1875 Directory of
HARRISON TOWNSHIP
Pg. 61
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick)

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HARRISON TOWNSHIP

     This township is the northeast one in the county, and was dissevered from Twin in1815.  It is six miles long and six broad - and embodies a great deal of exellent land, much of it well improved.  It is watered by Twin Creek from north to south, and along its margin are many broad acres of first-class bottom lands, of a highly productive character.  Miller's Fork and Swamp Creek empty into Twin from the north and northeast, within the township.  The old Louisville and Sandusky Railroad was located from the southwest to the northeast through the township, upon which a considerable amount of work was done before the construction was suspended for want of means.  This work lies exposed to the weather, doing no one any good in its present condition: but there have been several efforts made to utilize it by the construction of a new road upon the line.  The lat is the Lake Erie, Evansville and Southwestern Railway project; but at the present writing the prospect looks somewhat gloomy in that direction.  It is a great pity that so large an amount of work should remain idle when the inhabitants of the township are so anxious for a railroad in the direction proposed.
     The inhabitants of the township are a moral and industrious class of people.  Agricultural in their pursuits, they live at home, and have many beautiful residences. — The early settlers came from all quarters, and by persevering labor have cleared he forest and developed many splendid farms—among whom were the Horns, Locks, Ozias’, the McNutts, the Hapners, the Leas’s, the Emons', the Singers’ and the Bolens’—many of whose descendants still live in the township.  Among the earliest religious denominations were the Evangelical Lutherans, the United brethren in Christ and the Methodists, all of whom have fine church facilities at the present day.— Bishop Kumler, of the United Brethren persuasion, who still survives, did much to mould the moral and religious sentiments of the people in the proper direction. He is a man of eminent piety and in the prime of life, w s a practical and good minister—the result of his labor is still being mainfested in the township.
     The Dayton and Western Railroad runs through the northern limits of the township, and affords to the people an outlet east and west.  The principal towns, are Lewisburg, Euphemia, West Sonora and Verona.  Lewisburg is the oldest town in the township—was laid out at an early day, by an old settler by the name of Horn; and Euphemia by John Mumma, both of whom have long since died.  Hagerstown, another place, once of some note, has become obsolete, and is now merged into the adjoining rural district.  On the south part of the farm now owned by Henry Weaver, and on the high lands just west of Twin creek, is a singular ancient mound, which evidently belonged to the mound builders; in all probability it was constructed by that ancient race of people, and used for military purposes as an outlook over the valley of the stream.  Respecting those ancient works, their origin and purposes, the reader is referred to the sketches of Lanier township.
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