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WILKESVILLE, VINTON AND CLINTON TOWNSHIPS -
A TRIO THAT CONTAINS IMMENSE MINERAL DEPOSITS.
WILKESVILLE TOWNSHIP - In the Mineral Belt
- Iron Ore and Coal - Wilkesville Village - Churches -
Township Schools - Lodge - Hawk's Station - Minerton -
Valuation and Stocks.
VINTON TOWNSHIP - Name - Metes and Bounds - Early Settlement
- When Organized - Schools - Population - Radcliff Station -
Mineral Development - Stock - Personal Property Valuation
CLINTON TOWNSHIP - Boundary - Formerly of Athens County -
Then of Jackson County - Once a Part of Elk Township - It is
Rough and Broken - Its Living Waters - When settled - Local
History - Hamden - Postoffice - Lodges - Churches - Dundas
Village - Educational Facilities - Population - Valuation of
Stock Report -
BIOGRAPHICAL
WILKESVILLE TOWNSHIP.
GREAT MINERAL RESOURCES.
VILLAGE.
WILKESVILLE BUSINESS
CHURCHES
SCHOOLS
SOCIETY
Orphan's Friend
Lodge, No. 275, F. & A. M.
HAWE'S STATION.
MINERTON.
MINERTON.
Near the
point now called Minerton was built the Quinn Mill, which is
nearly as old as Hartley's mill. The Catholic church
at this point was built nearly forty years ago, and among
the early priests were Fathers Rapp, Kelly, O'Meilly
and Thinpont. The priest in charge at the
present time, Father Louis Grimmer, has been a
Minerton for about four years. The congregation
includes about ninety families. The church originally
frame, was burned in 1872, and rebuilt with brick,, at a
cost of $3,000. The store at Minerton was opened in
1880 by the present owner, John Lawler, who is also
railroad agent and Postmaster. The population of
Minerton is about fifty.
United Brethren Church. - Besides the church at
Wilkesville, there is one other church in the township.
It is of the United Brethren denomination, and is situated
in the north-central part of the township. It is of
frame, built in 1873, at a cost of $1,000, and will seat
about 150. The Pastors have been Revs. John
Zimmerman, Louis Simmons, John Miles, Mr. Burnworth and
Mr. Loer, the present Pastor. The membership is
about thirty-five.
The village of Wilkesville was incorporated Aug. 12,
1881.
Wilkesville Township is bounded on the north by Vinton
Township, on the east by Meigs County, on the south by
Gallia County and on the west by Jackson County.
There are two voting precincts known as Eastern and
Western. The East Precinct had 128 horses, 433 head of
cattle, 2,843 head of sheep and 117 hogs. The West
Side had 154 horses, 617 head of cattle, 2,373 head of sheep
and 336 hogs, which gave a decided preponderance except in
sheep. The East Side, however, shows the greatest
valuation in personal property. The east has $60,661,
and the west $52,415. it had 5,216 sheep, the township
being fourth in that regard.
There is only one stream of water in the township of
any note, Raccoon Creek, which enters on section 24 of its
north tier of sections and meanders, first south, then
southwest, then southeast, east, and southeast and south and
leaves the township on section two, about one and a half
miles east of the Meigs County line.
VINTON TOWNSHIP.
OFFICERS AND OLD SETTLERS.
SCHOOLS.
CLINTON TOWNSHIP
HAMDEN.
CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.
M'ARTHUR JUNCTION.
VILLAGE OF DUNDAS.
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES.
POPULATION, VALUATION AND STOCK.
BIOGRAPHICAL
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WILKESVILLE
JAMES BARNES
DR. H. H. BISHOP
JENNIE CURRY
JOSEPH L. DEVAULT
DR. GEORGE K. EWING
W. W. FIERCE
EDWARD FLETCHER
THOMAS FLETCHER
PERRIN GARDNER, M. D.
CHARLES E. HAWK
FLETCHER HAWK
J. H. R. HAWK
OSCAR F. HAWK
DANIEL LAWLER
MICHAEL McCLARY
LORENZO D. PHILLIPS
J. H. REISINGER
ALMOND SOULE
MARGARET A. STEEL
JOSEPH STRAUSBAUGH
MARY STRAUSBAUGH
PETER STRAUSBAUGH
JOHN STRONG
MRS. CAROLINE (CARR) TUCKER
R. E. WELLS
B. F. WILLIAMS
VINTON.
MILTON ARBAUGH
JOHN BLORE
JOHN BOOTH
L. W. CALVIN
JAMES DOWNARD
SAMUEL J. JEFFERS
JOHN MURRAY
S. J. NORTON
JAMES PIERCE
ARTHUR P. VALE
J. Q. A. VALE
CLINTON.
HON. THOMAS M. BAY
A. A. COZZENS
S. F. CRAMER
JOHN GUARD
COLUMBUS JOHNSON
F. R. KOLB
A. L. LEWIS
T. F. McCLURE
S. W. MONAHAN, M. D.
B. R. PAINE
JAMES B. PAINE
EPHRAIM ROBBINS
JOHN ROBBINS
WILLIAM STANTON
J. M. THOMAS
J. W. WALLACE
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