomery County 14, 15 Constitution of the United States 79 Population of the United States 203 Area of the United States 203 Area of the Principal Countries in the World 203 Population of the Principal Countries in the World 203 Population of Ohio 202 Population of Montgomery County 539 Business References 456 ILLUSTRATIONS Source of the Mississippi 22 La Salle Landing on the Shores of Green Bay 24 Buffalo Hunt 26 Trapping 28 Mouth of the Mississippi 31 High Bridge 33 Pontiac, on the Ottawa Chieftain 42 Indians Attacking Frontiersmen 55 Present site Lake Street Bridge, Chicago, in 1833 58 Pioneer Dwelling 60 Lake Bluff 62 Tecumseh, the Shawnee Chieftain 68 Indians Attacking a Stockade 71 Black Hawk, the Sac Chieftain 74 Perry's Monument, Cleveland 91 Niagara Falls 92

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