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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;
HISTORY OF OHIO; STATISTICAL AND
MISCELLANEOUS MATTER, ETC., ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO.
1886

CONTENTS

 

PART I.
HISTORY OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY

Geographical Position 17
Early Explorations 17
Discovery of the Ohio 26
English Exploration & Settlements 28
American Settlements 53
Division of the Northwest Territory 58
Tecumseh and the War of 1812 61
Black Hawk and the Black Hawk War 64


PART II.
HISTORY OF THE STATE OF OHIO.

History of Ohio 73
French History 76
Ordinance of 1787, No. 32 87
Comments upon the Ordianance of Statutes of Ohio. 
     Edited by Salmon P. Chase, and Published in the year 1833
91
The War of 1812 107
Banking 111
The Canal System 113
Ohio Land Tracts 114
Improvements 119
State Boundaries 121
Organization of Counties 122
Descriptoin of Counties 122
Early Events 122
Governors of Ohio 143
Some General Characteristics 160
Outline Geology of Ohio 162
Ohio Rank During the War of the Rebellion 165
A Brief Mention of Prominent Ohio Generals 172
Some Discussed Subjects 177
Conclusion 181


PART III.
HISTORY OF SENECA COUNTY.

CHAPTER I. - TOPOGRAPHY - TOWNSHIPS AND CITIES - NATURAL HISTORY - ARCHAEOLOGY 187-196
       Boundaries - Population - Altitudes - Rivers and Creeks - Townships - Cities - Postal Towns - Villags - Review of Surface Features and Soil - Wells and Spring - Gas Wells - Zoology - Botany - Climatology - Ancient Relics - Old Fortifications - Indian Mounds - Curios - Fossils - Human Remains.  
CHAPTER II. - SENECA'S RED PIONEERS 196 - 217
       The Shawnees - The Wyandots - The Delawares - The Senecas of Sandusky - Indian Treaties Affecting Seneca County - Cession and Recession - Tecumseh - Elsquata - Leather-lips - Roundhead - Logan - Pumpkin - Witchcraft - Death of Seneca John - Comstock - Wiping Stick - Tequania - Peter Pork - Buck-ong-a-he-las - Blue Jacket - Beaver - Soo-de-nooks - Grey Eyes - Lollaway - Between-the-logs White and Colored Captives and Breeds - Conclusion.  
CHAPTER III. - PIONEERS OF SENECA COUNTY - PIONEER ASSOCIATION - OLD TIME INCIDENTS, CUSTOMS, ETC. 218-238
       Pere Rasles - Moravians - Sanduski - Capt. Elliott, John Leigh and Others - Treaty of the Miami of the Lake - Actual Settlement - Erastus Bowe, Welch Family and Others - Early Town Builders - Pioneer Meetings - Pioneer Reminiscences - Jacksonian Days and Manners - Land-hunting and Cabin Building - Temperance Raisings - Old Time Grist-Mills - Wolves - Deer Hunting - Toledo War - Indians and Pioneers - Pioneer Weddings - Matrimonial Peculiarities - Pioneer Women - Tobacco Smoking Fashionable - Female Costume.  
CHAPTER IV. ORGANIC HISTORY - PUBLIC BUILDINGS 238-259
     
CHAPTER V. - POLITICAL HISTORY 259-289
   
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 & TIFFIN CITY 446-536
  In Process -
     Boundaries - Origin of Name - Establishment - Rivers and Creeks - Topography - Settlement by Pioneers, and Old Residents - Official History - SWANDER VILLAGE - VIONA VILLAGE - General Statistics - TIFFIN CITY - Location - Sandusky River and Rock Creek - Population (White), 1817-85 - A Reverie - Origin of the Town - Fort Ball, or the Second War - Original Survey of Tiffin, and Additions - Incidents of First Settlement - Postmasters - Municipal History - City Solicitors - Assessors, 1885 - Corporation Statistics - The Police Force - Fire Department - Churches - Schools - Ursuline Convent, Schools and College - Heidelberg College - Cemeteries - Hospital and Asylum - Societies - Libraries - Banks, Insurance, etc. - Pioneer Notes - Pioneer Manufactures - Manufacturing Industries, 1885 - Coal yards - Hotels - Telegraph, Telephone and Express Companies - Railroads - Tiffin Waterworks - Places of Amusement - Tiffin Board of Trade - Conclusion.
 
 
CHAPTER XVIII. - EDEN TOWNSHIP. 536-559
   
CHAPTER XIX. - HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP 551-560
   
CHAPTER XX. - JACKSON TOWNSHIP  - added 9/6/2010 560-567
   
CHAPTER XXI. - LIBERTY TOWNSHIP 568-579
   
CHAPTER XXII. - LOUDON TOWNSHIP AND FOSTORIA CITY 579-625
   
CHAPTER XXIII. - PLEASANT TOWNSHIP 625-637
   
CHAPTER XXIV. - REED TOWNSHIP 638-347
   
CHAPTER XXV. - SCIPIO TOWNSHIP 648-664
CHAPTER XXVI. - SENECA TOWNSHIP 664-674
   
CJA[TER 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 854
Jackson Township 868
Liberty Township 877
Louden Township and Fostoria City 887
Pleasant township 967
Reed Township 953
Scipio Township 969
Seneca Township 987
Thompson Township 1003
Venice Township 1016


APPENDIX.
ORIGINAL LAND ENTRIES

Adams Township 1064   Loudon Township 1049
Big Spring Township 1047   Pleasant Township 1059
Bloom Township 1061   Reed Township 1066
Clinton Township 1058   Scipio Township 1062
Eden Township 1056   Seneca Township 1052
Hopewell Township 1053   Thompson Township 1067
Jackson Township 1050   Venice Township 1065
Liberty Township 1055   The Gore 1069

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