o > ^/ "• %.^^ #^«^^ \/ yM^'- \.^^" . .HO •rf. °-*U ■ ■ ,c .1%' ^v -0 c -*-<< ►?7t- "^ c-^^ ,^^ -y^y ^'^^^^'^^^ %Wf/ ,/^\ •♦?^?^,* ,*" -^^ .. .^..^^ V/ .;.^^ %/ / ^. .^ ^:^^^^\/ :k^^ . %.'^^ : \.^ /^^'^ %,^^ ';<^^f'^^ \/ ;;^i^'^ \/l: ••■'■ ^° *«J. »'T.' .-^^ o. *.,^-' .' o • . , »c, ,'^,.y7^T, - ""-^ •♦.'^o. " " • . "^O ^^ ' . • » \2 . or- ■^^ -n^o* ■i--^,,:,' .-?.' x\' ■' ^0' ,• -^ ^, ';"«^'V^* V^' •^ •->Qt:>^.* -^ '^ '.v^^.* ^^ .',;(C.V/^"„ -"^ ^-^. xO^ .'VL', "<> *^ ^ ^0' ''V. , . >l o O > ••'^ '>^^.' ^^' >°>, -3 O, • . , n • vO 'rfk * . , o » .«,^ O^ "•>. ^«,^ —1808.— ■•^>^<^=^,&?^i >UAP ^/r ecs^' HISTORY OF / THE FIRE LANDS, COMPRISING URON AND Erie Counties, OHIO WITH Illustrations and Biographical Sketches PRESS OF LEADER PRINTING COMPANY, CLEVELAND, O. .\V5VV7 ^ to>«HMH«» OCT 7 1915 Prefatory Note, ~^ERJIAI'S there is no otliei- disti-ich in Ohio, nl' e(|UMi exicni., th;il h;is ^iveii S(i much ;ittentiiiii lo iiioueer liistory as that, whicii einhraoes the Fire-lands. An historical society lias been in active l)ein,ir .since 1857, assemhlinj"-. for (lie most part, four or live times cacli year; ami thn.s the interest in hical history has not been ])ermitte(l to i^now (h)rmant. This .society lias i.ssued thirteen volumes, conlaininj; for tiie most l)ai-t nuitter pertinent to pioneei' liislory. This matter is set fortli in print in the form in which it. was first |ircpai-cwnslii[)s on tiie Fii-e-lands tiiere would still have existed one defect which a volume such as the author now )daces in the hand.s of its readers is in- tended to su])ply, viz: a. lack of careful revision and editing. However, the township histories, as published in Till- I'iiiiiriT. though excellent in some resjjects, are greatly lacking in other essent ials. JIan\ of thcni fail to treat of subjects that are eiititled,to weighty consideration; many of them contain irrelevant matter; some of them were prepared by writers who are unaccustomed to woi-k of this nature — additional points that show the ilesiraldeness of a carefully conii)iled history. However. tlieaiilh)iics. That geiitlcmauV Centennial Address ])nl)lished in Volume Mil of the I'liuirrr. the publishei- found of great value and made liberal use of facts therein sc^j^^fortb. The cha])ter on the I're-hisliu-ic l-'ire-lands is from the able pen of S. A. \\l mi.ma N, Esq., of Norwalk, who has made this subject ji special study. Through s(»rtraits) ** John Skinner " " RIPLEY. Residence of A. D. Stotts (with portraits), double I'lige " F. C. Paine (with portraits) . FITCHVILtE. Portraits of Philiji llawxhurst anil Wife . Residence of Philip Ilaw.xhurst GREENWICH. Residence of Henry 0. Washburn (double page), with portraits ..... between 338, 339 facing 342 " 345 between 340, 347 " 340, 347 " 340, 347 between 322 323 facing 325 facing 335 a 335 " Chas. A. Sutton (with jutrtraits) " William Sutton Portraits of John M. Carl and Wife . Residence of John M. Carl Portraits of David Sutliff and Wife . Residence of David Sntliff .... " John Ellis (with portraits) . " William B. Ellis (with portraits) Portraits of Joseph Sutton and Wife FAIRFIELD. Residence of Clinton McKcllogg " Isaac DeAVitt (with portraits) Portraits^of William Baker and Wife NEW LONDON. Portrait of Holsy Hubbard Portraits of Zelotus Barrett and Wife Residence of the late Zelotus Barrett " .lesse Perkins (with portraits) Portrait of Dr. A. D. Skollenger " Lyman Dunks . '* Tracy Case . . " E. H. Curtiss . LYME. Residence of E. L. Dole (with portraits) . Portrait of David Williams Thomas G. Amsden Frederick A. Chapman (steel) Gurdon Woodward Mary S. Woodward Bourdett AVood Mrs. Bourdett Wood Dr. L. G. Harkncss Mrs. L. G. Harkness D. M. Harkncss PAGE between 340 347 348, 349 348, 349 facing .350 facing 352 " 355 it .■;co 305 between 306 307 366, 367 facing 368 372 374 375 376 facing 379 " 385 390 405 between 406, 407 400, 407 412, 413 412, 413 414, 415 414, 415 facing 410 facing facing NORWICH. Residence of W. Robinson (with portraits) Portraits of John H. Nilcs and Wife . Residence of Harvey J. Doolittle Portraits of Harvey J. Doolittle and Wife . " John S. Hester and Wife Residence of John S. Hester . . Portrait of Charles T. Hester .... Residence of Ebenezer Lawrence (with portraits) Portraits of James H. Dailey and Wife Residence of James II. Dailey .... Portraits of John Bowen and Wife . Residence of John Bowen ..... Residence of A. B. Gilson (with jiortraits) SANDUSKY CITY. Portrait of F. D. Parish BERLIN. l'*ortraits of Benjamin .Summers and AVife " Milton McLaughlin and Wife " Hudson Tuttlc and AVife . Portrait of Hon. Almon Ruggles Portraits of P. B. Barber and AVife . RUGGLES. Portrait of Philctus Ferris 502 419 421 422 422 425 425 425 facing 4 27 between 428, 429 " 428, 429 " 428, 429 " 428, 429 facing 430 439 facing 479 482 480 . 488 facing 488 KELLEY'S ISLAND. Portraits of Datus Kelley and AVife . '• Charles Carpenter and AA'ife . Portrait of George AV. AVires . . . . facing 513 515 517 PUT-IN-BAY. Portrait of Lorenz Miillor between 520, 521 Simon Fo.v " 520, 521 Portraits of Charles DcKay Townsend and Wife . . . 523 CONTENTS. Bioc3-i^7^Fia:ic^^Xj. Ashhcl G. Post . Judge Cliiis. B. Stickney Cul. Frnnklin Sawyer Iliin. John A. Williamson Dot-tor John TilTt Ansel Bilker Eri Mesnard George Butt John Gardiner . IMatt Benediet . Hon. Timothy Baker Gideon T. Stewart Barnard Cortrite David Ilarlow Pease John Laylin Caleb II. Gallup Benjamin P. MuCorm Richard Hindley William X. .Mitehell Dean Clapp Ransom B. Ellsworth Samuel MeCammon, M.D, Erastus Smith Iliram Smith A. J. Thomas Thomas Lawrence Alviu Brightman The Neweombs of Bronson David Conger Leister .Smith Noruian S. Hakes Timothy Lawrence George Lawrence John Buffington . W. G. Mead Martin Denuiau . Dudley S. Humphrey William Humphrey Dr. Edgar Martin Isaac Underbill . Orrin W. Head . John S. Davis William A. Bishop Henry P. Stentz Robert G. Martin Thomas Dickey . Salmon Drake . Reuben Parker . Sherman Smith and Wife Andrew J. IJlackman Edwin W. Cunningham Lucien .Tones The Purdy Family Major Purdy Huriah Robinson facing facing PAGE between 122, 12.i facing 126 135 141 144 147 IS.? 158 171 173 175 17fi 17C 177 178 179 196 206 208 212 213 216 . 225 . 225 etweeu 228, 229 facing 230 '• 233 238 239 239 240 240 241 241 241 facing 244 between 246, 247 " 246, 247 . 251 facing 255 262 269 270 271 271 272 273 274 280 281 282 286 288 289 294 facing Thomas T. Mulford John Skinner Richard G. Richards John Loveland . William Motson . F. C. Paine A. D. Stotts Samson and Philip Hawxhurst Henry G. Washburn William Benson Ellis John Ellis . Joseph Sutton William Baker . Isaac De Witt Clinton M. Kellogg Zelotus Barrett . Dr. A. D. Skellenger Isaac P. and Tracy C Jesse Perkins E. H. Curtiss David Williams Thonms 0. Amsden Frederick A. Chapui Gurdon Woodward The Rev. Moses Hamilton Am<>s Woodward Richard Lord McCurdy Bourdett Wood . Dr. L. G. Harkness Orrin Dole . D. W. Harkness . Jolin H. Niles Charles T. Hester John S. Hester . Ebenezer Lawrence James II. Dailey A. B. Gilson John Bowcn Harvey J. Doolittlc Wesley Robinson F. D. Parish Percival B. Salisbury Benjamin Summers Milton McLaughlin Hudson Tuttle . Hon. Almon Ruggles Rev. Phincas B. Barber Ro.xana S. Barber Datus Kelley Charles Carpenter (Jeorge W. Wires Roswell Nichols . Lorcnz Miiller Simon Fo.v . Chas. DeKay Townsend facing PAGE 316 317 317 318 318 325 326 336 348 349 349 350 360 360 361 between 366, 367 facing 372 . 374 . 375 . 375 385 390 405 407 409 409 410 412 414 415 41G 421 425 426 427 428 428 429 430 430 439 469 479 482 486 487 488 489 513 515 517 51S between 520, 521 520, 521 . 524 facin g facing 05 J z 'A HISTORY OF BY W. W. WILLIAMS. CHAPTER I. THE CONNECTICUT MTESTEKN KESERVE. The Western Reserve of Connecticut lies between the parallels of •il'' and 42° 2' of north latitude, com- mencing wi.th tiie western boundary of Pennsylvania and extending thence westward one hundred and twenty miles. The entire tract embraces an area of seven thousand four hundred and forty square miles, nearly one-third of whieli is covered by the waters of Lake Erie. Within its limits are contained, in whole or in part, thirteen counties, as follows: Ten counties, Ashtabula, Trumbull, Lake, Geauga, Portage, Cuya- hoga, Lorain, iledina, Huron and Erie lie wholly in the Reserve; two others, Summit and Mahoning, are mostly within its limits, the former containing six- teen original townships, only two of which, Franklin and Green, are south of the line, the latter having ten townships north of the Reserve line and five south of it. Ashland county is represented on the Reserve by Sullivan, Troy and Ruggles townships, and Ottawa county by the township of Danbury. There have been numerous claimants to the soil of the Reserve. In addition to the red man's title,' France, England, the United States, Virginia, Massa- chusetts, New York and Connecticut have, :it one time or another, asserted ownership. The claim of France arose by reason of its being a portion of the tcrritoiy which she possessed by right of discovery. England laid claim to all territory adjoining those districts lying along the Atlantic seaboard, whose soil she possessed by right of occupancy, asserting owner- ship from sea to sea. The greatest ignorance, how- ever, prevailed in early times as to the inland extent of the American continent. During the reign of James I., Sir Francis Drake reported tliat from the top of the mountains on the Isthmus of Pananni, he had seen both oceans. This led to the belief that the contment from oast to west was of no considerable ex- tent, and that the South Sea, by whicii appellation the Pacific then was known, did not lie very far removed from the Atlantic. As late as 17-±0, the Duke of Newcastle addressed his letters to the "Island of New England." This ignorance of the inland ex- tent of America gave rise, as we shall see, to con- flicting claims of western territory. England's valid title to the great west was obtained through conquest, compelling France, in 1713 and 170.3, to surrender nearly the whole of her American possessions. The LTnited States succeeded Great Britain in her right of ownersliip in American soil, and thus came to have a claim on the lands of the Reserve. The claims of Virginia, ilassaehusetts, New York and Connecticut were obtained by virtue of charters granted to English subjects by English sovereigns. The tract of country embraced in the London Com- pany's charter, granted by James I. in 1009, whence arose Virginia's claim, commenced its boundaries at old Point Comfort, on the Atlantic, and extended two hundred miles south and two hundred north from this point. From the southernmost point, a line drawn due west to the Pacific formed the south- ern boundary; from the northernmost ))oint, a line running diagonally northwesterly through Pennsyl- vania and western New York, across the eastern portion of Lake Erie, and terminating finally in the Arctic Ocean, formed tiie northwestern boundary; and the Pacific Ocean, or what was then called tlie South Sea. the western boundary. The vast empire lying within these four lines included over one half of the North American continent. anresent inhaliited British possessions to the north of the United States, all of what is now New England, New York, one half of New Jersey, very nearly all of Pennsylvania, more i9) 10 HISTORY OF IIUKON AND ERIE COUNTIE.S, OHIO. than the northern half of Ohio, and all the countrj- to the west of those States. la 1630, the Earl- of Warwick obtained a grant to a part of the same territory, and, in the following year, assigned a portion of his grant to Lord Brooke, and Viscounts Say and Seal. In 1664. Charles II. ceded to his brother, tJie Duke of York, and afterwards King James II. of England, the country from Delaware bay to the river St. Croix, and afterwards it was insisted that the granted terri- tory extended westward to the Pacific. This consti- tuted Xew Y^ork's claim to western territory, of which the lauds of the Reserve were a portion. In 1662. the same monarch granted to nineteen patentees an ample charter, from which Connecticut derived her claim to a territory bounded by ilassa- chusetts on the north, the sea on the south, Narra- gansett bay on the east, but extending to the Pacific on the west. This grant embraced a strip sixty-two miles wide, extending from Xarragansett bay on the east to the Pacific Ocean on the west, and the north- ern and southern boundaries of this tract were the same as those, in part, which nowform the boundaries at the north and south of the Reserve. Thus arose conflicting claims. The extent of terri- tory to which V^irginia insisted she was tiie rightful owner, was the largest, and included all the other claims. That of Massachusetts was next in size, and included the whole region claimed for Connecticut, as did the territory embraced in Xew Y'ork's claim. The United States did not appear as a contestant until the time of the revolutionary war, when she, with good reason, insisted that these disputed lauds belonged of right to Great Britain's conquerer: that a vacant territory, wrested from a common enemv bv the united arms and at the joint expense and sacrifice of all the States, should be considered as the property of the conquering nation, to be held in trust for the common benefit of all the people of all the States. To show how groundless were the claims of these contesting States, it was pointed out that the charters upon which they were founded had in some instances been abrogated by judicial decisions, and the com- panies to which they had l)een given dissolved; that the charters were given at a time when much of the territory to which ownership was claimed under them was in the actual occupancy of anotiier power; that all the various grants were made in the grossest igno- rance of the inland extent of the American continent; and that George III. had either repudiated the charters of his I'oyal predecessors or denied to them the right of sovereignty over territory of so vast exteut bv issuing a proclamation forbidding all persons from intruding upon lands in the valley of the Ohio. Popular feeling ran high. Contentions between conflicting claimants frequently resulted in bloodshed. The prospects of the American Union were darkened; the difficulties and embarrassments in prosecuting the war for independence were greatly augmented. Mary- land would not become a member of the Union unless the States claiming western territory would relin- quish their title. In the midst of these gloomy and foreboding events, in which disaster to the common cause was more to be feared at the hands of its friends than its enemies, congress made a strong appeal to the claiming States to avert the approaching danger by a cessation of contentious discord among themselves, and by making liberal cessions of western territory for the common benefit. Xew Y'ork was the first to respond, and. in 1780, ceded to the United States the lands she claimed lying west of a line running south from the western bend of Lake Ontario, reserving an area of nineteen thousand square miles. Virginia, in ITS-l, relin- quished to congress her title to lands lying northwest of the Ohio, reserving a district of land in Ohio lying between the Scioto and Little Miami rivers, which came to be known as the Virginia Military District, which reservation was made in order to enable ^'ir- ginia to fulfill pledges to her soldiers in the revolu- tionary war of bounties i)ayable in western lands. In 1785, Massachusetts ceded the western territory to which she had been a claimant, reserving the same nineteen thousand square miles reserved by Xew Y'ork, which disputed territory was afterwards divided equally between those two States. Connecticut was the most reluctant and tardy of all the contesting States in sacrificing State pretensions for the common benefit. However, on the 14th day of September. 1786, her authorized delegates in congress relin- quished all the right, title, interest, jurisdiction and claim that she possessed to land within her chartered limits lying west of a line one hundred and twenty miles west of and parallel to the western boundary of Pennsylvania. This one hundred and twenty mile tract was not conveyed, but reserved, by Connecticut, and hence the name of Connecticut Western Reserve. As Connecticut's claim included nearly the whole of the northern half of the present State of Pennsyl- vania, it infringed upon the rights of the people of that State, who alleged ownership by virtue of a cliarter to William Penn granted by James II. of England, in 16S1. Both States strove for the occu- pancy of the disputed soil, and Connecticut sold to certain individuals seventeen townships, situated on or near the Susquehanna river, organized the tract into a civil township, and attached it to the i)robate district and county of Litchfield, in Connecticut. Westmoreland representatives occupied seats in the Connecticut legislature. [Pennslyvania protested and. when the revolutionary contest closed, sent an armed force to drive the intruders from the lauds. The shedding of blood resulted. The controversy was finally submitted to a court of commissioners ap- pointed by congress, on the petition of Pennsylvania, as provided in the ninth article of the Confederation, which gave to congress the power to establish a court for the settlement of disputed boundaries. This court sat at Trenton, Xew Jersey, in 1787, when the case was tried and decided against Connecticut. The HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. II title to lauds lying west of Pennsylvania was not in- volved in this adjudication, and Connecticut still insisted upon the validity of her claim to lands not ceded by her to the United States. At a session of the Connecticut l^islature held at New Haven, in 1T80 and 1TS7, it was resolved to offer for sale that part of the Reserve lying east of the Cnyahoga, the Portage path and the Tuscarawas, and a committee of three persons was appointed to cause a survey to be made and to negotiate a sale. Nothing, however, was immediately done. On the 10th of February, 1T8S, however, certain lands lying within the limits of the Reserve were sold to General Samuel H. Parsons, then of Middletown, Connecticut. This was afterwards known as the salt spring tract. General Parsons having explored the country and had found the location of a salt spring near the Mahoning. He selected a tract including the spring and containing about twenty-five thousand acres. In Mav, 1795, the legislature, in session at Hart- ford, appointed a committee of eight j)ersons to negotiate the sale of the Reserve excepting the "suf- ferer's lands ■' and the salt spring tract. Tiiey effected a sale in separate contracts with forty-eight different individuals, realizing for the State the sum of one million two hundred thousand dollars. The money thus realized was set apart as a common school fund. The following were the original purchasers of the Reserve, not including the Fire-lands: Joseph Rowland I Daniel L. C'oit t Elias Jlorgan I Daniel L. C'oit ( Caleb Atwater Daniel Holbrook Joseph Williams William Law William Judd ElishaHyde j. Uriah Tracey f James Johnson Samuel Mather. Jr Ephraim Kirby | Elijah Boardiiian v Uriel H<:'lme9. Jr ) Luther Loomis I Ebenezer King, Jr f William Lyman 1 John Stoddard > Davis Kin^ 1 Moses C'leaveland Saiiniel P. Lord Roger Newbury J Enoeh Perkins" • Jonathan Bruce I S 30,46: 51,4(12 a2,fi4« 8,T50 60,(XK) 44,318 Oliver Phelps Gideon Granger. . . Solomon Griswold William Hart Henry Champion, 2d. . . Ashur Miller 15,331 ' Roberto. Johnson 10,51)11 Ephraim Post 16,250 Xehemiah Hubbard, Jr. -„ ,rtn Solomon Cowles 5i,4W Oliver Phelps... 30,000 Asahel Hathaway 18,461 John Caldwell I • Pele^ Sanford ( Timothy Burr Ephraim Starr S.vlvanus ( iriswold J'abez Stt 'Cking I j Joshua Stow t 24,T30 Titus Street James Bull 1 32,600 I Aaron Olmstead ■ 14,092 John Wyles \ Pierpont Edwards 38,1X10 !■ 8 80,000 10,000 30,462 85,675 .34,000 60,000 42,000 10,039 10,000 168,185 12,000 !■ 15,000 15,231 17,415 1,683 11,423 22,846 30,000 60,000 Grand total $1,200,OIX) These gentlemen formed themselves into a body corporate, under the name of '"The Connecticut Land Company," and proceeded to survey and divide their lands. The survey of the lauds east of the Cuyahoga was made in 170G, and partition effected, by draft, January 39, 1798. The lands of the Reserve west of the Cuvahoga were divided in 1S07. CHAPTER II, THE SUFFfiKIWG TOWNS OP CONNECTICUT. Though her sons were not wanting in patriotism, and freely offered up their lives in the cause of inde- pendence, the soil of Connecticut was not the theater of any of the great battles or campaigns of the revo- liitidiuiry period, and was, for tiie most part, remote from the scene of hostilities. None of the historic battles — Lexington, Bunker Hill, Monmouth, Tren- ton, Yorktown — were fought within her borders. Yet the war did not terminate without leaving here, as elsewhere, the evidence that it is its mission to cause suffering and death. On many different occasions the British troops, who occupied New Y'ork City for the greater part of the war, sent out expeditions to de- stroy stores and shipping in the towns of Connecticut. The object of these expeditions, or forays, was best attained by landing in the nigiit, destroying and burn- ing what they could, and then retiring and putting to sea before any considerable force could be gathered to prevent them from carrying out their plans, but in nearly every instance there was skirmishing, resulting in loss of life, the most notable being the massacre at Groton.. Nine towns were thus visited, burned, jilun- dered, laid waste, or despoiled. The account of the misfortunes that befell these towns and their citi/.eus furnishes some of the most deei)ly interesting chap- ters of the history of the Revolution; doubly interest- ing to the people of the Fire-lands, as it is from these occurrences that the land of their occupancy derives its name and being, and it is therefore a]ipro])riate that space be given to their recital in the present work. NEW LONDON. The following account of the burning of New Lon- don is mainly, and often literally, taken from Caulkin's history of that towp and county. More s])ace is given to the incidents attending the destruction of New London, and the massacre at Groton, not only on account of their greater relative importaiu-e, but be- cause many scenes related as transpiring here were common at other places, and are therefore mentioned but once. The writer referred to says: "It may be observed in general terms, that dui-ing the whole war New London was a den of serpents to the British — constantly send- ing out its sloops and schooners, well manned by skill- ful and daring seamen, to harass the boats and ten- ders along the shore, or to cutoff merchant vessels on the high .seas. Rich prizes, in si)ite of their vigilance, would run into this open port, and if pursuit was ap- prehended, they might be hurried up to Norwich, entirely out of reach. The year ITTT forms, indeed, an exception to the universality of this a.s.scrtion: so great was the vigilance of the British squadron on this coast, that between the summer of ITT'i and that of 1778, not a single prize was brought into the harbor of New London. "Althrough New London iiad been reiieatedly threatened, no direct attack was made upon the town till near the close of the war in 1781. (Jen. Arnold, on his return from a i)redatory descent upon the coast of Virginia, was ordered to conduct a similar expedi. tion against his native State. A large (piantity of West India goods and European merchandise, brought in by various ]irivateers, was at this time collected in 12 HISTORY OF HUKOK AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. New London; the quantity of shipping in port was very considerable, and among the prizes recently taken was the Hannah, C'apt. Watson, a rich merchant ship from London, bound to New York, which had been captured a little south of Long Island, by C'apt Dud- ley Saltonstall, of the Minerx'a privateer. The loss of this ship, whose cargo was said to be the most val- uable brought into America during the war, had exas- perated the British, and more than any other single circumstance, is thought to have led to the expedition. At no other period of the war could they have done so much mischief; at no otlier had the inhabitants so much to lose. "The expedition was fitted out at New-Y'ork, and consisted of thirty-two sail, including twenty-four transports, and the troops numbered eighteen hundred. Late in the evening of the 5th of September, 17S1, information was received in New London, of the pres- ence of a British fleet on tlie sliore of Long Island. So many false demonstrations of attack had been made during the war that this intelligence caused but little alarm. No public notice was given of it, and no unusual precaution taken against surjirise. At nightfall tlie fleet began to move, and ari'iving on the coast at one o'clock would undoubtedly have accom- plished its design, which was to descend suddenly upon the town, under cover of darkness, with such expedition as to destroy the fortifications, shipping, stores, etc., and depart before any considerable force could be collected to oppose them. As they were about making preparations to land the wind shifted, the fleet was obliged to stand off until morning, and it was ten o'clock before the troops deljarked. They were in two divisions, about eight hundred landing on the Groton side, and nine hundred or a thousand on the New London side. A considerable ]iortion of the troops weri? loyalists. " In the meantime confused and hasty preparations had been made to receive them. At early dawn the fleet had Ijeen discovered lying off, becalmed, but the ti-ansports were making preparations to beat in to the mouth of the river. Signal guns were fired to call assistance from the neighboring country. * * * , * * In the town consternation and frisht were suddenly let loose. No sooner were the terrible guns heard, than the startled citizens made haste to send away their families, and their jjortable and most valuable goods. Throngs of women and cliildren were dismissed into the fields and woods, some without food, and others with a piece of bread or a biscuit in their hands. Such was the confusion of the scene, that families, in many cases, were scattered upon dif- ferent roads; children eight or ten years of age were sent off into the country, their parents lingering to bury or conceal some of their effects. Grouj)s of fugitives gathered on the high hills afar off, watching with intense interest the movements of the enemy, whose course might be traced by their gleaming arms and scarlet coats, until the sun hid them from their view. Colonel William Ledyard was the military com- mandant. The garrisons were small, barely sufficient to keep the posts in order, and in cases of emergency they depended on volunteers from the neighborhood or details of militia. These were coming in now and the commander ^confidently anticipated the arrival of sufficient aid to warrant a defense. "In the meantime great efforts were made to secure the shipping in the harbor by getting it up the river, but at first neither wind nor tide favored tlie attempt. "Toward noon, however, before the enemy had got possession of the town, a favorable breeze came in from the water, and a considerable number of vessels escaj)ed up tlie river. * * * * * Such con- fusion reigned in the town, every householder being engaged in the care of his family and effects, that it was difflcult to form any concerted jilan of action. But when the women and children had departed, the men began to gather in groups, and consult respecting the course to he pursued. They could muster but few effective men; flight and concealment seemed the only prudent course for them to adoi)t."" But about one hundred, hastily armed, and indig- nant at the thought of abandoning their homesteads without a blow, collected on Tower Hill, with a view of obstructing the course of the enemy. They were without a commander, and as the advancing files of regular soldiers, in tirni array, with glistening steel, appeared in sight, they saw the rashness of their de- sign, and scattering into the fields, concealed them- selves l>ehind rocks and fences, and annoyed the troojis whenever they could. No serious resistance was, however, made to the entrance of the troops, and once in the town the de- struction of ])roperty was begun. ''\'engeance and destruction had no check; shops, stores, dwellings, piles of lumber, wharves, boats, rigging and v^jssels were soon enveloped in smoke and flame. Hogsheads | were knocked in, sugar and coffee lay in heaps, and rum and Irish butter,* melt in the fire, trickled along streets and filled the gutters. * * * On the pa- rade all was destroyed. The market, wharf, the old magazine and battery, the court house, jail and jail house, the Episcopal church, and several contiguous shops and dwelling houses, were soon a heap of ashes. The western part of this street was left unluirt. The ancient, dilapidated old building, still extant near the corner of Green street, was then, as it since has been, a well known tavern stand. The landlady, like many other American women in those disastrous times, had her nearest friends ar- rayed on opposite sides. Her husband, as sergeant in the militia, was at his post in the field annoying the invaders, and her brother Wiis one of those in- vaders, an officer under Arnold's command. Before mounting her horse to escape, she had her talfle spread , and furnished bountifully with provisions. Though fleeing with her patriot husband, she could not refrain from leaving a dinner for her tory Itrother. That officer eagerly sought the threshold of his relative, and though he found her not, refreshed himself and HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. 13 his brother ofScers with the collatiou." The enemy,- however, did not, in general, spare the dwellings of their reputed friends. This, instead of ])eing a favor, would have marked them out for ])atriot vengeance. Arnold himself took some refreshment that day at the house of an old actjuaintance in Bank ^^treet, hut even beft)re they rose from the talde. the building v/as in flames over them. It has been often stated that some whose property was destroyed, re- ceived in the end double compensation; that is, from the British, on account of their loyalty, and from Congress, in the grant of Fire-lands, by which repar- ation was made to the sufferers. Arnold was l)oru within fourteen miles of New London, and had lived so long in the vicinity that he had many acquaint- ances in town; some of these, it was well known, had held secret intercourse with him, and otticiated as counsellors and guides in this expedition. It is doubtless a fact that the wanton Inirning of dwellings had not Ix-eu at first intended. Arnold 6a3's in his report: " The explosion of the powder and the change of wind soon after the stores were fired, communicated the flames to part of the town, which was, notwithstanding every effort to prevent it, un- fortunately destroyed." Sir Henry Clinton, in his otticial letter to England, expresses his concern that the town was burned, but says it was unavoidable, and occasioned by the exp'osion of gunpowder. "It ought to lie stated as a general fact that Ar- nold's orders appear to have been given with some reference to humanity and the laws of civilized wai'- fare. Private houses were to be spared, unless in some few instances where the owners were inirticularly obnoxious. It was afterwards well understood that most of the sjioil and havoc in private houses was the work of a few worthless vagrants of the town, who prowled in the wake of the invaders, hoping in the general confusion not to be detected."' The loss of life was not great, being a half dozen killed and a dozen wounded on each side. A few of the inhab- itants were carried off as prisoners. The next morning at eight o'clock the fleet made sail. " By this timet he whole surrounding country was in motion. All the militia, all who had friends on the seaboard, all who hated the British, all who were impelled by curiosity, came rushing to the scene of desolati.on, mingled with the fugitives returning after a night of terror and anxiety, to their forlorn homes. On the bights, in view of the town, they paused and gave vent to lamentations and cries of an- guish over the smoking ruins." That the enemy suffered so little annoyance on the New London side, and were allowed to retire unmo- lested to their ships, has been attributed to the want of an efiicieut leader to concentrate and direct their force. But even under the ablest commander, no position of attack or defense could have been sus- tained. What could be effected by a motley assem- blage of two hundred citizens against a compact army of one thdiisand disciiilincd soldiers!-' It was well tiiat no daring leader came forward to germinate and encourage rash attempts, whose only result must have been a duplicate of the slaughter on the other side of the river. A single spark more, to kindle indignation to a flame, and the inhabitants had come rushing down on the enemy to i)our out their blood like water. The loss of New London, from this jiredatory visit can only be given in its main items: sixty-tive dwell- ing houses were burnt, occupied by ninety-seven fam- ilies; thirty-one mercantile stores and warehouses; eighteen mechanics shops, twenty barns, and nine other buildings for puljlic use, including the Episco- pal church, court house, jail, market, custom house, etc. Nearly all the wharting was destroyed, except sixteen sloops wiiich escaped u|) the river. (;roT()N. While at New London the loss of life was inconsid- erable, it was different on the other side of the river, at Groton; and the occurrences of the 6th of Septem- ber are among the most sad and tragic of the revolu- tionary period. A small body of brave men, hastily gathered together in the morning, occujiied Groton fort. They numbered only one hundred and fifty men all told, and were commanded by Colonel Ledyard. They were assaulted by an overwhelming force of eight hundred British, under command of Lieutenant Colonel Eyre, and though they made a heroic de- fense it was all in vain, the fort was taken, nor did the work of butchery stop even after the surrender. The few remaining brave men were mostly massa- cred. Arnold says eighty-five were killed and sixty wounded, most of them inortally; about thirty of the least injured were taken away as prisoners. The others were jiaroled, taken out of the fort, the maga- zine of which was then set on fire, but it was extin- guished, before the explosion, by an American who approached the fort soon after the British had left, "As soon as it was known that the British had re- emljarked, all Groton was move.d. enquiring for her sons. Women and children assembled before the morning dawn, with torches in their hands, examin- ing the dead and wounded in search of their friends. They passed the light from face to face, but so bloody and mangled were they — their features so distorted with the energy of resistance, or the convulsion of pain, that in many cases the wife couUl not identify her husband, or the mother her son. Forty wives had been made widows that day, all residing lu'ar the scene of action. A woman, searching for her hus- band among the slain, cleansed the gore from more than tiiii'ty faces before she found the remains she sought." The wounded men left, in a house at the foot of the hill, were given attention. Two had already died, but most of the others finally recovered. Fourteen among the dead, and three among the wounded, bore the title of captain, .some having served in the army, others in the militia, while others commanded vessels. Of till' killed, sixty belonged to Groton and twelve to 14 HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. New London. Eleven bore the name of Avery and six that of Perkins. The Britisli loss is stated to have been fifty-fonr killed and one Inmdred and forty-three wounded. A granite monument one hundred and twenty-seven feet in height, bearing the names of the heroic dead, com- memorates the scene of the bloody encounter. D.VXBURY. In the latter part of the year 177G, this town was selected as a place for the deposit of military stores for the Continental army. A large (juantity having been collected, Govei-nor Tryon, with a detachment of two thousand British troops, set out to destroy them, in which attempt they were successful, as the inhabitants were not ])repared to defend the town against such odds. They entered the town in the afternoon of April 26, 1777, and left the next morn- ing. The amount of stores destroyed was about three thousand barrels of pork, one thousand barrels of flour, several hundred barrels of beef, one thousand six hundred tents, two thousand bushels of grain; also, rum, wine, rice, etc., a considerable amount. Nineteen dwelling houses, a meeting house, and twenty-two stores and barns, were destroyed by fire. NEW HAVEN. The attack on New Haven was j^receded by a proc- lamation, or address, to the inhabitants of Connecti- cut, dated July 4, 1779, and signed by Commodore George Collier, commander-in-chief of his majesty's ships and vessels on the coast, and also by Major General William Tryon, commanding his majesty's land forces on a separate expedition. Three sentences of the prochimation will indicate its character: "The ungenerous and wanton insurrection against the sov- ereignty of Great Britain, into which this colony has been deluded by the artifices of designing men, might well justify in you every fear which conscious guilt could form, respecting the intentions of the present armament. Your towns, your property, 3'ourselves, lie within the grasp of the ])ower whose forbearance you. have ungenerously construed into fear, but whose lenity has persisted in its mild and noble efforts, even though branded with the most unworthy imputatio4i. The existence of a single haljitation on your defence- less coast, ought to bo a subject of constant reproof of your'ingratitude." On the following day a descent was made upon New Haven. The fleet consisted of forty-eight sail, under command of Commodore Sir George Collier. There were on board about three thousand troops un- der command of General Tryon. Tlie'y soon got full possession of the town, not without oiijiosition on the part of the hastily collected militia, who soon deliv- ered it up to promiscuous plunder and destruction. A number of stores were burned, and eight houses in East Haven. The conduct of the troojis was brutal, and many needless cruelties and indignities i)raeticed upon the persons of the inhabitants. Wtuinded men were put to death, women were ravished and aged people murdered. Twenty-seven of the inhabitants were killed, and some thirty or forty carried off as prisoners. Among the wounded was Rev. Naphthali Daggett, president of Yale college, who was maltreated after he was taken prisoner. FAIRFIELD. This place was laid in ashes by Governor Tryon, in the revolutionary war. The event took place July 8, 1770. A few militia assembled to oppose the advance of the British troops, but the invasion was so sudden and unexpected that their efforts were fruitless. The town was plundered; a great part of the houses Inirnt, and the inhabitants turned out into the world almost literally destitute. Eighty-four dwelling houses, two churches, an elegant court house, fifty-five barns, fif- teen stores, and fifteen sho])S were destroyed by fire. NORWALK. After having laid Fairfield in ashes, Governor Tryon and his forces, crossed the sound to Huntington Bay and remained until July 11, 1779, when they sailed over to Norwalk and landed in the evening. In the morning they proceeded to burn the town. Only six houses were left standing, eighty being consumed, as well as two churches, eighty-seven barns, four mills, and five vessels. CHAPTER III. THE FIRE-liANDS-A LIST OP THE SUFFERERS AND THEIR LOSSES. From the preceding chapter the reader has learned how the inhabitants of the suffering towns sustained losses during the revolutionary war. To make com- pensation for these losses, the State of Connecticut, prior to the sale to the Connecticut Land Company, released and quit-claimed to the suffering inhabitants five hundred thousand aci'cs, to be taken from the western end of the Reserve. The tract so granted embraces the present counties of Huron and Erie, the township of Ruggles in Ashland county, and of Dan- bury in Ottawa county. The name "Fire-lands" had had its origin in the fact that the lands were donated because of losses which occurred by reason of fire. Frequently did the inhabitants of the nine suffering towns appeal to the Connecticut legislature for some material recognition of their claims for relief. The State afforded limited aid by the abatement of taxes, but no adequate eomjiensation was provided for some years. In 1787, at the May session, the memorialists made another and a strong appeal, asserting the justness of their claims and com]ilaining of tlie neglect their previous petitions had suffered. They earnestly urged the attention of the legislature to their prayer, which was signed for the petitioners of the several towns as follows: By Charles Chauneey, of New HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. 15 Haven; Philip Burr Bradley, of Kidgefield: Daniel Tavlor, of Dauburv; Thomas Fitch, of Norwalk; Jonathan Sturges, of Fairfield: John Mead, of Green- wich; Joiin Deshon, of New London; and Andrew Ward, of Groton. The assembly referred this memo- rial to a special committee, consisting of Hon. Andrew Adams, of the upper house, and Colonel Jeremiah Wadswortli, Major Charles Phelps, Major Wm. Hart, Colonel Charles BurrcU and Captain Moses Cleave- land, of the lower house. [See documents relating to revolutionary war, volume XXXVI. iiumljer tliree hundred and fifty-one.] In October of tlie same 3'ear, tliis committee re- ported that, for want of exhibits, certificates and voueiiers, they were unable to present either a correct statement of the amount of losses, or of tlie relief already granted by the State; that the houses, build- ings and furniture destroyed by the enemy '•oiiylit to bi\ hy this State, paid for at tiieir just value;" and tiiat the only means in the power of this State at ]u-esent to pay tiie same, is in western lands." [lb.. Doc. ii;.] The report, after discussion, was approved, and with this the matter rested. Further action being jjostjioned from session to session, Thaddeus Burr and others, at the December session of 1790. presented a new jietition. Thereupon a committee, consisting of Hon. John Treadwell, Ashur Miller and Captain Jolm Chenwood, was appointed to ascertain the amount of the losses of the memorialists and others who had undergone similar misfortunes. This com- mittee entered upon its work without delay. At the May session of 1T91, farther time was asked and given. It was not until May, 1T93, that the labors of tlie committee were so far completed as to enable tlic asscmljly to take action, which it then did as fol- lows: "At a general assembly of the State of Couneeticut holden at Hart- ford on the second Thursday of May, A.D., 1792: "Upon the memorial of the inhabitants of the towns of Fairfield and Norwalk, shewing to this assembly that many of the inhabitants of said towns sviffered great losses by the devastations of the enemy during the late war, praying a compensation therefor, and a report of a committee appointed by the assembly at this session held at Hartford in May, 1791, to ascertain from documents in the public offices the amount of the losses of the said memorialists, and others under siniilar circumstances, which had been estimated ci»nformably to acts of tliis legislature, being such as were occasioned by excursions of the enemy during the late war, distinguishing the losses of buildings and necessary furniture from those of other articles, by said documents or otherwise, and also to ascertain the advancements which have been made to sufferers by abatement of taxes or otherwise, and to report the same, with their opinion relative to the ways and means of affording for the relief, as per memorial and report on file. "Resotveit, By this assembly, that there be and there hereby are re leased and quit-claimed to the sufferers hereafter named, or their legal representatives where they are dead, and to their heirs and assignees forever, five himtlretl thousand acres of land belonging to this State lying west of the State of Pennsylvania, and bounding northerly on the shore of Lake Erie, beginning at the west line of said lands and extend- ing eastward to a line running noi-therly and southerly parallel to the east line of said tract of land belonging to this State, and extending the whole width of said lands, and eastei'ly so tar as to make said ((uanlity of five hundrecl thousand acres of land exclusive of any lands within said bounds, if any be. which may have been heretofore granted to be divided to and among tlie said sutTerers, and their legal representatives w-here they are dead, in proportion to the several sums annexed to their names as follows in the annexed list." The total amount of losses awarded was one hun- dred and si.Kty-one thousand live hundred and forty- eight pounds eleven siiillings and si.v and a half pence New England currency, equivalent to live hundred and thirty-eight thousand four hundred and ninety-five dollars and twenty-six cents. The board of commis- sioners ascertained that the number of sufferers was about eighteen hundred and seventy. The follow- ing table will show in what proportion tiiese sufferers and their losses were distributed among tlie suffering towns: Greenwich aSJ persons, £12,000 Os. H^d Norwalk- 289 " 2S,889 ISI 2^ Fairfield 269 " 34,3.5M 11 Danbury 187 " 8.2-38 10 7M New and East Haven 410 " IB.tWO .5 4 New London 275 " M,.59S 7 3^ Ridgefield 65 " 1.7:36 1 in Groton 92 " 7,739 15 r, Total 1,870 " £llil..54S U.S. C^d The names of the sufferers are classified by towns, and the amount of loss sustained by each is given in pounds, shillings and pence. The following list is taken from the "Classification Record," an old liook in the oflice of the recorder of Huron county, and, though tar from being well arranged, the names have been copied in th« order there given. Even where a cursory glance might seem to show the list alpha- betical, further examinaticm will disclose many ex- ceptions. The largest amount awarded to any one individual was to Jeremiah Miller, of New London, in the sum of two thousand five hundred and thirty- five pounds eighteen shillings and ten pence, or eight thousand eight hundred and forty-five dollars and thirty-one cents; the smallest on the list is that of Marah Kilby, of New Haven, two shillings six pence, or forty-one and two-thirds cents. Tlie names on the list are familiar ones. Many of them and their descendants settled on the Fire-lands, and their posterity are numerous here to-day. The family names are almost exclusively of English deriva- tion, there being a notable absence of the Irish, Scotch, French and German names so common at the present day. But the baptismal names were peculiar, and, in this respect, time has wrought changes. Amos, Abijah, Ephraim, Ebenezer, Eleazar, Hezekiah, Joshua, Justin, Jedediah, Jotham, Oba- diah, Nehemiah, Titus, Timothy and Uriah were as common as Abraham, Benjamin, John, James. Mat- thew, Moses and Solomon, while Eliphalet,' Eliakim, Shadrach, Shubael and Zechariah and many more names now unheard of are of fretiuent occurrence. The names of (ieorge. Charles. .Vlbert, Edward, Wil- liam, Henry, Frederick and Richard were not alto- gether wanting, but were less esteemed tiiau, those taken from scripture. In the names of women, Anna, Abigail, Charity, Deliveranci', Deboraii, Prudence. Priscilla, Ruth, TJiaiikful and Temperance, are as easily jiickcd out as Lucy, Mary, Jane and Sarah. It is needless to say there were no Allies or Bessies, Jennies or Minnies. 16 HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. Another feature will strike even the most casual reader, and that is the absence of middle names — scarcely one person in a hundred is so provided — while Jr., 'M, and even 3d, are common suffixes used to distinguish those of the same family having the same name. LIST OF ORIGINAL SL'FFEKEKS CLASSIFIED BY TOWKS WITH THE AMOrNT OF EACH INDIVIDUALS LOSS. £ Elkanah Mead 7 John Mesnai-d 14 Andrew ^lead 36 Jothani Mead 2G Eliphalet and Ichiel GREENWICH. £ John Addington 10 Samuel Ask 11 Abigail .\rmour 8 Lauren Bruniall 4 James Brown 1.5 William Bush 41 John Bush 10 James Barnes 51 Samuel Banks i Roger Brown 147 Isaac Bush 4 Nehemiah Brown 94 William Blake 3 Mary Austin 3 Isaac Anderson 44 Obediah Banks 41 Peter Cyphus 22 James Cunningham 12 Joseph Chambers DeViorah Close Daniel Carter Hannah Close Thomas liavis Stephen I'aTis Daniel Darrow Humphrey Denton Bazaleel iSrown Charity Banks Silas Butts David Bush James Brundage Janxes Brush Samuel Brush Deborah Brush Walter Butler Charles Brundage Elisha Belcher William Brundage Peter Brown Jolin Clapp, Jr. Thomas Clapp Odel Close Jacob Conklin Nevil Conklin Odel Close (Admin- istrator) Keid)en Coe Abraham Close Joseph Close Jonathan Coe Jeremiah Chapman Odel Close. Jr. Horse X. ('hurch Episcopal C^urch Jonathan Connery Abraham Hays Thomas Hobby, Jr. Hannah Havs Joseph Hobby, Jr. Jonu Hobliy Isaac Holmes David Hallcock Isaac Hitlmes, Jr. William Hubbard Nathaniel Hubbard Thomas Hitchcock Nat Huested Ebenezer Howe Jona. Hubbard, Jr. Benjamin Hubby Ebenezer Hubby John I)uun Isaac Davis James Ferriss Urial Fields Oliver Fairchild Jabez Ferris Jonathan Finch Nathaniel Fincli Timothy Ferris Solomon Finney Joslnia Franklin Sylvamis Ferris Jabez Filch Josiuli Ferris Timothy Finch Joseph Ferris Moses Ferris Ezra Finch Joseph Ferris Park Ferris John Gregg Chttiies Green Anne fJreggs Jabez Hnlmes Renlieii Holmes Mills Hobby Isaac Howe 9 12 4 3S 8 112 19 73 07 8 217 159 30 is 31 3 39 49 5 129 333 25" 03 4U 33 17 114 40 3 15 27 10 10 10 17 20 10 42 14 41 3 20 3 00 H 11 n Hti II t 10 213 H 1H7 12 43 12 5 32 10 (i K) 19 03 ■£i 10 10 18 13 4 1 13 3 25 40 10 4 5 9 1)3 10 10 15 9 05 10 11 16 .1 3 3 2 33 .^ 41 7 .T 13 12 4 31 9 7 34 13 .J 39 11 11 15 15 10 42 13 3 '12 15 1 K 1(1 H 28 5 7 s. ''. j £ s. d. Mindwell Hitchcock 18 7 10 18 2H : Jonah Knapp 44 13 7 Nathaniel Knapp 15 8 Eunice Knapp 14 15 3 5 oH Joshua Knapp 125 9 3 6 9^4 John Knapp 23 3 7 10 9 Charles Knapp 11 2 9 9 10!4 William Kinch 5 14 2 15 IH Jonathan Knapp 20 9 7 13 10% Ezekiet Knapp 25 7 5 10 Abraham Knapp 2 16 2 Widow Kinch 8 10 1 3 Samuel Lockwood 108 14 4 3 7 Israel Lockwood 51 4 10 10 OJ^ Philip Lockwood 17 8 Enos Lockwood 13 15 13 Thaddeus Lockwood 54 18 5 Peter Heusted 86 8 11 Abraham Heusted 7 11 Moses Heusted. Jr. 8 3 10 Ebenezer Holmes 9 6 8 15 11 James Hounam 208 17 5 I Meeting House 30 14 6 Thomas Hobbv 69 19 3 4 4 Benjamin Hue'sted 19 10 Nathaniel Hubby 12 15 8 , Sarah Hait 3 18 4 : Joseph Hubbv, Jr. 31 9 4 1 , Elizabeth Ing'ersoU 68 14 4 5 11 Nathaniel Ingersoll 59 16 7 1 4 I William Jacobs 60 .\nne Ingersoll 14 15 6 13 8 ' Job Ireland 4 1 5 1 Amos Jessop 20 6 Thomas Johnson 41 15 1 19 4 William Johnson 8 1 James Johnston S 10 10 11 Israel Knapp, Jr. 4 15 5 5 Ebenezer Knapp 147 17 6 2 3 Jared Mead 08 7 17 7 Daniel Marshall 22 1 4 10 3 Elizabeth Moore 7 2 1 3 Martin McDonald 4 111 19 3 Ezra Marshall Benjamin ?Iead 111 5 5 3 10 Rachel Marshal! 10 5 5 10 4 Peter Mead, Escj. 138 19 9 II John Mead 102 9 9 15 2 Hannah Mead 2 15 10 5 Sarah Mead 71 5 4 12 11 Ebenezer Mead 5 18 4 7 11 Charles .Mead 4 . 10 2 10 , Eliphalet Mead, Jr. 95 10 6 lehiel Mead 5 12 10 Abraham Mead 17 19 5 Eliphalet Mead 5 2 8 Nehemiah Mead 55 2 Mathew 31ead 61 18 8 Titus Mead 95 5 2 Nehemiah Mead, Jr. 9 8 3 Daniel Merritt 36 6 9 John Loudon 7 10 Caleb Lyon 9 9 11 Joseph Lockwood 30 19 William Lee 7 10 Timothy Lockwood 10 4 8 Hannah Lockwood 29 4 10 William Lockwood 18 19 2 Gilbert Lyon 10 17 5 Abraham Lockwood Amos Lyon 19 5 4 James Lyon 58 12 5 Ezekiel Lockwood 9 13 1 James Lyon, Jr. 7 10 Caleb Lyon, Ji-. 29 7 9 TheophilusLockwood 2 Jonas Mead 20 4 1 Andrew Marshall '^0 14 3 3 Peter Mead, Jr. 41 4 10 Caleb Mead :S3 17 7 Reuben Merritt 25 7 9 1 John Mead, Jr. ,54 16 3 4 Nathaniel Mead, 3d 18 3 5 1 Jeremiah Mead, Jr. 92 15 7 4 Gilbert Marshall 5 Deliverance and Ja- red Mead 200 Henry Marshall 25 12 Joseph .Mead 39 15 3 Shatlrack Mead 42 Caleb .Mead, -.d 70 11 7 7 Abigail Mead 6 4 Jonah Mead •.') 12 1 Enos Mead 18 13 5 Sibil Mead H6 12 2 Angus McCall 13 2 7 Zacheus Mead 9 14 7 7 Ezra Marshall 56 i 9 Isaac Wood John Willis John Weeks Francis Wilmott JefTrey Wilmeten Isaac Whelpley 188 47 9 6 9 21 NORWAI.K. Thomas Benedict 779 Josiah Thatcher 400 James Fitch, Jr. 319 Thomas Fitch 387 James Fitch 219 John Lockwood. Jr. 249' Abraham Camp's heirs 142 Seth Sevmour's h"i-s 157 Nath 1 Raymond.Jr. 144 Fountain Smith 158 John Seymour, Jr. 101 Abraham Benedict 73 10 10 16 15 8 16 Mead 85 Robert Nutt 14 Francis Nash 646 Daniel Ogden 115 Silas Mead 02 Thomas Mesnard 6 William Marshall 14 Deliverance Mead 39 Jemima Mead 18 Rev. Jonathan Mur- dock 79 14 Jesse Mead 82 8 Henrv Mead 105 Elizabeth Mead 13 Dr. Amos Mead W) Joshua Mead 11 Jerusha 3Iead 7 John 3Iesnard, Jr. James Moe 32 Nathaniel Merrit 46 Edmoiid Mead 11 Titus Palmer 3 Jereand John Wood Palmer 9 Hoiton Revnolds 65 William Riindall 81 Susannah Reynolds 18 Anne Reynolds 22 Nath. Reynolds, Jr. 10 John Rich 21 Hannah Rundell 45 Hannah Pitch 9 Mary Pitch 44 Reuben Randall 44 Anny Rundall 4 Joanna Reynolds 12 Solomon Rundall 39 Th( mas Pitch 45 Timothy Rundall 7 Jonathan Reynolds 18 Abigail Rundall 3 Samuel Rnndal' 4 Ambruse and Jona- than Reynolds 18 Nathaniel Reynolds 47 Shubael Rundall 9 Joseph Sackett 13 Samuel Seymour 195 Joshua Smith 149 Jonah Smith 70 Justus Sackett 223 Daniel Smilh 70 Ciliver Sherwood 10 Drake Seymour 123 Jabez Shei wood 47 Henry Sieedwell 85 Gilbert Sherwood 7 Rev, William Seward 25 Benjamin Sutton 5 David and Joshua Smith 218 Thomas Steedwell 2 Joseph Palmer 100 Stephen Palmer 6 Sarah Parsons 5 TheophilusPeck.Jr. .50 Solomon Purdy 8;j James Phillips 20 Denham Paimer, 2 John Palmer 4 Mary Peck 8 Catharine Peck 16 Beth Peck 9 John Purdy 10 Winans Palmer 6 Daniel Palmer 35 Benjamin Peck 20 Samuel Palmer 77 Gould John Sellich 13 Roger Sutherland 10 Jesse .Sutton John Town 15 William Town 3 Ciliver Tompkins 7 Michael C. Tempany 70 Marv Town 4 Zehediah Taylor 10 William Walros 11 Ebenezer Whelpley 1 4 14 4 8 6 13 9 9 15 16 2 10 3 2 2 15 .1 19 15 11 2 6 1 15 12 18 15 4 16 3 19 3 17 13 8 11 18 6 9 16 16 6 18 6 8 8 14 19 16 4 18 12 8 4 3 14 14 10 12 8 18 14 12 8 1 6 16 14 9 14 13 4 5 15 19 3 11 6 4 6 11 3 6 3 4 3 5 4 5 5 6 8 10 10 5U mstnck 9 Nath'l Benedict, 2d 158 1 3 Josiah Raymond 239 9 3 Col. Stephen St. John I'aniel \v. ..Vuley 713 6 7 218 7 Daniel Seymour 11 18 10 Deborah Dickinson 17 2 Jane Hitchcock 19 8 6 Elizabeth Rogers, 8d 1 5 Hnmiah Hanford 60 3 1 Deborah Pickett 22 Mary Resco 2 19 Rebecca Smith 3 2 9 Obadiah Liscat 3 .•Abigail Weeks 3 10 Anne Sevmour 3 1 6 Piatt Townsend 8 17 Ji'hn Piatt 15 Stephen Lockwood Nathan Hyatt, Jr 18 12 29 19 n John Rogers Stephen Whitney 41 1 9 19 5 Jesse brown 44 Hannah Fitch's hrs 141 o 7 HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. 17 £ .s. (/. e 9. rl. £ s. d. £ s. cl. Jacob Arnold ■u 11 8 Simeon Stewart. .Ir. 8 6 John Raymond and E. Cooley Free Negn) Ned 7 4 David Hyatt 9 6 Benjamin Steward 14 19 7 .56 •J 7 Sanuiel Osboni 36 13 6 John Eversley 11 1 2 John Filleo 1 15 •» Samuel Rowland 476 10 7 Nehenuah Phinpeny James Penlield 12 12 Syphflx, (ufgro) David Whitney 7 Col. Matthew Mead 4 19 4 Andrew Rowland 1,565 15 11 6 12 12 David Webb 1 10 8 Samuel Stpiire 412 15 4 Jabez Perry 2 18 Anne Seymour 6 17 5 John Rockwell 3 16 John Smedley 763 10 4 John Perr.y 17 John Lockwood !) 12 B Elizabeth Gaylord 5 8 Seth Sturges 431 1 .\brahani'Parrott 4 14 David Judah 9 19 Nathan Hicock 2 5 3 Joseph Squire 65 6 Sarah Penfield 15 16 Timothy Whitney 17 c Jas. Small Olmstead 2 18 8 Thomas Staples 217 4 7 Benjamin Rumsev 15 Thomas Betts, Jr. 13 14 Samuel Stewart 12 2 Joseph Sttuves' h'rs *19 15 2 Lucretia Redfield 28 3 4 Haynes Fitch la 1 3 Mich'l Morehouse. Jr. 7 7 4 Jonathan Sturges 748 2 6 Widt>w Sarah Red- Michael Judah 13 9 6 Andrew Jlorehouse 1 16 Hezekiah Stur-ges 532 8 3 field •is 15 6 Uriah Smith 33 9 Michael Jlorehouse 4 3 Samuel Sturges ■»4 18 1 Robert Ross 2 17 Samuel B\irral 30 18 6 James Keeler 8 4 s Samuel Smedley 415 19 7 Rev. Hezekiah Rip- Hannah Brown 6 3 6 Josiah Ta.vlor. Jr. 4 9 10 Eliphalet Thorp 401 6 1 ley ■■m 19 ■2 James Halt's heirs •26 3 6 Thatldeus" Keeler 2 5 10 Jabez Thorp 147 18 Josepli Sprague •) 3 8 Stephen Keeler •,'5 1 3 Sarah Morehouse (i 4 4 John Turnev .526 12 2 Grace Spaldmg Francis D. Sword 90 4 4 David Bott 5 19 9 Ebenezer Fitch 2 10 Stephen Thoip 513 1 8 3 3 6 Eleazer Scott IB SI Nathan Burrall 2 17 4 Ansel Treeby 96 11 7 Benjamin Squire 1 7 James Crowley 3 14 7 Jeremiah Webb T 5 John Wasson 161 3 10 Samuel Squire, 2i\ S3 6 8 Stephen St. John Nathaniel StruU ■20 1 Elizabeth Dunning 7 1 4 Andrew Wakeman 2or 14 2 Seth Smitli 66 7 m 12 9 Scilcimon Morehouse 5 n Ebenezer Wakeman 08 12 1 Zecheriah Sanford 2 .5 Moses St John 3 5 Rebecca I>ef';)rest 7 15 8 Joseph Wakeman 167 3 8 Marv Smith 16 14 3 Isaac Waring 3 10 Mary Fleet 15 10 Thomas Hanford Ebenezer Squire 14 14 4 Giles Mallery 12 4 10 Benjamin Beets, Jr. 3 10 Wakeman 239 6 10 Stephen Turney 88 5 4 David Seymour 3 19 James Olmstead 7 9 Mary Cutler 48 18 1 Samuel Taylor 9 17 Mary Harvey 14 11 William St. John 35 12 David .Vnnible 43 18 10 William Thorp ■24 18 Rebecca W.Vsron 4 8 3 Daniel Gregory 18 18 8 Neb. Budilington 1.5 1 7 Ruel Thi.rp n 6 Jarvis Kell'.'gg ■i 3 9 Thaddeus Morehouse 2 3 Andrew Bulkley 33 10 11 Widow Hannah Tay William Mott 10 14 6 Joseph Olmstead 2 Thaddeus Betts 18 8 James Bidkley 15 5 lor 40 4 Mary .\very 11 •2 6 8 Walter Buddington 20 19 8 Jehiel White Head 6 16 2 Peter HittOicock 11 13 6 Eliphalet Lockwood 23 18 Widow AliigaiUBurr 58 17 9 Richard AVane 5 8 3 Joshua Rogers 14 15 3 Jabez Ravmond 38 16 William Buddington 37 7 9 Abigail Whitear 111 13 11 Desire Liscat s 7 u Charles Pope 6 Walter Carson 27 7 Samuel King 5 7 Robert Waters 11 15 4 Haynes Fitch 47 10 Jonathan Darrow 254 5 2 Gideon Wells ■29 8 8 .Tedediah Ra.vmond 10 « 3 Hezekiah Hanford .59 10 Isaac Jarvis 23 10 9 John Willson 3 4 Xehemiah St. John Daniel Hanford 20 Abigail Jennings 49 16 1 Nathaniel Willson 10 17 6 and. Ij 11 James Fitch, Jr. 23 12 Justin Jennings 31 7 John Whitehead 17 8 Esther St. John •2 2 Rebecca Fitch 63 3 Levi .Mallery 21 18 6 Abigail Wynkoop 39 13 Mary Lockwood 2 8 6 Robeit Waters 6 Abigail Osborn • 106 9 9 Joseph Wiikeman 4 James Smith 21 13 Dan Finch 3 John Parsons 22 1 2 Inciease Bradley 180 Betsey Hall 22 9 11 Uriah .Smith 4 Ephraim Bobbins Elaenezer Sturges 106 14 10 House of Peter Bulk ^lary Brown 9 18 Simeon Raymond 14 .89 4 3 ley anil Jos. Stur Silas Bessey 12 16 3 William Raymond 5 John Squire. Jr. 15 16 8 gess Edward Buddingtoi 91 .\braham Lockwood "2 12 Moses Ravmond 5 Jiidson Sturges 128 16 7 SI Abner Booth 40 1 6 Timothy Hoyt Isaac Tucker 6,S 17 .\ndrus Jennings 210 Charles Pope 7 10 T Benjamin Merrit 5 Samuel Smith 19 16 9 -\aron Jemiings 1(10 liersham Hyatt 32 5 Jedediah Raymond 15 Isaac Turney 20 3 5 William Levesay 152 Pomp Learning 14 10 Hannah Iiickenson 23 19 9 John Williams, Jr. 13 19 Heirs of Benjamin Banley Arnold 12 8 Moses Dickenson's John Williams 116 9 ijsborn 152 Sarah' Eversley 26 13 5 heirs 259 16 10 Ruth Wakeman 22 8 1 Benjamin Allen 3 3 3 Marv Smith 17 5 Silas Bartow 4S 12 Wright White 46 8 Ephraim Burr 95 17 10 Thohias Darrow 17 5 2 Samuel Ketchum 4 1 6 Mary Alvoid 20 Gilbert Bryan 19 17 Nathan Hendrich 19 18 3 Evert Ellison 13 10 Isaac Burr 23 5 Ebenezer Baker 21 18 William Garner 11 4 3 Michael .ludah 2 Amelia Burr 10 Gersham Banks 14 15 Stephen G. Thatcher 13 1 5 J"lm Read 9 10 11 Ruth Burr 3 19 6 George Bui r 15 16 10 Stephen and Hookei Retty Javiss 2 8 2 Charles Burr 24 16 John Banks 22 12 2 St. John a) 1 6 Luce Burr 4 13 Epluaim Bun-. Jr. 4 18 11 Nathaniel Raymont 4 4 FAIRFIELD. George Batterson 35 13 3 Nathan Bennit 15 2 Susaimah Filch 24 Dudlej- Baldwin 7 13 Josej'h Bennit 56 7 Thomas Hays 18 Abraham Andress 430' 6 William Batterson 16 3 Francis Bradley, 3d 2 10 6 Aulev W. Auley 30 19 3 Sarah Andress 192 9 Samuel Burr, Jr. 2 14 6 Pinkney Burr 14 Joseph Allen Wright 9.1 18 8 Col. Elijah Abel 719 John .\llen .545 14 4 Samuel Burr. 3d 14 14 Elias Bennett 19 15 5 Dr. Uriah Rogers' 12 6 David Burr 10 5 4 Job Bartran 13 10 heirs 225 David .\llen 476 9 8 .\bigail BuiT, Jr. .50 2 6 Thcpinas Bennitt 3 2 3 Jesse Ravmond 147 2 2 George Allen 231 3 11 Nathan Bulklev 11 14 Sarah Bryant 17 10 John Richards 7 6 8 Anthony .\nniball 155 5 •J Olive Bulklev 30 5 3 James Bennitt ■26 3 Joseph Waring 14 18 1 Peter Burr 282 9 1 Wid Abigail Bulk Abigail r>esl»row 9 n 8 Isaac Richards 44 10 10 Reuben Beers 510 4 2 lev and Jiuiathan Jason Deslirow 16 2 4 Eli Read 58 10 11 David Beers 164 4 6 Biilkley .54 17 3 Hezekiali Cooley 3 6 Jesse Read 3 11 6 Samuel Beers 96 8 5 Ebenezer Bulkley 7 2 John Crosman 5 12 2 John Bigsley 7 6 Ebenezer Bartran 144 10 3 Neberaiah Banks 4 15 Caleb Desbrow 8 16 4 Benjamin Read 42 14 li Joseph Beers 90 17 David Barlow .374 14 Jabez Desbrow 5 9 6 Daniel Richards 12 5 1 David Burr 388 •2 9 Priscilla Burr S82 8 6 John Desbrow 15 14 Solomon Whitman 17 17 6 Wakeman Burr 3t)3 14 9 Nathaniel Burr 22 18 Sliubael tiorham 4 15 I>avid Read 126 7 4 Samuel Burr 481 3 10 Nathan Burr 4 9 Solomon (iray 1 3 6 Nathan Waring 32 14 7 Job Bartran 962 17 5 William Carter 16 .\nn Godfrey 3 18 Richard Youngs 31 ."> 11 Gersham Burr 300 10 4 Ann Caldwell 8 s 1) Hezekiah Hull 10 Mary Read 47 17 Thaddeus Burr 1,373 18 1 Thomas and Simon Isaac Hays ■28 7 Gersham Richards 31 13 1 Simeon Couch, 3d 227 9 3 Couch 10 (1 John Hyde 47 11 3 Clapp Raymond 34 3 19 John Davis • 62 14 11 Abigail C'hapman 11 John Hy.le. Jr. 7 6 3 John Ricliards 35 9 10 Ann Dimou 317 18 4 John Cake 1) 9 "2 Joseph Hyde 45 Seth Abbott .55 7 3 William Dimon 625 8 1 Caleb Disbrow 18 6 Ebenezer Jessup 3 1 6 Capt. Eliakim Ray- N.TliompsonNichols 67 18 Rev. Andrew Elliot .549 11 6 Josei>h Lyon Seth Meeker 31 15 9 mond 80 17 4 Elizabeth fiold 246 IB Francis Forgue 151 16 ■22 5 8 Simeon Stewart 69 10 10 Nathan (Jodfrey 309 12 2 Abigail Thonipson Nathan T. Nickols 8 10 John Morehouse 15 13 Capt. Phineas Han- David Jennings, 2d 2.55 3 5 81 16 Benjamin Meeker 15 17 4 ford 43 14 Rebecca .lennings 127 4 Hannah McKensey 1 4 Rebecca Nash 6 7 5 Azor Mead 36 6 8 Moses Jennings 599 12 4 Jemima Gould 6 2 Sarah i.igden 19 6 1 Phineas Hanford.Jr. 25 19 2 Isaac Jennings 2'^*1 1 4 Abel Gold 113 iii 9 Daniel (i>liorn 13 6 Richard Dunning 26 10 U Peter Hendiick .'J99 6 9 Abel Gold, Jr. 3 17 6 Cornelius St ration 1 5 3 Matthew Marvin 19 8 Abigail Hubliell 176 13 4 Daniel Gorham 20 2 John Stnitton 1 13 6 Elizabeth Whelpley 17 17 8 Stephen Jennings 195 3 5 Jos. Gold, deceased 17 Ebenezer Stierwood 2 Lydia Fitch Elijah Fitch 19 19 10 Jeremy Jennings 196 12 11 Martha Fairchild 44 8 2 Joseph Sherwood 9 15 6 10 .1 2 Ebenezer Jessup 282 19 3 Justin Hobart 15 10 9 Jebicl Shci-wood 4 14 Samuel Keeler .30 14 Moss Kent 185 7 Jabez Hubbell 32 16 9 Joshua Squire and Sauuiel Burr Samuel Midcllebrook 14 9 11 Latbrop Lewis 27 5 2 Isaac Hubbell 18 16 1) 35 17 6 Ezra Waterbury 11 I) 4 .Sturges Lewis .52 11 o Isaac Haves 86 17 8 Andi-ew Sturges 13 18 Hannah Gregory 13 3 4 Jonathan Lewis 921 11 7 .\nna Hull 64 16 6 Gershiun Thorp 9 Ebenezer Bennit, Jr. 14 2 8 Widow Kutiice More- John Hickling 20 8 9 'William Thorp 3 Nathan Adams 14 house 68 7 Sarah Hews 15 9 6 Jessup Wakeman 12 9 11 James Betts 17 o (iideitn Jbirehouse 66 10 6 Peter Jennings 8 3 Samuel Whitney, Jr. 26 10 '2 -Benjamin Keeler 10 19 4 Ebenezer Morehouse 83 8 3 L}*man .lennings Hezekiah Jennmgs 5 10 6 Peter Whitney 7 9 Nathan Keeler 3 7 (irammonMorehonse 6 11 6 1 1 Widow Elizabeth .lames Whelpley 4 .') 4 John Mor.-liouse 2;i3 11 5 Daniel .lennings 32 1 Sturges MosesBulkley 150 Capt. Sam'l (.'omstock 2 Hez.-kiah Nicolls 394 10 7 David Jennings Martha Jennmgs 27 18 10 .50 Benjamin belts 2 11 11 Daniel Osborn Ki5 5 27 18 Josiah Bulkley 10 Rev. Isaac Lewis 5 1 4 Eleazer Osborn. Jr. 181 .» 9 Ephraim Jennings 6 9 6 Nathan Beers 1 17 6 Daniel St urges 1 15 •S Widow Mary Pen- Margaret Keeler 13 2 I Ebenezer Munro 1 15 Peter Sturges 14 flcld 139 14 1 Esther Lord 7 4 Adm'r of Nehemiah Esther Wasson 5 8 Solomon Sturges 319 3 9 Jonathan Maltbie 47 5 10 Buddington 10 Capt. Josiah Thateherlfl 7 4 Mabel Osborn 605 2 Jona. Miildlebrook 4 4 10 Mary Alvoid 8 Ephraim Stewart 5 4 4 Samuel Penfleld 1,065 9 4 Jesse Morehouse 16 « 2 Jonah Bulkley 6 Silas Hicock 3 12 6 John Parrot 86 9 8 Hannah .^lorehouse .33 18 8 George Cable 400 Jesse Birchard 7 12 Nathaniel Parsons 8ft 7 7 David Osborn 21 9 County House 18 HISTORY OF HUEON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. s. d. Goal and Goaler's House School House on the Green Meeting House Old School House Church House Meeting House at Green's Farm Church, Glebe House and Barn DAXBrRV. Daniel Taylor, Esq., 656 Major Taylor 462 John McLean 528 Zadock Benedict 6? Joseph Wildman 27>* John Wood 362 Matt. Benedict. Jr. 218 David Wood 288 Abigail Wood 18 Jonah Benedict 206 Rer. Ebenezer White 218 Jos. P. Cook, Esq., 5-3 Ezra Starr 1214 Matthew Benedict 176 Benjanun Sperry 113 Jabez Rockwell" 15.S Thaddeus Benedict, Esq 349 Eli Mrgatt, Esq. 542 James Clark 524 Comfort Hoyt 50 Comfort Hoyt. Jr. 478 Sarah Benedict 40 Daniel Church 40 Eliphalet Barnum 42 Maiy Barnum 22 Eluathan Gregory 31 Rev. Noah Wetmbre 28 Elizabeth Henries 18 Christian Rose Matthew Barnum 2 Comfort Barnum 2 Joshua Benedict 12 Matthew Crowfeet 3 Ann Shepherd 8 Darid.Iudd » Charles Heck 6 Joseph Benedict, Jr. 7 Preserve Wood 3 Joseph Gregory 8 Hannah Lockwood 2 Isaac Callin 4 Christian Starr 6 Kathan Taylor, 3d 15 Samuel Taylor. Esq. 22 John Taylor U Rachel Gregory 4 Samuel Lambert 3 Horace Kuapp 2 Nathaniel Lockwood 7 Seth Crowfeet Samuel Andruss Wait Desbrow Isaac Davis Hannah Andniss Timothy Ketchum Caleb Baldwin J')hn Knapp Abijah Benedict Thomas Wildman Samuel Wood Hannah Wood Thomas Starr Jonas Benedict Seth Shove Elias Taylor Rebecca Crofeet Phmeas Peck Eliphalet Peck Benjanun Shove William WiUe Comfort Wildman Aaron Stone Sarah Peck Jonathan Taylor Abijah Barnum Oliver Taylor Abial Philijis Daniel Hicock Benjamin Wood Ezra Stevens Uelhuel Judd .John Peck .Joseph Brnedicl ATine Xorlhorp Benjamin Hicock Benjanun Curtiss Samuel Benedict William Griffin Elisha Dibble Patience Guthrie Benjamin Boughton Andrew Comstock Nathaniel Stevens Josepli Beebe Jonathan Hays Nathaniel Gregory Daniel Millson Stephen Trowbridge Justus Hovt 12 13 5 15 14 6 6 11 16 4 10 18 9 8 13 14 1 5 1 .3 19 15 14 11 8 11 12 8 6 10 1 11 5 11 5 10 14 o 11 4 5 11 8 14 11 9 1 4 iU 11 4 5 3 4 1 H 2 3 7 15 3 « 9 14 4 4 5 3 14 4 (1 3 19 2 2 6 4 a « 12 10 11 10 18 17 13 7 2 1 4 4 11 4 4 Hi 4 8 4 5 2 9 4 11 4 10 10 8 Ik 8 4 8 8 4 4 4 10 8 >> 5 2 8 4 3^2 8 8 ' u 4 4 4 4 1 8 4 4 IH o 4 6 n 10 4 3 4 4 8 4 4 £ s. Matthew Gregory 12 7 Jacob Fintch 2 16 James Fielding 3 Matthew Wilks 3 9 John Barnum 5 17 John Porter 2 Nathan Taylor, Jr. 4 Timothy Northrum 2 6 Timothy Benedict 2 5 Timothy Wildman 2 13 Alesander Stewart 5 17 Stephen Scofleld 6 5 Thomas Benedict 13 10 Roger (negro) 6 EbenezerBenedict.Jr. 4 14 Joseph Broadbooks 4 Oliver Benedict 4 14 Ebenezer Benedict 5 16 David Northrop 3 14 Enos Camp 3 19 Ephraim Barnum 3 10 Daniel Stevens 2 12 Elijah Wood 2 7 Thaddeus Barnum 17 9 Philip Corbin 10 4 Nathaniel Benedict 4 10 Thomas Tayler 11 18 Thomas Tayler, Jr. 10 2 James Trowbridge 7 1 Daniel Wildman 31 19 Benjamin Tavlor 2 15 John Elhot ' 2 5 Matthew Starr 2 12 Thomas H. Benedict 8 15 William Stone 7 2 John Stone 4 16 Lemuel Benedict 2 10 Nathaniel Starr 4 7 EbenezerMunsou.Jr. 21 8 John Gregory 4 Jeremiah Dunning 2 2 James Crary 4 14 Amos Northrop 2 9 David Northrop 4 6 Abial Pickett 3 14 John .Sturdevant 4 11 Sallie Pell 6 13 Eleazer Hoyt 1 19 Caleb Church 3 19 Thomas Benedict.Jr. 10 1 Josiah Starr 9 3 Joshua Kuapp 43 3 Moses Knapp 4 6 Ebenezer Manson 83 6 Hannah Robertson 2 6 Josiah Starr 13 5 Isaac Benedict 4 4 Thomas Benedict 1 11 Robert Benedict 2 9 Samuel Benedict, Jr. 7 16 Mary Greenstale 9 12 Antony Anguine 3 6 Samuel Brown 1 3 John Coach 5 10 Stephen Jarvis 43 .S Ezra Dibble, Jr. 17 7 Joseph M. Wliite 31 7 Aaron Knapp 4 18 Joseph Gunn 4 8 Thomas Tayler .32 5 Benjamin Darley 1 14 Shadrack Morriss 10 6 Noah Hoyt 3 5 Samuel Gregory 61 16 David Pierce 3 12 Richard Smith 6 6 Henry Peek 2 2 David Comstock 9 6 John Shephenl 1 1 Joseph Burchard 1 12 Judith Tavlor 1 8 Sarah Basset 18 Amos Collins 4 17 J'.Jshua Starr 4 16 Matthew Tavlor 33 19 William B. Alger 19 7 Caleb Hovt 4 13 NEW H.WEN ANO EAST HAVEN. 8 8 8M 4 4 Abraham Augur HezekiaU Augur EUiad Atwater David Austin, Esq. Timothy Atwater Phineas Andiiiss Joseph Adams John Allen Christopher Allen Samuei .\ustin Al)nor .\ustin Abiah ^Vllen Oliver .Vllen Samuel Bird Abraham Bradley Joseph Bradley Benjamin Brown Israel Bishop Isaac Bishop Abel Burret John Bradley, Jr. Stephen Ball Frauds Brown Peter Bontion 60 29 52 276 8 18 13 15 6 69 66 13 40 42 101 403 30 31 37 27 31 86 12 70 8 8 4 8 . 8 6^ 4 4 4 8 4 4 10 8 4 3 4 4 4 9 6 8 4 4 1 8 8 6 4 8 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 4 8 10 8 6 11 8 8 4 6 8 4 10 8 8 10 £ s. d. 1. £ a. d. Phineas Bradley, Jr. 19 13 6 Elias Shipman 10 19 6 Daniel Bishop 79 5 6 Caleb Trowbridge 1-25 15 3 John Beeoher, Jr. 23 9 10 J ere Trowbridge. J r. 7 3 3 Gurden Bradley 66 10 Daniel Tuttle 13 2 2 Azariah Bradley 19 2 Isaac Towusend 11^ 16 10 Samuel Barnes 13 16 8 Benajah Thomas Stephen Bradley 4 3 3 Robert Townsend 15 19 6 Thomas Burrall 17 2 11 Hezekiah Tuttle M 3 3 Timothy Bartique Hi 7 5 Richanl Tuttle 13 4 James Bradley 48 8 10 Michael Todd 7^3 16 11 Buckminster ferint Jeremiah Towusend 36 8 naU 51 7 10 Jacob Thompson 60 19 8 Eleazer Brown 8 12 3 Timothy T'.wnsend 11 5 8 Nando Cambridge 14 11 4 Abraham Tuttle, Ji . 27 2 6 Charles Chauncey 47 15 8 .lohn Townsend 3 Samuel Candy 51' 4 6 Stephen Trowbridg s 8 10 John Chandler 108 5 Samuel Tuttle 270 19 6 Timothy Dwight Samuel Dwight 10 13 6 James Tuttle 93 3 6 9 6 6 Timothy Tuttle 79 9 5 Thomas Davis 21 1 m Noah Tucker 99 17 4 Jacob Dagget 50 9 7 .Tesse Upson 47 13 Amos Doolittle 11 6 6^ Jotham Williams 2 19 9 Nathan Duminer 6 2 9 -John Woodward 838 17 3 Jonathan Fitch 170 3 4 John Wooilward,.Jr 740 19 11 Jehiel Forbes 17:3 13 1 Sloses Wells 856 7 4 Levi Forbes 5 17 6 Samuel WiUmott 62 16 2 Samuel Green 54 4 6 William Ward 82 11 7 Samuel Griswold 21 11 John Wise 31 15 Caleb Gilbert 48 18 8ii Daniel Willmott 42 16 3 James Gilbert 12 o John White, Jr. 2:3 18 3 Stephen Gorham 27 • 14 11 Rev, Chauncey Whit- Hezekiah Gorham 81 5 7 tlesey 326 6 3 \Vilham Greenough 27 14 6 Thomas Wooster o'XI 15 1 Samuel Gills 58 4 3 John Whitney. Esq. 158 16 3 Timothy Gilbert 3 10 3H Titus Beecher 5 8 Samuel Gorham 9 8 3 Hannah Bingley 10 5 6 Richard Hood 36 15 Isaac Beecher 3 15 9 Nathan Howell 10 8 iii Sarah Brown 12 11 6 Samuei Huggins 91 16 9 Peter Buckley 2 11 Ezekiel Ha.vs 72 17 6 Joseph Bishop 8 4 Josiah Hollv 52 17 3 Elias Beech 3 10 Abiah Hall 3 19 9 Archibald Blakeley 11 5 11 Amos Hotohkiss :U 3 9 Tilly Blakeley 13 7 2 Samuel Hortou 77 6 6 Abraham Barnes 3 10 Jonah Hotchkiss 19 6 2 Atkins Broughton 8 1 Ebenezer Hiiggings 47 12 8 George Cook 45 10 7 Mary Hulibard 5 17 11 Cornelius (.'unuing Joseijh Howell 75 12 5 ham 20 11 Samuel Howell 39 5 3 John Catliii S 7 .Susannah Hotchkiss 14 8 6 Nathan Catlin 8 16 6 Obediah Hotchkiss 69 3 Zachariah Candee 7 19 2 Caleb Hotchkiss 9 7 6 Levi Clinton 6 8 Henrv F. Hughes 38 1 David Cook 29 13 Elijah Hill 16 11 6 Russell Clark 1 18 10 Stephen Herrick 15 Samuel Clark 7 14 9 Jabez Johnson 13 9 4 Samuel Cook 19 7 9 Timothy Jones, Jr. :38 4 11 Samuel Chatterton m 13 8 Timothy and Wil- Jolm Clause 3 liam Jones 167 13 6 John Carcu 8 14 Isaac Jones 148 19 9 Sarah Davenport 1 2 Levi Ives 46 1 4 Isaac Doolittle 26 17 Peter Johnson 20 18 9 Samuel Dunwell 34 2 Silas Kimberley 9 18 6 Henry r)oggett 37 14 4 Azel Kimberley 52 10 Rhod'a Denison 10 6 Mary Kimberley 18 10 Hamlin Dwight 2 19 Elam Luddington 408 6 7 Doct. Naphtali Dog Daniel Lyiiiaii. Esq. 36S 7 8 gett 32 11 Jesse Leavenworth 14:3 9 Isaac Dickerman 32 4' AVilUam Lyon 92 8 5 William Dock 15 9 6 Ebenezer Lewis 20 11 6 Rev. Jonathan Ed John Lathrop 71 17 2 wards 57 15 4 Jeremiah McCumber 20 5 8 William Eyers 5 t; Amos Morris 12-35 15 4 Robert Fairchild 10 12 Williara Mansfield 47 17 9 Ezra Ford 16 17 Jonah Mi.x 15 19 Abel Frisby 25 15 Stephen Munson 22 12 4 .Samuel Goodwin 14 1 Joseph Mix 11 15 10 John Goodi'icli 140 17 4 William Miles 5 19 8 Timothy Gorham 10 19 6 Joseph Munson 10 14 6 Ruth Gord.tu 7 10 .John Miles ^ 48 5 9 Heury Gibbs 4 8 William JIunson 73 6 8 1 Amos (lilbert 13 7 Samuel Munson 41 17 10 Sarah Goldsmith 53 1 Israel .Munson 27 6 6 Joel Gilbert 2 9 Alliss Miles 5 8 Daniel Goodsell 12 Edward :Maloy 265 18 9 i David Gilbert 8 2 6 Amos Munson 18 15 6 Martin Gattee, de- Paul Noyes 2 18 11 ceased 19 6 7 David O'sborn 30 14 5 John Goodsell 8 13 Nathan Oaks 1!) 6 4 Stephen Hotchkiss 4 ~ JIahittibal Osboru 3 12 3 Christian Hanson 21 3 6 William Pluginait 32 14 11 Ebenezer Hull 5 5 .Jacob and Elijah or Hannah Hotchkiss 4 12 .\bijah Pardy 402 8 2 Sarah Hunt 3 4 Mary Pardy 134 14 1 ^ Frederick Harding 12 4 Hezekiah Parmely 109 5 t Eleaiiore Hoy 1 17 Jlostin Parr.itt 27 18 8 Joseph Huits 1 5 William Punchard 20 1 9 Jared Hemmingway 5 4 6 J acob Pinto 22 13 11 Hannah Howe 13 3 6 Ichabod Page 59 9 6 Sarah How,' 14 7 1 Sarah Parmely 8 17 2 William Holmes 43 7 James Plant 94 17 10 David Hull 19 14 .1 eremiah Parmely 18 17 » James Hull 9 6 Charles Prindle 47 4 6 Silas Hotchkiss 3 1 John Pease 18 13 4 Neheniiah Hotchkiss 14 11 6 Benjamin Pardy 88 18 Nehemiah Higgins 2 8 11 John RolJertson 26 15 2 Enos Hotchkiss 3 17 8 John Richards 13 6 Mary Horton 5 14 9 Philemon Smith 53 3 Stephen H.pneywell Abigail Hughes Stephen Jidiuson 1 19 6 Benjamin Sanford 32 5 11 37 12 5 William Shei-inan 37 3 3 14 3 9 Francis Sage .34 1 10 Simeon Joulin 10 15 6 Jonathan Sabin 64 18 6 Amaziah Joulin 85 16 3 Timothy Sperry 30 1-3 2 Abraham Johnson 5 16 10 Charles Sabin 29 5 6 Mabel Johnson 6 Jesse Stephens 18 17 4 Eiios Johnson I 17 9 HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. I'J Jark ami wife Jareil InjjfrsoU Richard Johnson Lvdia Johnson Elijah King Sarah Kirnl)erley Marah KiUiy Lydia Kimbfrley Nathaniel Kiinberley James Lyni.les Edward Larkins Samnel Little Major Lines James Lane Mark Leavenworth Gad Ltike Susannah IMahon John Mix, Jr. Daniel Mansfield Elisha 3Iix; Mary Miles Anu'S Morrison Roljert Matthews Esthel'.Mansfleld Kirsted Mansfield James Murray Nathan Mansfield Silas 3Ierriman David Mulford Hannah Mansfield Patience Mix Phehe Miller David Murison Hannah Mix Dr. Timothy Mix Moses Mansfield Nathaniel Mix William Nnyes Ann Plait Marv and Lydia Pardy Williaiii Pvmchard Ebenezer Peck Thomas Purdersnn Tho's Punderson, Jr. Mai'y Pease David Phipps .John Pierpont Abitrail Potter Moses Pajxly Solomon Phipps Lambei-ton Painter Elijah Painter Martin Patehin Levi Pardy Jonas Prentice Sarah Pomeroy .lames Prescott Philip Rexford Samuel Robinson Rachel Russell Zechariah Read James Rice Hannah Russell Martin Ray Hannah Sackett .\donijah Sherman .lohn Scott James Sherman Leveret Stevens Sarah .Stevens Elizabeth Stillman Widow Scijvil William Sherman Moses Strong Abigail Starr Benjamin Smith Nehemiah Smith George Smith Nathan Smith Mary Stilhvell Hezekiali Sabin ilezekiali Sabin Edmond Smith Amos Sherman Joseph Smith, :^d .lohn Storer Hannah Sloper James Thompson John R. Throop .losejdi Thompson John Townsend Thankful! Thompson Isaac Thonijison Abraham Tuttle Abraham Thompson Stephen Tuttle Timothy Talmadge Joseph Trowbridge Ebenezer Townsend William Trowbridge John Trowbridge Cornelius Thayer Closes Thompson William VanDiierson M'jses Ventures Michael Vaun Thomas Willson Lois Wells Thtimas Willniott Allice Wise John Ward Rev. McWllliston Samuel White John Warner , Jr. 11 s 19 10 -_> s 13 ir ■i s s 6 1 11 19 ir li 3 .5 13 14 10 ,> IB ir 19 5 s 4 Vi 3 13 14 11 18 15 8 9 14 10 1-2 1.5 IT 16 3 17 16 18 B (I 17 1.5 1.5 1 11 15 10 1 Vi 1 15 10 K 10 17 12 8 U 19 2 14 14 16 4 17 19 1 5 19 n 17 4 8 13 18 18 14 6 ( 8 2 11 tj 10 ti 9 I) tj 1 6 10 6 4 9 ti 10 Ij 6 9 U 1 8 10 Newton Whittlesey Heurv Y'irk Davi.l Abliott Joseph Allintr James Alliug Samuel Ailing Ebenezer Ailing Lorrain Ailing Hezekiah Ailing l>avid Atwater David Austin. Jr. Abit'ail Andruss Jedediah Andruss Jeremiah Atwater J"nali Atwater Archibald Austin William Alley John Austin Stephen Austin Joei Atwater Samnel Bishop, Esq, Phebe Brown Timothy Benticon, Jr. . Eleanor Benticon Stephen Brown Jonathan Bridglen Abraham Bradley, Jr. WJllard Bnntnal! Lemuel Benliam Thomas Bill Hanover Barney Lucy Barker Israel Buniiel Xaihan Beers William Brintnall David Beecher David Bniwn Timothy P. Bonti- con Lamberton Painter Silas Kimberley Mary Kimberley .lohn Eeecher Tliomas Beuham Jotham Williams Andrus Smith William Trowbridge Anna Clinton Rev. Noah Williston Azel Kimberley John Mi.c 4 24 193 •20 26 10 14 7 4 NEW LONDON. Phillip Allen James Angell Lvdia Beebe Abigail Bill William Brooks John Barr Ann Bulkley Samuti-l Brown Stephen Babcock J'inah Bfljee David Byrne Jolm Barna Jeremiali Brown Hannah Beebe Hannah Bolton Walter Beebe Percy Beer Nathan Bailey Cornelius Cunning- ham Joannah Culver Richard Chapman Esther Cutler Joseph Cheds Joseph (_'oilins John Critchelt Joseph Coit William Coit James Culver Joseph Cocks L*>dwick Champliu Elizabeth Christo- pher Rebecca Church William Comstock Thomas Coit Nathaniel Coit, Jr. Joshua Coil Joseph Champlin Jimathaii <_'niefax Ji>hn McCurdy .Sanuiel Coit John Clark & Sons John Deshon Deshon A Co. Henry Deshon Joseph Deshon Richard Deshon Mnns'r Diininnt 9 lti9 •i4 ij t;5 71 493 493 34 236 33(J >^ 134 32 9 41 6 1298 44 8 1 11 40 .52 3 £i 15 40 15 11^8 lit 135 1177 556 900 100 •,'li<) !63 JonathanDouglass 14-16 Sarah Daviss 8 Richard Douglass i'i'i Robert Douglass 200 Ebenezer ]>ouglass 17 Peter Darrow 10 Nathan Douglass 941 Nicholas Darrow 9 .Tames Darrow 2 Nathaniel Dickinson 15 10 15 14 12 6 S n 11 10 13 4 13 10 10 11 12 16 14 4 6 9 18 1 8 17 3 14 15 I 11 6 18 17 9 8 9 8 2 0, 15 15 b]4 9 ay, 4 ii!4 8 IH 6 Sji 9 ' 10!^ 9 2 lOH ■H 6!^ 6 8-K '14 10 1 3 10 6 10 4 10 9 3 6 5 2 Timothy Durfey Lsaacit'hamplin Clark Elliot John Champlin Sarah Edmunds John Crocker Abigail Elliot John Jrevin Jacob Finch AnnFosdick&Sons 20 142 296 104 20 :14 , 496 800 i:iO 1045 15 5 22 8H4 12:^ 11 1 21 10 1012 965 198 03 212 5 229 3 Ebenezer Goddard Marv Goodfaith Elizabeth Grimn Thomas Gardiner Roger Gibson Mary Gardiner David Gardner John Gordon George Gibbs Matthew Griswold Russell Hubbard Joseph Hurlbut Thomas Hopkins Ruth Harris ElizabethHolesworth46 Thomas Hancock 148 Mary Hurlburt Joseph Harris, Jr. Stephen Holt Nathaniel Harriss ElizbethHoIesworth46 Edward and John Hallam 310 Edward and George Hallman 215 Edward Hallam 10 William Higgins 4 Daniel Hurlburt 126 Sarah Harris 177 John Harris, 2d 33 John Hempstead and others 30 Jolm Hallam 417 Benjamin Harris 19 Abigail Holt 18 NathanielHempstead 7 John Hartle 44 Joseph Holt 2 Lvdia Harriss 60 Thomas Holt 4 Bridgett Harriss 24 James Holt 21 .lohn Harriss. 1st Walter Harriss 17 Grace Harriss 29 Ebenezer Holt 15 Daniel Harriss 5 Eliphalet Harriss 20 Daniel Holt 32 .Jonathan Holt 35 Ann Hancock 140 Titus Hurlburt 1961 Stephen Hempstead 70 Moses Jeffrey 36 Lydia Johnson 21 Robert Kennedy 3.50 Mary Lewis 5 Christopher Lefflng- well 25 ■Tames Lampher 233 L,vdia Lattimer 27 James Lamphier, Jr. 42 Pickett Lattimer 565 Samuel Lattimer 910 Amos Lester 12 Ebenezer Lester 8 John Lester 35 Edgcomb Lee 48 Diodate Little 207 Samuel Lattimer 24 Michael Love 2;3 Richard Lattimer 26 Rnsman Lawrence .54 Peter Lattimer 317 .John Lathrop 1 Anutsa Lamed 18 .Teremiah Miller 2.535 JamesJlcEver'sh'rs600 2!) 21 93 39 44 55 348 12 23 318 ,500 51 71 40 James Matthews Robert ]\lanwaring James Miller John Morriss Giles Mumford James Minor Lawrence Marling Ephraim Minor Lvdia Green Antony iMitchell David MuTuford Isaac Moseley David IManwaring Lewis Minor Thomas Jones Elizabeth Newcomb 12 George Newcomb 238 Widow Nelson 68 Mary Newbuig 14 Nathaniel Overton 27 Isaac Oliver 40 Owen Neal 91 Joseph Owen 75 Richard Potter 382 Christopher Prince 512 Abl^ailPotter 573 Zuriah Preston 21 14 .Joseph Plumb 3 ._» Green PUuub 11 3 Ichabod Powers, Jr. 8 5 Andrew Palmer ■> 6 Widow Finer 13 2 Simeon Peck 13 10 .James Parker Sarah Pool 8 10 Joshua Powers 10 11 W^illiam Packwood Ichabod Powers John Penwert John Potter 2 Joseph Packwood 18 6« Joshua Potter 10 .John Prentice Elizabeth Plumb 16 .Tanies Pittman ~ 1) Stephen Rongett Mary Rogers 3 Patrick Robinson 8 3 Ann Richards 17 9 .lames Rogers Guy Richards and 8 Son 5 Mary Richards 13 Benjamin K<)gers 15 Jabez Richai-ds 5 2 Solomon Rogers 5 Amos Rogers 8 Sanuiel Roberts George K'>gers 9 8 David Richards James Rogers Harriss Rogers 10 Peter Rogers 11 William Rtigers 14 7 Peter Rogers. Jr. 7 5 Peter Roliiuson 1 4 .lohn Rogei-s David Roberts 18 William Rogers 10 James Penniman 9 5 Daniel .Stale 11 2 Gurdon Salton- 1 10 stall. Es(i. 1 19 4 Thomas Smith 13 William Skinner 3 11 Selh Sears 18 Jonathan and I. Star 19 Balhsheba Skinner 18 6 Bathsheba Smith 11 1 Ehza Shapely 15 10 Adam Shapely Lydia Spinck 5 1 Ann Squil'e 6 Nathaniel and 12 5 Thomas Shaw 2 a 6 John Shepherd 13 Robert Smith 3 6 Starr & Tallman 3 John Springer 6 1 Ann Simmonds 3 6 Peter Perry 15- John Coster Widow Dorsett 12 Judas P. Spooner Richard Stroud James Smith 9 Jane Stewart 8 6 Lucv Starr 7 William Stark 7 8 Sarah Sitchell 19 5 John Spencer 11 9 Joshua Starr 1 12 Roswell Salton- 19 7 stall, 4 7 Winthrop Salton- .5 stall 1 7 Nathaniel Thorp Bethiah Tallman 19 8 Daniel Tinker James Tilley 1 1 6 John Tilley 11 9 Mary Tayloi- 1 Daniel Truman 18 10 Edward Tinker John Welch 19 2 Walter Welch 8 8 Ebenezer Way 8 6 John Ward 16 Lucretia Wolfe Anthony Wolte 10 7 Simon Wolcott 1 18 6 Elizabeth Westcott 17 4 James Young 16 Temeranee Moore 11 6 hamu.-l lielden 1 5 9 Joanna Shoi-t (1 James Thompson Michael Melally 3 7 4 John Way 4 10 Thonnis Bowhay Joshua Hempstead Nathaniel Salton- 1 9 10 stall 5 John Thompson £ 34 43 188 105 48 19 21 4 4 12 620 223 &3 817 8 3 197 145 37 8 3 234 455 811 258 9 4 101 31 94 11 1 1 128 16 5 17 56 58 ,250 14 18 2 4 4 13 11 Spere Liouglass Cnapnuiu Simmons Elizabeth Bi-ebe John Hallam and Benjamin Harriss Mary Wai-d Stephen Culver Mahltabil Leet 146 69 8 22 16 16 19 16 10 16 19 19 17 6 8 8 13 5 14 16 19 8 6 13 15 16 8 17 19 4 4 1 6 14 4 16 13 9 16 15 18 d. 3 6 3 4 5 4 1 10 5 5 3 8 10 9 10 4 18 3 1 12 9 81 12 2 81 8 10 17 16 4 19 137 10 7 27 14 .440 I) 11 15 11 13 19 7 r5:j 2 3 180 465 14 10 .382 5 20 17 16 9 13 9 ' 10 ,S34 5 76 14 24 18 150 17 19 13 18 9 18 14 9 2 21 12 23 15 4 7 8 13 18 6 9 10 16 8 11 1 181 16 8 3 13 5 6:j 5 22 17 6 N33 10 3 6 12 6 26 15 10 6 25 15 9 46 10 .59 19 15 16 1 17 6 4 4 16 4 14 083 9 1 87 6 13 2 u 24 3 771 15 6 276 14 350 7 94 4 7 590 3 11 49 17 1 62 15 3 16 20 HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. RIDGEPIELD. £ Samuel Olmstead T4 Ebenezer Olmstead 5 Tliaddeus Rockwell i6 Samuel Olmstead. 3il ','3 Philip B.Bradley.Esq 20 Lydia Gilbert 34 Timothy Keeler. 2d 51 Gamaliel Northrop 87 BeiiiaQiin Northrop lo^ ' - • ■ 183 142 Bo 18 100 3(i 19 30 10 11 12 2 Daniel Smith John Northrop Thomas Seymour Hannah Seymour Sarah 3Iorehouse David Olmstead Joseph Stebbins Daniel Smith, 3d James Sturges John Douche}' George FoUcott Daniel Smith, 2d Ebenezer Jones Bartlett Folcott Ebenezer Stebbins Jesse Benedict Joun Abbott Bartholomew Weed Hope Rhodes Stephen Smith Blartha Keeler John Watrous David Perry James Scott Philip Dauche.v Matthew Keeler J":)hn Smith Samuel Smith Benjamin Smith .leremiah Biirchard Samuel Camp Isaac Keeler Lemuel Abbott James Northrop Abraham Rockwell John Keeler Timothy Benedict lohabod Doolittle Jemima Keeler . David Rockwell Samuel Keeler Ebenezer Sherwood Stephen Norrice Daniel Coole}' Mary Hays Abijah Rockwell Abijah Smith Jonah Foster Sai-ah Silsby Elihu Deforest Price Nortnrop Nathan Foster Mary Gray David Rf.ckwell, 2d, Abner Wiilson Samuel Keeler, 2d, .5 1 11 i 3 8 2 3 3 2 3 6 13 18 4 38 liU 5 10 23 li 5 16 19 11 4 i; 13 4 10 19 10 2 13 10 5 12 8 16 15 14 12 17 16 17 4 18 15 IS 4 13 13 18 16 5 14 3 13 4 10 6 2 •J 4 6 7 6 6 5 6 3 9 10 s 4 4 8 10 8 .) 8 4 4 8 10 4 4 4 6 4 8 a 4 8 a 10 8 8 8 10 N. B.— The sums advanced to the town of Ridgefleld, by grants of feneral assembly are deducted rom each man's respective sum and the neat balances ascertained. GROTON, Amos .\.very Prudence Avery Thankful Avery Rnfus Aver.y Lydia Avery Latham Avery Ebenezer Avery Phebe Avery Peter Avery George Avery Hannah Avery Elizabeth Avery Benjamin Avery Caleb Avery 12 270 263 1.32 157 103 30 2 4 8 15 3 2 U 16 18 13 5 4 a 13 8 6 6 19 Ezekiel Bailey Stephen Billings James Bailey Sainuel Chester Eldridge Chester Jfdeiiiah Chester Benjamin Chester Benjamin Chester, as executor Charles Chester Thomas Chester Daniel Chester Jason Chester Esther Conklin Simeon Chester Nathan Darrow Mary Dodge Chas. Eldridge, Jr. Daniel Eldridge Sergeant Daniel El d ridge Thomas CTriffin Robert Gallup Andrew Gallup John Hioks •Jonathan Havens Ruth Holliday Edward Jeffrey Alexander Kyild Thomas Mumford, Esq. Elizabeth 3Ioore Henry Mason Nancy Moore Prudence 3Iinor Rebecca Minor Elisha Morgan Joshua and Isaac Morgan Mary Moore Frederick Sloore Shoram, ( negro i Ebenezer Ledyard, Esq. 1151 John Latham 94 Bridgett Ledyard 397 Youngs Ledyard, dec'd To William Leeds 360 Benjamin and Caleb Ledyard 3()0 Anne Ledyard 142 Anne Leeds 57 Benajah Lester Capt. Edw'd Latham 4 2 19 7+ « 2 10 1(1 fj 6 11 21 13 412 3 301 6 19 20 39 8 9 14 1 3 U 14 11 43 158 15 19 15 15 18 1 15 1 6 6 14 1 8 6 8 8 9 11 5 5 604 11) 62 10 27 18 W) 1(1 17 19 1 6 13 4 10 269 li Thomas D. Lavis Widow A. Latham Capt. William La- tham Lydia Latham WTary Latham Jonathan Latham Elizabeth Latham Amos Prentice, Esq.566 Elisha Piior 34 Abigail Palmer 6 Alexander Reed 60 Thomas Starr 1 Nathan Seabury 3 Thankful Stanton Jabez Sholes Nathan Sholes " John Starr Sarah Stedman Lucretia Sholes 4 James Smith 6 E-vperience Ward 2 Eunice Williams 15 Samuel Walsworth 10 Christopher Wood- bridge 1 Peter Williams 27 Benjamin Vose 6 Ezekial Yenington 2 Elizabeth Seabury 177 -lohn Brown 29 Daniel Williams 7 Elisha Avery 10 3 18 14 4 4 12 1 12 19 13 1 18 8 9 15 19 14 9 2 19 9 11 d. 5 i 6 9 6 3 4 11 9 10 11 .10 2 10 . 2 6 8 6 6 11 4 1 6 9 9 3 6 2 5 6 B 6 6 8 5 en APT EH IV. INDIAN TITLE.— copy OP THE ORIGINAL TREAT?. Whatever may be thuught of the liberality uf the State iu making provision for the benefit of the suf- ferers, it may be said that the territory disposed of was not such as that to wjiich Connecticut had a clear, unquestioned title. In tlie first place, it be- longed to the Indians, and secondly, subject to their right of occupancy, it was claimed by the United States, and, at the treaty of Green\ille, August 3, 1795, by which the Cuyahoga, the Tuscarawas and the Portage path between them was in part fixed as the Indian boundary, the entire consideration was paid by the United States without a pro rata remun- eration from either the State of Connecticut or the land company; and up to this time, at least, the United States had not by direct act acknowledged the State's title to the Reserve. But the State of Connecticut not only asserted a right to the fee, but claimed also the right of enacting and enforcing laws, and otherwise exercising jurisdiction the same as if its own title were undisputed. At the close of the revolution, the general govern- ment sought, by peaceable means, to acquire the red man's title to tlie soil northwest of the Ohio. On tiie 21st of January, 1785, a treaty was concluded at Fort Mcintosh with four of the Indian tribes, the Wyandots, Delawarefi, C/iippewas and Ottawas. By this treaty the Cu\'ahoga, the Tuscarawas and the Portage, between tliem, were agreed as the boundary on the Reserve between the United States and the Indians. All east of this line was ceded to the United States. But the Indians soon became dissatisfied and refused to comply with tlie terms of the treaty, and, on January 9, 1789, another treaty was concluded at Fort Harmar, at the mouth of the Muskingum, be- tween Arthur St. Clair, acting for the United States, and the Wyandots, Delawares, Chippewas and Sac nations, by which the terms of the former treaty were renewed and confirmed. But only a short time elapsed before the Indians violated their compact. Peaceful means failing, it became necessary to compel obedience by the use of arms. Vigorous means for the relief and protection for the white settler were called for and enforced. At first the Indians were successful; but in 1794, General Wayne, at the -head of three thousand five hundred men, encountered the enemy on the 20th of August on the Maumee, and gained a decisive victorv. Xearlv every chief was slain. The treaty of Greenville was the result. Gen- eral Wayne met in grand council twelve of the most powerful northwestern tribes, and the Indians again yielded their claims to tlie lauds east of the Cuy;ihoga and made no further effort to regain them, and the line tlien fixed remained as the Indian boundary until the treaty of Fort Industry in 1805, when the Indian title to the remaining portion of the Reserve was ob- tained by purchase. In May, 1795, an act was passed l)y the legislature of Connecticut, requiring that deeds conveying any of the lands so granted, siiall be recorded in tiie town clerk's ofiice where the loss or damage of the original grantee mentioned in said grant was sustained. In October, 179G, on the petition of the proprietors, the assembly passed "An act for incorporating the proprietors of the half million acres of land lying south of Lake Erie." By the terms of the act a body politic was created, with jiower to appoint otlicers ami to levy taxes or assessments, and [irovided for the sale of rights to i)ay delinquencies. The powers HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. 21 granted by this act were exercised to a greater or less extent until a new cliarter, in almost the same words, was obtained from the State of Ohio. It must be remembered that at this time the West- ern Reserve was within the limits of the northwestern territory, which had been duly organized under the famous ordinance of 1T8T, and that these claims of Connecticut were inconsistent with those of the sov- ereign iiower of the United States. The controversy that followed on this point resulted in a compromise. Congress, in 1799, proposed to Connecticut to release the right of soil to the grantees of that State, pro- vided the State would releuquish her claim of juris- diction. On May 3(t, 1800, Connecticut acceded to these terms, and thus the cloud upon the title of the lands of the Western Reserve was removed, saving the right of the Indians to occupy that piirtiorated the fiwners and pro- prietors of said half million acres, with full power to do and transact all business of said company necessary to be done ; "A.ND Whereas, Said State of Connecticut, by their proper deed, have since duly ceded to the United States all their judicial right in and to said half million of acres, which cession has been duly accepted by the congress of the United States, and said land annexed ,to the government of the State of Ohio; "AND Whereas, Said half million of acres of land are now within the limits of the county of Trumbull, in said State, are still subject to Indian claims of title: "Wherefore, To enable the owners and proprietors of said half mil- lion acres of land t'> purchase and extinguish the Indian claim of title to the same (under the authority of tlie United States when the same shall be obtained), to survey and locate the said land, and to make par- tition thereof to and among said owners and proprietors, in propor- tion to the amount of losses which is or shall be by them respectively owned," etc. After this preamble follow the different sections of the act, the first section constituting the owners and proprietors of said tract a body corporate under the name of "The proprietors of the half million of acres of land lying south of Lake Erie, called sufferers' lands." The second section provides for a board of nine directors, one of whom is to represent each of the .-JuSering towns, except in case of New London, which was allowed two directors. These directors were authorized to take steps to extinguish the Indian title, to survey the land into townships, and partition the same among the owners and proprietors according to the amount of their .several interests, to defray expenses, con.sequent upon these and other necess.uy acts, and were allowed to levy a tax ou said laud and enforce the collection of the same. The third section of the act names Jabez Fitch, of Greenwich; Taylor Sherman, of Norwalk; Walter Bradley, of Fairfield; Philip B. Bradley, of Ridge- field; .James Clark, of Danbury; Isaac Mills, of New Haven and East Haven; Elias Perkins and Guy Richards, of New London; and Starr Chester, of Groton, as the first board of directors, and pro- vides for the manner of organization, calling of meetings, etc. The next section })riivides that, after the first meet- ing, the directors shall lie chosen once in two years by the proprietors of said lands, holding losses sus- tained. Other .sections following provide for appoint- ment of clerk, treasurer, collector of taxes, etc., and specify the manner of selling land for non-]>ayment of taxes. The eighth section authorizes the directors to insti- tute suits against trespassers on the land.s, and to adjust and settle the accounts of former incurpora- tions. The ninth section makes sales by collector, of rights sold for non-payment of taxes. \;did unless redeemed within six months, by paying tax, twelve per cent, interest, and cost of sale. The ninth .section authorizes directors "to do what- ever shall to them appear necessary and i)roper to be done for the well-ordering of said owners and pro- prietors, not contrary to the laws of this State." The eleventh section requires the directors to make an annual report, and directs them to dispose of any surplus funds remaining "after the Indian title shall be extinguished, and said lands located and parti- tion thereof made, shall be used by said directors in laying out and improving the public roads in said tract." The twelfth and final section states that the act shall be and remain a juiblic act during the pleasure of the assembly. Tlie first meeting of the directors was hoiden at the dwelling house of Marcus Miles, inn-holder, in the city of New Haven, Connecticut, on the second AVednesday of February, is04, eight of the nine directors being present. Philip B. Bradley was chosen chairman, and Isaac Mills, clerk. On the 14th of September, 18ii-t, William Dean, of Easton, originally of the county of Bucks, m the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, submitted to the directors a proposition in writing to extinguish "the Indian right of soil at six cents per acre (or thirty thousand dollars), and deliver the possession in due form of law (as relates to Indians) in the presence of a commissioner of the United States, to be appointed for that purpose before the 1st of September of the next year, 18i>5. I will, at my own expense, pay the consideration to the Indians, the presents to be made to them at the treaty, the pay of the commissioner and all other expeiLses incident to the same (except those of the agent of said company)." Mr. Dean also specifies the time aiul nuinner of payment and other particulars. The directors, at their meeting on Sei)tember 30, considered the matter and voted to accept the proj)©- sition, specifying at .some length various conditions, which were immediately accejited by Mr. Dean. At this meeting a tax of twenty-five cents to the pound 22 HISTORY OF HrEO>J AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. of original loss was levied. September 25, the chair- man was directed to make application to the Presi- dent of the United States, to appoint a commissioner to treat with the Indians, as provided in agreement with William Dean. On March 27, 1805, Isaac Mills, the clerk of the board, was appointed agent, in behalf of the directors of said comjiany, to attend the Indian ti-eaty to be held by William Dean, and was also authorized to take steps towards running and establishing the boundary lines, and was to be allowed five dollars per day for his services, and his own expenses. On October 31, 1805, Isaac Mills, agent for the directoi-s, submitted his report, reciting that on May 7, he left New Haven for Cleveland, Ohio, the point originally selected to hold the treaty with the Indians. On his arrival at Cleveland, he found that the In- dians could not be collected at that place, and that it was decided to hold it at Fort Industry, on the Miami of the lake. In order to carry out the treaty, Mr. Dean, not having the specie, drew checks on the United State; Bank at Philadelphia to the amount of six thousand dollai's, on which specie was obtained. On the 4th day of July, 1805, the CJiippewa, Ottawa, Pottawatoiiiiv, Wyandot, Delaware and Munsee, to- gether with the Shaioanese nations of Indians, exe- cuted a treaty by which all the lands belonging to the Conapany were ceded by said nations to it, and Charles Jewett, commissioner for tlie United States, certified that William Dean had procured the proper convey- ance fTOin the Indian tribes, which would become absolutely vested in the company when the treaty should be ratified by the United States senate. Here- with is the treaty referred to: "To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting: I certify. That the annexed writing contains a true copy of a treaty concluded with certain Indian tribes at Fort Industry, on the 4th day of July, IsOo, the original whereof remains in this ottice. In faith whereof. I, Robert Smith, secretary for the department of state of the United States of America, have signed these presents, and caused the seal of my office to be affixed hereto, at the city of Washington, this 'J-id day of March, A.D., ISdi), and in the thirty-third year of the independence of the said States. li,. s,] R. SMITH. Thomas Jefferson, President of the i'nited States of America : To all to irhom these presents shall come, greeting: " Whereas, A treaty was held on the 4th day of .Tuly. A D., one thou- sand eight hundred and five, under the authority of the ITnited States, with the sachems, chiefs and warriors of the ^yyan(lot, Ottntra, Chip- petra. ^fntlsee, and Delaivare^ Shairanee and Pottawatomie nations or tribes of Indians at Fort Industry, on the Miami of the lake, in the pres- ence and with the approbation of Charles Jewett, the commissioner of the United States, appointed to hold the same, the following agreement was made between the said nations and tribes of Indians and the agent of the land companies hereinafter mentioned. "A treaty between the United States of America and the sachems, chiefs and warriors of the Wyandot, Ottawa, Chiiipeira, Munsee and Delavare, Shaieanee and Pottairatomie nations, holden at Fort In- dustry, on the Miami of the lake, on the 4th day of July, A.X)., one thou- sand eight hundred and five. "Whereas, Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States, did ap- point Charles Jewett, Esquire, a commissioner to hold a treaty with said Indian Nations, for the purpose of enabling the agents of the Connecti- c\it Reserve, to negotiate and conclude a cession of their lands; and. "Whereas, The company incorporated by the name of the 'Proprietors of tlie half million acres of land lying south of Lake Erie, called 'Suf- ferers' Lands,' and the ownersand proprietors of one half million acres of land, part of said CT. On the 6th of February, 1800, it was agreed be- tween the Connecticut Land Company and the Fire- lauds Company that the five hundred thousand acres granted the latter company should include the island in Sandusky bay (Johnson's Island), but not the waters of the bay itself. The survey was l)egun in the spring of 1800. Fifty six miles of the base line of the Reserve, westward from I'enn.sylvania, was run in 1T9C, In' Mr. Seth Pease, a surveyor in the employ of the United States, and Mr. Gallatin, secretary of the treasury, appointed him to run the remainder of the line, whicla he per- formed, commencing June 24, 1800, and starting at the terminus of the first line on the Tuscaraw;is. The southwest corner of the Reserve and B'ire-lands was fixed at a distance of one hundred and twenty miles from the Pennsylvania line, and thereujion township and section lines were run, and the survey was com- pleted in about one year. Although the base line was run on the true parallel by Mr. Pease, yet an error had been made in starting, the point of beginning being too far to the westward, which carried the point of ending beyond the real western limit of the Reserve. Amos Spafford, as agent for the Connecticut Land Company, made a survey in tlie interests of the com- pany in the year 1806, l)ut his chain men purposely made the base line longer than it should have lieen, the object being to include more land in the Reserve tlian it was entitled to. Oljjections being made to Spatt:ord"s survey, the Connecticut Land Company employed Joshua Stow to run the line anew, which he did, establishing the southwest corner of the Re- serve a full halt n;ile east of the point determined by the Spafford survey. In 1808, the government having learned of the mis- take made by Mr. Pease, commissioned Mr. Maxfield Ludlow to run the base line of the Reserve anew, which was done, and the western terminus was found to be a trifle more than a mile east of that fixed l)y Mr. Pease's survey. The Ludlow and the Stow sur- veys were in accord, and a post sunk in an almost impenetrable swamp was made to designate the south- west corner of the Fire lands and of the Reserve. Almon Ruggles had made a division of the five hundred thousand acres into townships and sections, beginning at the southwestern terminus as established by Mr. Pease. After the Ludlow survey, this division had to be made anew, and Ruggles was again em- ployed. Beginning, in the year 1808, at the proper point as fixed by Ludlow, he ran east on the base line of the Reserve to such a proljable j)oint as that from which, if a line were run north to the lake parallel with the west line of the Reserve, the included area would be equivalent to five hundred thousand acres. It was extremeiv difficult to find this i)oint, owing to the irregularity of the northern Ijoundary caused by the trend of the lake. Mr. Schuyler, in his centennial address, says: "He fixed the southeast corner of the Fire-lands on the Ludlow line twenty-eighty chains and sixty-eighty links west from the ninety-fourth mile post from the Pennsylvania line. The line ran-from that point north four degrees forty seconds west to the lake to a point forty-three links east of a black oak tree marked J. Stow, on the east side, and A. R., on the west side, and standing near the bank of the lake, and near the first perpendicular bluff of rocks, east of the Vermillion river. On comiiutation of the survey afterwards, it was found that the quantity of land so cut off was five hundred thousand and twenty-seven acres." The length of the land, from east to west, thus set off to the sufferers', is twenty- five miles, fifty-one chains, and thirty-two links. When the tract was surveyed into townships, the breadth of each, from east to west. was. therefore, about two-fifteenths of a mile more than live miles. l'.\KTlTIO.\. Joseph AVakeman, Isaac Mills, Taylor Sherman and William Eldridge were apjiointed a committee l)y tiio 24 HISTORY OF HURO]S AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. directors of the Fire-lands Company, September 13, 1808. to devise a mode of partition of the lands. November 8, 1808, this committee submitted a some- what lengthy report, reciting first that Almon Rug- gles had completed his survey whereby the tract was divided into five ranges of townships from south to north, numbered the twentieth, twenty-first, twenty- second, twenty-third and twenty-fourth ranges. The report goes on to enumerate facts already given. The townships in each range were numbered from south to north, the one- adjoining the south line of the Reserve being number one, and were intended to he five miles sfjuare, except those adjoining Lake Erie, which were fractional. The townships generally were further divided into four parts or sections, the southeast cpiarter being designated as section one; the northeast quarter as section two; the northwest ((uarter as section three, and the southwest ([uarter as section four. In the twentieth range there are five townships about five miles square, and containing about sixteen thousand four hundred and eighty-one acres each, leaving between town five and Lake Erie a fraction containing twelve thousand and forty-nine acres. The twenty-first range also contains five towns of the same dimensions with a fraction on the north of six thousand five hundred and thirty acres. The twenty- second range, five towns and fraction of thirteen thousand seven hundred and sixty-six acres. The twenty-third range, six towns and fraction of two thousand seven hundred and eighty-three acres. The twenty-fourth range contains the same number of square towns, as the twenty-third range, with a fraction of three thousand two hundred and sixty- eight acres. The peninsula lying north of Sandusky bay, eon- tains sixteen thousand three liundred and twenty-one acres, and the island (Johnson's) adjacent thereto in said bay contains three hundred and twenty acres, the whole amounting to five liundred thousand and twenty-seven acres. In order to equalize the fractions adjoining the lake, the following combinations were made: To eiiualize town six in range twenty were added four thousand one hundred and twenty-three acres from the east part of the fraction in range twenty- one: this now forms Vermillion townshi]) in Erie county. The remaining fractional part of town six in range twenty-one, amounting to two thousand four hundred and seven acres, was added to town six in range twenty-two, and is now called Huron town- ship. The peninsula and island in the bay were put to- gether not being considered as being equal to more than a townsliip. To section one, in town one of range twenty-four, (Richmond), were annexed seventeen hundred and eight-three acres off the east end of the fraction of two thousand seven hundred and eighty-three acres lying between township six of the twenty-third range and Sandusky bay. To section four of the same township, were added five hundred acres taken from the same fraction, and the remaining five hundred acres were annexed to section four of township one of the twenty-third range, (New Haven). To section one of township six in the twenty-fourth range, were added four hundred acres off the east end of the fraction lying between said township and the bay. To section three of said township were added twenty-two hundred and sixty-eight acres taken from the same fraction, and the rest of it — six hun- dred acres — was added to the fourth section of the same town.ship. The peninsula and island were divided into four equal sections or quarters. Bv using in this way sundry tracts for annexation purposes, the different townships were made equal in value in the opinion of the committee. The mode of partition was ingenious and interest- ing. There were jnst thirty townships (equalized,) to be distributed. There being four sections to each township, there were one hundred and twenty sec- tions. The whole amount of loss was therefore divided into one hundred and twenty equal parts, each part representing one thousand three hundred and forty-four pounds seven shillings. This sum was therefore the value of each section or one-fourth of a township. One hundred and twenty tickets were pi'epared. On each ticket were written the names of various sufferers, classified in such a way that their lo.sses aggregated one thousand three hundred and forty-four pounds seven shillings. Four of these tickets numbered respectively one, two, three, four, representing five thousand three hundred ami seventy- seven pounds eight shillings, equivalent to the value of a whole township, were taken and rolled up together, forming a package. In this way thirty ])ackages were formed, or as many as there were townships. These thirty jiackages of classifica- tions were placed in a box, and in another box were placed thirty tickets, each containing the four sections of one township. Then some disinterested person drew from the box of township tickets, and some other disinterested person drew from the other box a package of classifications. The package was then opened, and the four tickets opened. Ticket number one corresponded to section number one; ticket two to section two; ticket tlire^ to section three, and ticket four to section four. The names on each of these tickets constituted the owners for each of tliese sections respectively. In like manner were all the other townships drawn, and each proprietor knew at once in which township and section his land was located. The draft was made November 9, 1808. Names were given to the different townships, which, with tiie following exceptions, have not been changed to the present time. HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. Jesup since changeIain, and resembling in all respects the heavy clay lands in northeastern Ohio, which are underlain by the Cuyahoga shales. (TYAHOttA 8H.VLES. About one hundred feet of the lower part of the Cuj'ahoga shale underlie the southeastern part of the county. This formation is frequently exposed in the Ijauks of the Vermillion river and its tributaries, where the harder layers are quarried for local use and furnish building stone of fair quality. The rock is a compact, fine grained sandstone, in rather thin strata, containing what the (|uarrymen cull "turtle-backs." These show contorted lines of cleavage, which cause the rock to b/eak up in rounded, flattish masses, bearing a rough resemblance to the animal which has given them this name. The dip of the strata is irregular. At the quarry worked by W. R. Starr, south of Clarksfield village, along the line bearing south sixty degrees east, the rock dips to the north eleveu degrees. Fifteen rods north the dip is seven degrees in the opposite direction. BEREA (iRIT. This important quarry rock covers much of the county, but its value is greatly impaired by local dis- tuvbances. At Jefferson's quarry, near the town line at the northeast corner of Townsend, on a long ridge running north and south, the surface of the Berea is two hundred and seventy-five feet above the lake; the dip is southwesterly seventeen degrees; the line of strike north sixty-seven degrees west. The upper layers only are exposed; these are thin, but strong, and less broken than in most places in the coiinty, indicating that here good quarries could be oj>eued. A half mile further north, the dip is fifteen degrees; the surface marked with glacial stria?, bearing north- east and southwest. At Mr. Milliman's quarry, near the northwest part of Townsend, the dip of tiie Berea is twenty degrees south, and south by southwest the stone is of good quality: glacial strife northeast and southwest. East of the two last exposures, and on the east bank of the Vermillion, the surface of the Berea is twenty -five feet below the last. Fifteen feet of the rock are exposed in large, nuissive blocks, nearly horizontal, but dipping slightly in different directions. Xear Plymouth village the Berea crops out on the banks of the stream, showing massive rock aljout twelve feet in thickness, nearly horizontal, and of good quality. At Edgar Bovier's quarry, ju.st east of tlie village, the rock is in thin horizontal layers, becoming thickei' as the opening is carried downward; color, grayish blue, many of the layers affording a sharp grindstone grit. Here, and at oitenings further north on the river, streaks of coaly matter, derived from plants, are not infrequent in the Berea. The rock is here unaffected by glacial action, but the dis- turbance Ijecomes verv marked further down the river. I HISTORY OF III RON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. 29 At G. Griiliam's nuarry, in GreentielJ township, the rock dips thirteen and a half degrees southwesterly, with the line of the strike south thirty-five degrees east, is in very even layers, all finely ripple-niarkc'(l, some with the puzzling niannuary siirfaue, probably caused by the action of eddies where "two seas met" on the old ocean shore. At Cole's quarry, one and onc-lialf miles south- east of Norwalk, the livven is only two hundred and five feet above the lake, and in its ijosition and sur- roundings afl'ords a renuirkable illustration of tlie superficial disturbance which prevails over a large part of the county. The rock is in thin, evenly- bedded layers, dipping twenty-seven degrees south- easterly, the line of strike being twenty-two degrees east. Directly north some fifteen or twenty rods, :»ud on the opposite side of a small stream, the black shale is in a position at the same level; the strata horizontal and undisturbed. About two rods north, and a little cast of the quan-y, the Bedford siiales are exposed, dipping south about twentj'- seven degrees north from the last, and on the opposite side of the stream, a bluff, twenty-five feet high, shows a mixtui'C of Erie and Bedford shales. In the immediate neighborhood the Berea is exposed in several places, dipping in various directions, and varying from twenty to forty degrees. These dis- turbances have left the Berea here resting on the Cleveland shales, and have so broken up and crushed the strata as to greatly impair the value of the quar- ries in the county. In a few places, even where the rock is tilted up to quite a sharj» angle, the strata are still entire, and excellent rock can be ijuarried. At many of the openings the broken, worthless rock largely exceeds that which is suitalde for Imilding purjioses. BEDFOKD SHALES. These are exposed only in the ditt'erent branches of the Huron and ^"ermillioll rivers. Where undis- turbed they range from forty to seventy-five feet in thickness, and consist of hard, fine grained sand rock in thin layers, alternating with thinner bands of argillaceous shales; the thicker strata of the sand rock are frequently composed of a mass of the pecu- liar contorted rock called "turtle-back," rendering it quite worthless. Sometimes, however, this forma- tion yields a fair Ijuilding stone. In places where "I>STONE. Beneath the corniferous limestone, on the penin- sula, and near Castalia, a thin band of limestone is visible. This holds the position of the Oriskany sandstone in New York, and though it has here yielded no Oriskany fossils, they are said to have been obtained from it in Indiana; and there is little doubt, therefore, that it should be regarded as the e(|uivalent of the Oriskany sandstone. WATER LIME. Tlie upj)er portion of the silurian system is, in i and its tribu- taries, their works remain in abundance to testify of the mysterious workers. Of the origin of these works the Indians knew nothing. Their traditions did not reacji back so far. Accustomed as we have been to the thought of primeval forests in all this region, thinly inhabited by nomadic tribes of savages, disputing the title to the soil with the fierce panther and the howling wolf, wc can hardly realize that, ages ago, a dense agricul- tural population tilled all our Iwrders, cultivating their farms, l)uilding substantial dwellings and lofty temples, establishing governments and enacting laws, holding commercial relations with different jiarts of the continent. HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. 35 The erection of tlie tliuusaiuls of artificial moiiiids, terraces and earthwork enclosures which still remain, with all the other vast works which must have been ohliterated by "the waves and weathers of time," could only have been possible in a land like Mesopo- tamia or Egypt, of great agricultural resources. AVhere there were so many toiling hands, there were many mouths to be fed, and to supjily the enormous demand there must liave been other workers, pro- ducers, tillers of the soil. Maples and beeches, tough hickories and giant oaks, "the green-robed senators of mighty woods," did not always darken the face of Ohio as in the days of the Indian hunters: but long, long before the red men had found their way to the fertile Fire-lands, grain, golden as the sunlight which ripened it, was waving over myriads of these our fields. Where there was grain, there were granaries, and where the builders of the terraced mounds toiled day by day, there were buying and selling, and there were a hundred trades and employments which men have ever found the inevitable concomitants of civilized society. The character of the earthworks in this region evi- dences the fact that the Fire-lands are on the northern frontiers of the ancient empire. Nearly all the works along our river banks in northern Ohio are manifestly defensive fortifications, with external faciie, as in modern works of like character; and north of the lakes there are no such pyramidal foundations, for now lost structures, as abound in the central part of the United States. Traveling southward from the lakes, one finds mysterious ruins growing in number and magnitude, until they are merged in the wealth of monumental remains, shadowed by the tropical forests of Central America. Fascinating as is the study of these relics of an ancient empire, this ehaiiter has space but t(.) deal with those which belonged to this one of its outlying prov- inces. We shall not find on the Fire-lands such great pyramidal mounds as those of southern Ohio, West Virginia, and Illinois; nor shall we marvel at such monolithic images and carven tablets as abound in Yucatan and Ouatamala. We shall, however, find unmistakable evidences that the same race which left these records of an extinct civilization, had out-posts along the river banks which are most familiar to us. The works upon the Fire-lands were, for the most part, circular fortifications on the highlands over- looking the river banks, some of them enclosing small mounds supi)osed to have been burial places. TJiese works hftve been almost obliterated by continual culti- vation during the past half century; but we are fortu- nate in the fact that some of the observing pioneers who came and saw them before the leveling plowshare had crossed and recrossed them year after year, have put upon paper their remembrances of them. By such means we are informed that the Mound- Biiilders are believed to have left their traces in at least the townships of M irgaretta, Vermillion, Berlin, Huron, Milan. Ridgefield, Norwalk, New Haven and Norwich. The works which, in the early jjart of the century, remained in the localities which have become the townships above named, are briefly described as follows: The township of Margarettta had. when tirst set- tled, a numljer of fortifications and mounds, some of the latter (juite large and constructed of stone. In Vermillion there were two extensive fortitic;:- tioiis on the banks of the river of the same name, and another in tlie southern part of the township. There were, in the same township, a number of mounds in in which human skeletons and scattered bones were found. In Berlin, in the western part of the township, there was a mound covering a i|uarter of an acre, with large trees growing upon it. Near the center of the township, on the farm formerly owned by the late Lewis Osborn, was another mound, and in the north- ern part of the township, a fortification. In Huron township, mounds were found on the highlands on both sides of the river. Two of these mounds on the west side of the river and about two miles from its mouth, were (piite large and nearly round. Human bones and "beads of different colors'' were found in them. In Milan, the pioneers describe "three forts," one in the first section, one in the second and one in the fourth. Their embankments, when first seen by the whites, were from two to four feet high. At differ- ent places in the township other earthworks weie found, and in some of them human bones and imple- ments of stone and clay. In Ridgefield townshi)i, Huron county, circular for- tifications were found in lot two and lot three of the first section, and a small mound containing human bones, in lot eighteen of the second section. The fortifications are on high liaiiks of branches of the Huron river. In Norwalk there were three fortifications near the Ridgefield line, and crossing it, on the farm now owned by Isaac Underhill. That gentleman has pre- served reminiscences of his plowing, when a boy, through the dry and brittle bones of the men of whom these works are the monuments. In the western part of New Haven township was a circular fortification with large trees growing on its embankments when first discovered. Excei)t a few "conical monnds" said to have been found in Norwich, in the southeast part of the town- ship, no record, so far as we know, has Iteen preserved of any other traces left by the Mound-Builders on the soil of the Fire-lands. It may be. indeed, that not all the remains which have been mentioned, belong properly to the age of the Mound-Builders, for the pioneers were not always careful to discriminate between the works of that ancient race and those of the later inhabitants of these lands, the Indians. But at least this may be said with confidence, that some, if not all, these works were wrought by the hands of that mysterious oh HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. people, whose origin, character and history have been a pregnant tlieme for many a delver in the world's antiquities. It is not the province of tliis locul iiistory to enter into extended inquiries of this kind. The evidences are many of the great antiquity of the leniains, and tlie fact is no less clearly proven that the men wjio erected them \rere much higher tlian the red men in the scale of civilization. Wlietlier tliey came of the Mongolian stock, were a remnant of tiie "lost tribes of Israel," or belonged to an original family unknown to the old world, we shall not sto]) here to investigate. It is enough to say that long ago, ])erhaps many ages before the coming of the Indians, the Mound- Builders vanished from the Fire-lands, leaving behind them neither tradition nor iiistory. INDIANS. When and whence came the red men to the Fire- lands, no research will now inform us. It seems most ])robable that they were of Asiatic origin and drifted across the country from the northwest, but the matter is one of conjecture, and it is not the pro- vince of this work to discuss the arguments in favor of any particular hypothesis. Whenever thev came and whatever their origin, the^' found here, on the southern shore of Lake Erie, green and fertile lands, drained by the waters of the Sandusky, the Huron and the ^'ermillion. These were prairie and wood land, well watered and abounding in game. It would have been strange if no wandering tribes of red men, whose highest idea of happiness was embodied in a paradise of well- stocked hunting grounds, sliould not have lingered along the river banks, where, even in the days of the jiioneers the feathered arrow of the Indian seldom searched vainly for a victim. It is interesting to note, that here, in one group of counties, by that process of language-jietrifaction, which has left upon our lakes and rivers. States and territories, the names which were familiar and ex- pressive words to the tribes of peojile whose graves are all over the Fire-lands, we have six Indian titles: Erie, Sandiiskij and Ottawa, Huron, Seneca and Wyandot. All these but one w«re tribal designations; but not all the tribes whose names have Ijeen so perpetuated had any habitation on the Fire-lands at the coming of the pioneers. Of fa teas, Hurons or Wyandofs, and Senecas, there were in the first years of this century; but long before that, naught but a memory remained of the Fries, that proud, fierce tribe, whose war with the Five Xations of New York forms one of the most interesting traditions of prehistoric America. The Fries, it is said, dreaded the combination of five such tribes as, united, made up the Iroquois Five Nations. They endeavored to crush the confederacy ill its inception, but were themselves defeated with terrible slaughter, between C'anandaigua lake and the fteiiesee river. They retired to the far west, but tradition says that many years later a war party of their descendants returned from beyond the Missis- sippi and attacked the Senecas, who had settled upon the fatiierland of the Fries; init the result was a second crushing defeat, and the annihilation of the Frie race, unless a remnant was left to mingle witli other tribes in the west. As long ago as the middle of the seventeenth cen- tury the Fries i)robably occupied northern Ohio, along the shores of Lake Erie, and the fanmus pic- tured rocks on Kelley's Island, have been supposed by Shingwauk, the Little Pine, an Indian arclia?olo- gist, to refer to the wars of this lost nation. After the destruction of the Fries the greater part of northern Ohio seems to have been never so mucli the jieculiar territory of any one nation as the com- mon hunting ground of many. As white settlements increased along the Atlantic coast, and the natives were crowded toward the set- ting sun, trilies and remnants of tribes whose homes had been in the east, wandered into Ohio and lingered there, until the advancing army of civilization pressed them still further toward their ultimate destiny. It is for this reason that in the chronicles of the pioneers we find mention of so many diverse tribes. They were sojourners, most of them, rather than liermanent dwellers on the Fire-lands. The land ma}" have seemed almost as strange to tliem as to the white settlers. On the pages of the Pioneer, the magazine of the Fire-lands Historical Society, the earliest of these white .settlers have recorded these names vi tribes represented here during the first years of the nine- teenth century. Of the Algonquin family, the Mianiis or Mautnees, the Tawas or Othnvas, the Chijipeiras or Ojiljtcays, the Dela /cares, Shawnees and Potawafomies; and of the Huron-Iroquois fam- ily, the Wyandofs, or Hurons proper, and the Senecas. Of these tribes, that of the Wyandofs is perhaps oftenest mentioned by the pioneers. The people of this tribe lived for tiie most part along the Sandusky river for many years after the town and villages of the pale faces had sjirung uj) all over the Fire-lands. The Wyandofs and Hurons were the same people, the latter name ))eing the one bestowed upon them by the French. In the years when the Iroquois were waging their relentless wars against the Fries, the Wyandofs lived on the Canada side of the lakes, although tlieir hunt- ing excursions seem, sometimes, to have reached the regions about tlie inoutli of tlie Miami and that of the Sandusky. Tiiey akso became involved in war with the power- ful Iroquois, and, as in tlie ca.se of the Fries, the Wyandofs were, as a nation, almost exterminated i>y the seemingly invincible confederacy of New York. But in later days, after the Fries had ceased to be known in Ohio, and the strife with the Fire Xafions had ended, remnants of the Wyandofs hunted and planted corn along the valley of the Sandusky. HISTORY or HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. 37 There was preserved among them a tradition of their migration across the hxkes, impelled by a great fam- ine to search for new hunting grounds. They luiilt their " big tire " or chief town at Upper Sandusky, and a map, puldished in 1755, shows the location of others of their villages along the ri\er. These settle- ments flourished, and the Wyamlots became, after the lapse of years, the most powerful tribe in this rearion. There is freiiuent mention in the chronicles of the ]iioneers on the Fire-lands, of jiarties of these Sandusky river Wi/finddfy who crossed the Fire-lands in search of game. In smaller numbers on the Fire-lands were the Se»- ecas, a remnant of the once powerful nation, which, with the other tribes of the Iroquois confederacy, a century and a half before, had crushed the Wyaii- ilots and the Eries. The white settlements had be- come luimerous through the territory where t\\e Five Xritions had held dominion. Tlie star of the Seiiecas was waning. They had no longer the leadership of such chieftains as Red Jacket, the warrior-orator, and, driven by the dominant Caucasian race, they were drifting slowly across the country towards the great plains of the west. Besides these two representatives of the Hvron- Iroquois family, there were no others on the Fire- lands in the days of the pioneers. The Alfjonquins, however, were here, not in such numbers of individuals probably, but more numer- ously represented in names of tribes. Among these we note the Deluwures, the Iie>nq)]}i or Lenni-Lenajte, as they called themselves, who dwelt along the banks of the Huron river, the most of them in Milan town- ship. With them were mingled the Ottawas or " Taw 'x," as many of the white settlers called them. The one people had come from the east, where, for years, they had lived among the other Algonquin tribes of the Atlantic coast; the other had come from the northwest, and, in perfect peace, they had united their fortunes in the pleasant valley of the Huron. Upon the picturesque site of tlie town of Milan they built their village, Pe(iUotting, and there and in that vicinity, even after the coming of the pale faces, they hunted and tished, and raised corn on the fertile river fl:lts. Wc believe that it was t\if;se Dela wares and Oltcwas of Pequotting who were accustomed to make maple sugar, on the river bottom west of Norwalk, and whose trail lay along the sand ridge where now is Main street, the pleasant, maple-shaded avenue which is the pride of the town. The other Algonqvin tribes, so far as is known, had no fixed residence on or near the Fire-lands, but, pursuant to their nomadic habits, they made occa- sional visits to this sectimi of the country. This was particularly the case with the Chi2)pewas, Aliamis and rofawaftomies. They were all inhaliitants of the country to the west and northwest. The S/iaw- itees were of southern origin. Thev had a tradition that their ancestors came from some foreign land, across the sea. According to French accounts, the trilje of Cliip- peivas or Ojibways is worthy of more than a passing notice. They are said to have been a powerful and brave race, and their war with the Sioux, which was waged for one hundred and eighty years after the whites first knew them, and we know not for iiow long before, is one of the memorable events of Indian history, and is the surest proof of the indoniital)le courage and haughty pride of both tribes. The territory of the Chippewas was on both sides of Lake Superior, at the head of which was their chief town, Chegoimegon, where, it is said, they kept a perpetual fire burning. They were a tall, well formed race, and their lan- guage was praised by the French as the court-language •of the aborigines. Bands of Indians of all these tribes, hunted and fished over most, and jirobably all, the townships of the Fire-lands: Init excei>t Pe(|Uotting, they had no village in either Erie county or Huron at the time of the first white settlements. Technically, the lives and characters, the manners and customs of the Indians inhabiting the Fire-laiids after the first white settlements, can scarcely be said to belong to the period of "prehistory." But one can hardly write of the red men without letting his pen cross the line on which history begins. We can form no estimate of the lives of the inhabitants of these woods before a white man's ax began to hew tiie way for the march of civilization, without a study of the characteristics described by the first white chron- iclers, as belonging to the red men who remained after those times. Thus, even in naming and describing ti'ibes, we have trespassed upon the nineteenth century. We shall find no instance of individual character recorded at any earlier period. So many years have now elapsed since the last red man vanished from the Fire-lands, like a departing ghost of a dead and buried past, that we can now but dimly trace even the tribal distinctions and names of these strange children of the woods. Few, indeed, are the names, and faint the memories, of the individ- ual warriors and chieftains which have come down to us. But before they are all forever lost in the sliad- ows of the past, it should be the duty of the historian to rescue and keep bright the names and fame of Sen- eca John and Ogontz, the Ottawa, two nol)le repre- tatives of the better class of Algonquin and Iroquois. In those days the red men were in a transition state. They had been savages, with all tlie cruelty, the liad passions, and the ignorance belonging to sav- agery; but now, from their intercourse with the whites, they were learning many of the mean vices with a few of the virtues, of civilization. The mis- sionary and the trader were working side by side, l)nt not in harmony, and too often the good work of the 38 riTSTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. one Wiis destroyed i)y tlie liiul work wivuiglit liy the other. Tn such a ])ei'io(], the cliai'aeters of John, the Seii- cm, and Ogontz, tlie Ottaira, stand out in bold and pleasing relief. In the fre((uent mention of these two chiefs hy the early chroniclers of the Fire-lands, there has been found no word of disparagement concerning either of them. The Seneca was accustomed to hunt in the southern and western ])art of Huron county. The early set- tlers of that region always gave him a cordial welcome, and some of them liave placed on record their appre- ciation of his character. He could speak l)nt little English, but was always friendly to the settlers, and was brave, honest, and trustworthy. Ogontz was better known in the I'cgion of San- dusky, which was one of his favorite resorts at certain seasons of the ycai', for the inirjiosc of fishing and hunting, and that locality was for years known, by reason of this fact, as " Ogontz place."* This chief is described as a man of stately form and noble bearing, and, like Seneca John, he seems to have been in character a nature's yobleman, while, unlike John, he had received, at the hands of the French, a high degree of culture. The tragedy which ended the life of each of these hunter and warrior chiefs, illustrates ihe sanguinary character of their race. Seneca John was accused of witchcraft, and having been condemned by his own tribe, was unhesitatingly slain, — his own brother be- ing the executioner. Ogontz, years before his death, had killed, in self defense, a rival chief, and had adopted the hitter's son, who, even in his boyhood, cherished a desire to avenge his father's death. The boy grew up, and, when the o]i])ortunity offered, took the life of the l)rave, kind Ogontz. who had Ijeen a second father to him, better than the first. These two men, John and Ogontz, the ScHccn and the Oltdira, the InxjKois and the AJf/om/uiii, are the type of the aboriginal native of America, uncor- rnpted i)y association with the white men. They lived and died, the one an ignorant savage, the other an educated gentleman, but lioth, by nature, proud, noble and manly, the proof that the red man was not always in his present state of miserable degradation. Any \ lew of Indian life and character is incom- plete which fails to take in their surroundings. Be- fore we can have vividly before us the life of the red nnin of the Fire-lands, we must reconstruct the Fire- lands themselves as they were a century ago. We must clear away all the marks of civilization; we must rear again the mighty woods, and let the prairie grasses grow in the rankncss and luxuriance of nature; we must rescue frnm ihe overfiowing waves of the destroying lake, the fertile lands on which they have encri the Indians were 40 HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. being gnuliuilly driven westward, a jierinMiK'nt loca- tion was ini]K)ssible. Tlie efforts of tlie missionaries never were successful in civilizins- the Indians to the degree that they could remain in contact with the whites, without iieing corrnjiteil and degradt'd. To have any success they ninst kecji in advance of the wave of emigration. In 17ne with a will scarce needing the energetic tones and shar[i commands constantly used by the leader. Accidents were not uncommon; severe strains often resulted from one man trying to out-do anothei', while sometimes a log slipped or fell, striking a man down in its descent, and breaking his leg or ai-m. The log-carriers were sometimes divided into scjuads, or parties, each having a particular end to keep up, and the resulting rivalry made the task a short one, the building being rarely over a single story in iieight. The cal)in fairly raised, and the roof poles put in position, the remaining work of finishing the cabin could be performed more leisurely without the help of so nnmy hands. The whisky to which they had re- sorted for refreshment during their laliors was drank more freely than ever, ami its stimulating effect began to be visible on many of the company. Quiet men Lrri'w loud and boisterous: modest men boastful and ar- rogant : i)eacefiil. orderly men became ipiarrelsoine and vindictive, and instance.s occurred where the jileas- ant jiarty of the early day ended in a general row: but it is simple justice to the early settler to say that the evil effects of whisky drinking were much more rarely seen than ntiglit be imagined, considering that to drink freely was the custom of the times, and such a thing as total abstinence alnu)st unheard of. The stimulus was rarely sene]i<'S. h ii"- HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. 43 ('ii(iii_i;li to si'iit two or three ])crsoiis. made of ]il:inks .«]ilit iiiid sliaved. i^itvimI as i-liairs. In the jilaiik. holes were l)ore(l and sticks inscrtud. to survf as legs or snjijiorts. Housi'lmld utensils were as seanty as the furniture, a single pot or skillet often having to do ily keiit u]i and rarely suffered to die out fo.' montlis together, the modern invention of matclies, now indisjicnsahle. was more easily got along without. Clocks were the luxury of the few. hut were a few Years later introduced and sold at iiigh prices liy })ed- (llers. the housewife noting tlie hours hy the sunlight streaming through the open door or window and east- ing a shadow of the wall upon tlie floor. The food of the settler was "johnny-eake" and mush, or hrcad of coarsely-ground flour or meal. Milk was frcciv uscil. liutter often dis]tensed with and rarely of the iiest ipiality. and cheese unknown. Pork and venison were always at hand: wild turkey, s(iuirrel and other game easy to ohtain. Sugar from the maple was f)'ei|uently to he had. and tea and cotfee were often replaced hv decoctions of .sassafras, spice-hush and parched corn. As for food, the variety and manner of cooking wei-e (piite toleral)le to those settlers fortunate in having a g 1 start and a little money, otherwise they often sntfered for necessaries, and heing ])nt on short rations was not an uncommon ex])erience. In respect to clothing, the contrast with the ))resent time was more noticcahle. Deerskin was largely used fted — the labor of felling the trees is often avoidelished. the scene is often changed into merry-making: a hearty siijiper is jircpared. aTid liquid refrt'shments are not wanting. Though the woo(l or timlier has no marketaMe \ahie. the ashes are scra]ied u]i and ]ilaced in rude conical boxes, flaring at the top. anearance. and brought suffering and death into tlie settler's ealjins. ilalarioui* diseases were more prevalent than now. The damp woods and fresh-turned fields were full of fever poisons. Skilled physicians A\ere few and often many miles away. But the lot of the pioneer was not altogether lonely and cheerless. Companionsliij) was not wanting ; other settlers soon arrived, and they assisted one another in their toils witli light hearts and nierrv rivalrv. The raisins: of a cabin, the opening of a road, the log-rolling and burn- ing, and tiic husking-l)ee. were the signal for all to gather together and turn the hardest tasks into sjwrt, while the coon-hunt, the election and the training da)' were not forgotten. Xor was the rustic dance neg- lected. On the rude floors of the cabins, the pioneer youth and his sweet-heart, clad not in In-oadcloth or in silks, but in half tanned deer-skin or coarse homespun, ranged themselves. Ijright and expectant, for the lively notes of tlie violin. A few tallow. candles lent a dim and glimmering light, but the bright ciieeks of the maidens did not need the shade : the color would l)car the strongest light. The dance l^egins. and the cares of field and kitchen are soon forgotten. Soft eyes met loving glances, and the hours sjied awav as if on ffolden winojs. CHAPTER XII. CIVIL HISTORY. Tki'MIULL county was estaUished l)y the territorial government, December (i, 1800. It included the whole of the Western Reserve. Prior to that time, so much of the Reserve as lay east of the Cuyahoga, the Portage path and the Tuscarawas river, was included in Washington county, wliieh was established July 20, i;88. Eight years later. August 1.5. 1T9G. that jiart of the Reserve lying west of said line was constituted a part of Wayne county. Geauga county was erected by an act of tiie legisla- ture passed December 31. iJSO.i. l>y which and subse- quent acts it is supposed that a part of the Firt'-lands was included in its limits. Portage county was formed from Trumbull county, February 10, ISOr, aitd that i)ortion of tlie Reser\e lying west of the Cuyahoga river and south of town- ship number five was attached to Portage county for judicial purposes. Huron county was created by the act of February 7, 18(t'.t. and included all of the Fire-lands, to be t>rganized when the legislature should deem i)roi)er; but, for the time, to remain as it then was, attached to Portage and Geauga for judicial purposes. By the same act. Almon Ruggles was ajijiointed recorder of Huron county, and to continue such until tlie county organization should be jjerfeeted: ami the recorders of Geauga and Trumbull counties Avere to deliver to him all liooks and records relating to the county of Huron. Cuyahoga county was organized January IG, 1810, and Huron county attac^ied to it for judicial ])ur))oses, January 22, 1811, the limits of Huron county were enlarged, the cast line being moved eastward so as to include a considerable part of what is now Lorain county, the boundary being changed so as to extend from the northeast corner of town four of tlie twenti- eth range to the southwest corner of town five of the sixteenth range, tlience north to the northwest ciuncr of town six in tlie sixteenth range, tlience west to tlie I HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. 45 middle of Black river, and thence, following that stream, to Lake Erie. The Ohio legit-lature, hy a resolution a7//. Abijali Conistock was a[)iiointed county treasurer. Among the townships set off were the following: Vermillion, to comprise the whole of the twentieth range, together with all that tract of country l)elong- ing to Huron county, east of the twentieth range. (h-eentield. to com])rise townships nnmbers two and three in the twenty-first, twenty-.second, twenty-third and twenty-fourth ranges. New Haven, to compri.se townships number one, in the twenty-first, twenty-second, twenty-third and twenty-fourth ranges. The commissioners decided at this meeting that the bounty for killing wolves in the county of Huron to l)e ]iair. 20th— 18-3r--28. 2rth-lS2*-23 2-th— 183V;3r. 3Cith— 183r-:J8 S:th-18:3-i-33 Camp. 88th— 1839-40. 39th— 1840-41 4llth— 1841-4.'. 4l8t— 1.842-43. 42nd-1843-44. 43rd— 1844-45. 44th— 1845-40. 4oth— 1841^7. 4«th— 1847-18. 47th— 1848-49. 48th— 1819-.50. 49th— 18VI-51. .Wth— 1851-.52. Senate. Alfred Kelly. House, Eleutheros Cooke. Senate, Jaljez WT-i^ht. Hou.ie, Eleutheros Cooke. Senate, J. Wi-ight. House, .\lnion Ruggles. Senate. Reuben Wooii, Ho\ise, Eleutheros Cooke. Senate. Reuben Wo.td. House, David Campbell. Senate, Reub:'n Wood House, David Campbell. Seniite, David Campbell. House, Daniel Tilden. Senate. David C.impbell. House, Moses C. Saunders. Senate. S. M. Lickivood. House, George G. Baker. Senate. S. M. Lockwool. House, Charles Lindsay. Senate, Dan. Tildeti. House. Ebenezer Merry. Senate. Daniel Tilden. Hiuse, Charles Lindsay. Senate. Joseph Howard. House. Philo Clark. Senate, Jose]>li Howard. House. Cyrus Butler. Senate. John K. Cunpbell. House, Phil.) Clark. Senat.-, John K Campbell. Ho ise, Philo Clark. •Sena'e, Josiah Tracy. House, Walter Branch, John G- House, C. L, Burton, Erie; House. Thomas C. Fnrnold, B Choate, Erie; Alexan- Senate, Josiah Tracy. House, Ebenez-r Warner. Senate, Josej^h M. Root. House. Eleutheros Cooke. Senate. Joseph M. Root. House, Eleutheros Cooke. Senate. John Fuller. House, Samuel Atherton. Senate, John Fuller. House, Samuel Atherton. Senate, John R. Osborn. House, Benjamin Summers. Senate. J. R. Osborn. Senate, vacancy House, Joseph C. Curtis. Senate. Thomas Hamilton. House, Sanuiel Atherton. Senate, Samuel T. Worcester. House. George Reber. Senate, Samuel T. Worcester. House. Harvey Chase. Senate. Earl Bill. House, De Morris Pratt. Seuiite. Elihu P. Hill. House, Hiram M.Millen. .'list- 18>4. Senate, .\lbert G. Sutton. House, Harvey Fowler, Erie; Alpia R. Segar, Huron. .'>2nd— 18M. Senate. Ralph P. Buckland. Thomas M. Cook, Huron. .Wrd- 1858. Senate, Ralph P. Buckland. Erie; Charles B. Simmons, Huron. 5tth—18«i).— Senate, F. D Parish. House. C der McPherson. Robert .McCune. Huron. .55th— 18fi2.— Senate, John Kelly. House, J. W. Pierce, Erie; Ezra Stew- art, Huron. iiCith— ISi'hl. Senate. Frederick Wickham, House, William D. Lindsley, Erie; John C. Thompson, Huron. 57th— 18IW. Senate, E. B. Sadler. House, A. T. Wilco.v. Zalnnina Phil- lips. Erie; Frank Sawyer, Huron. .58th— 1868. Senate, Homer Everett. House, Benj. L. Hill, Erie; W. O. Parker, Huron. .59th-1870. Senate. Homer Everett, J M. Root. House, Benj. L. Hill, Erie; W. O. Parker, E. Bogardus, Huron. lilMh— 1.872. Senate, Welcome O. Parker House, David C, Richmond, Erie; Henry C. Breckenridge. Huron, lilst — 1874. Senate. John H.Hudson. House, D. C. Richmond, Erie; Edgar Martin, Huron. 62nd— 1876. Senate, John H. Hudson. House. James Douglas, Erie; E. Borgardus. Huron. I)3rd— 18TS Senate. C. S. Parker. House, James Douglas, Erie; John A. Williamson, Huron. IirUON COUNTY OFFICERS. AUDITORS. 18 — . .Asa Sanford. 1822. Moses Kimball. 1831 . ..lames Williams. 1833. Cyrus Butler. 1835, .John Kennan. 1838 . Wilco.tson. H. H, Johnson, acting. 1841.. Daniel A. Baker. 1851 .. Gideon T. Stewart . 18.57, . William Case. 1803. David J I Pease. 18119. John Barnes. 1875. Henry W. t)wen TREASCKERS. 1815 . .\bi jah Comstock. 1818 .David Abbott. 1 19. Ichabod Marshall. I82;j Cvrus Butler. 182u.. Ichabod Mirshall. 1827. .Henry Buckin^'liam. 18:W. .George Sliertield. 18:34.. John V. Vredenburgh. 1S38.. William H. Caswell, 18:39 . . John Kennan . 1840.. John Jl. Latnner. 1842.. Henry Buckingham 1844. 1848. 1850 1854. 1850. 1860. 1862. 1860, 1870. 1874. 1878, .Henry H. Brown Daniels. P.. George N. Penfield 18:J-i..H. W. Conklin, 184(1.. Wm. Neill. 1841.. Orlando McKnight. lS46..Geo. W. Smith. 1850.. F. M. Follett. ia53. Charles H. Botsford. 1864.. George O. Selkirk 1870.. O. C. McLough. 1876.. Wm. AfHeck, who is the present incumbent. AUDITORS. 1856, F. M. Follett. I860.. Geo. W. Smith 1867 . . Ebenezer Jlerry , whose term o£ oftice contin- ues till l.Ssi . 1838. .Wm. B. Smith. 1H4(1. .Horace Aplin. 1.84-i. .Samuel lohnson. 1844 .Earl Bill. 184S. .JohnB. Wilbor. 1850. .John W. Sprague 18.V.i. .Thos. S. Fuller. 1854. .Holly Skinner. TKEASIKEHS. 1856. 1860. 1864. 1870. 1872. 1877. Thos. S. Fernold. W. H. McFall Jas. D. Chamberlain. James S. Chandler. .Jas. D. Chamberlain . R. Turner, the present otlicer. I'KOSECITIXG ATTOKXEYS. 183S..John F. Campbell. 1810. Francis D. Parish. 1842.. Morris Homan 1843.. S. F. Taylor. 1848. A. \V. Ifendrv 18.5a..JohnMackev- 1838. Hai»ev Long. lS4ii..Zalmuna Phillips. 1842. .Ebenezer Warner. 1846 , . Isaac Fowler 1848. Henry D. Ward. ls.50..Gen. W. Smith. 1S.54 G. B. Gerrard 1838. Horace Aplin 1840 .C. B. Squire 1844.. E. Merry. 1850, Charles Wilbor. is:i8. S. H Smith. 1.H40. W H. Smith 1841. J. B. Darling. 1.815 .Alvin Brooks. 1847. J. B. Darhng 1849 .A. B. Foster. ISW.J. B. Darling. 1856. 0. C. McClough. 1860.. F. \V. Cogswell. ISr-.'.'.Benj. F. Lee 1877. -.W. W. Bowen. 1879.. Herman Ohly. SHERIFFS. 185S..Fred. F. Smith. 1860..D. S. Worthington. 1864 .Jesses. Davis. .1866..D. S. Worthington. 1870.. Charles H. Botsford. 1872.. D. S. Worthington 1877. M. L. Starr. UECORDEKS. 1853.. Jas. W. Cook 1863.. John W. Reed. 1868, . Wm. A. Zill, still in office. SURVEYORS. 1861. .H. C. Jones, Sr. 1863.. J. B. Darhng. 1875.. A. W. Judson. 1876.. George Morton 1879 . . A. W. Judson, the present incumbent. COMMISSIOXERS. Samuel B. Carpenter, Nelson Taylor, Zara Patch, Wm. B. Craighlll Jno B. Fuller, Wm. Gill, Isaac Fowler, Philo Adams, Harvey Long, B. D. Turner, Ara Sprague, Bourdett Wood, Harvey Fowler, Elihu P Hill, Harry Sprague, Jlyron Se.\ton, Joseph Otis, Jno. P. Dego, John Summers, C. Beardsley. Rice Harper, Isaac JlcKtsson. Robt. Bennett, G. M. Darling, Calvin Caswell, D. G Taylor. Wm H. Crane, E. White, W. S. Webb, Louis Wells, Stark Adams, W. W. Miller, Oustavus Orahani. CHAPTER XY. POLITICAL HISTORY. Ix u repiiblicau stronghold like Huron coimty the attem])ts to make Kansas a slave State were viewed with the deepest interest and alarm. In common with those of otiier comimuiitie.-^ in the free North, many of her young men emigrated thither, prepared to fight, if necessary, to prevent such attempts from being successful. A Kansa.s Aid Society was formed witli committees for each townshiji. and a central one for the county, the object being to aid the free State cause by sending thither men armed with Sharpe"s rifles. As early as April 22, 1856, G. T. Stewart reports that the township committees had paid over to lum three hundred and eighteen dollars and niiiety- oue cents for the cause. Later in the season, about one hundred of the citizens of the county contributed to the fund, in sums of five dollars and upwards, and the published statement shows contributions amount- ing in all to one thousand and forty-six dollars and eighty-nine cents up to October 21, 1856. The following is the vote of Huron county for president of the United States frem the year 1832, when Andrew Jackson was elected president, up to and including the last presidential election: 1832— Henry Clay, whig 1,646 Andrew Jackson, democrat, , 1,035 William Wirt, ami-masonic 11 1836— Wm. H. Harrison, whig 2,798 Martin Van Buren. democrat 2,14^1 1840— Wm. H. Harrison, whig ._ 2,2'Jl Martin Van Buren. democrat 1,531 Jas. G. Birney, abolition 24 (The reduced vote ot 1840 compared with that of 1836, is explained by the fact ot the formation of Erie county in 1838). 1844— Henry Clay, whig 2,564 James K Polk, democrat 1 2.136 James G. Birney. abolition 138 1848— Zachary Taylor, whig, l.iofl Lewis Cass, democrat 1.76it Martin Van Buren. free soil 876 1852— Winfield Scott whig 2,242 Franklin Pierce, democrat 1,819 .John P. Hale, free soil 893 1856— John C. Fremont, republican 3,468 James Buchanan, democrat 1,709 Millard Fillmore. American 54 Republican plurality 1,759 1S60— Abi-aham Lincoln, republican 4,107 Stephen A. liouglas, democrat 2,08;! John Bell, imion 37 Lincoln over Douglas 2,027 1864 — Abraham Lincoln, republican 4,441 George B. McClellau, democrat 2,090 Lincoln's majority 2,351 1868— Ulysses S. Grant, republican 4,019 Horatio Seymour, democrat 2,243 Grant's majority 1.776 1872— Ulysses S Grant, republican 3.812 Horace Greeley, democrat and liberal 2,18J Jeremiah S. Black 55 Charles O'Connor 19 Grant over Greeley 1.630 1876— Rutherford B. Hayes, republican, ... 4..t04 Sanuiel J. Tilden, democrat, . . . . 3,014 Peter Cooper, greenback 1 Green Cla.v Smith, prohibition 67 - Hayes over Tilden 1.490 The votes cast for each candidate at the several presidential elections iield since the organization of Erie count v, have been as follows: HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. 51 1840— William He my Harrison, whig 1,334 Martin Van Buren. democrat 1,042 James G . Birney, abolition g l-iH -Henry Clay, whig 1,418 JameS K. Polk, democrat 1,261 James G. Birney, abolition 65 l-<48— Zachary Taylor whig 1,40!) Lewis C'as!^, democrat 999 Martin Van Bin'en, free soil 681 ]X.V,>— Wiutield Scott, whig 1,589 Franklin Pierce, democrat 1,404 John P. Hale free soil 27a lSr>(i — John C. Fremont, republican 2.258 James Buchanan, democrat . , 1.3TT milliard Fillmore, American 75 Fremont over Bu'hanan 881 1800— Abraham Lincoln, reimblican 2,886 Stephen A. Douglas, democrat 1,538 John Bell, unionist 28 Lincoln over Douglas 1,348 1804— Abraham Lincoln, repuli ican 3,033 George B. McClellan, democrat 1,829 Lincoln's majority ; 1,203 Isi;8_UlyssesS, Grant, rep blican 3.130 Horatio Seymour, democrat 1,884 Grant's majority 1,246 i^;-.'— Ulysses S, Grant, repub ican 2.905 Horace Greeley, democrat and libeial 2,28" Scattei ing 19 Grant over Greeley 618 isrn— Rutherford B. Hayes, republ can , . 3,158 Samuel J, Tilden, democrat 3,112 Peter Cooper, greenback 115 Green Clay Smith, prohibition s Hayes over Tilden 411 • The following shows the strength of each party in each township of tlic two counties at the hist jiresi- flential election: ERIE COUNTY. H z: c_ O -/: Berlin 316 151 .33 1 Florence 1114 127 4 Groton 99 131 Huron 217 167 15 2 Kelleys Island 99 89 Milan 3.59 166 47 4 Margaretta — 274 143 Oxford 146 141 Perkins 11)9 172 =- S H o Vermillion 170 245 11 Sandusky— First Ward... 285 294 4 Second Ward 3(W 2.59 1 Third Ward . 247 316 Fourth Ward 193 328 Fifth Ward.. 87 asi Totals 31.58 3112 115 HURON COUNTY. t .2 - H a Eh Bronson 173 90 Clarksfleld 22i 51 Fairfield 264 89 Fitchville 180 34 Greenfield 142 92 Greenwich .... 2ttj 82 Hartland 202 42 Lyme 119 134 New London... :i50 104 New Haven.... 158 213 Norwalk 910 644 .. 5 i SO ■f. as ss a . z a a ? a P ,2 - o a i~ a E-i O K Norwich 1.55 136 .. 5 Peru 93 176 1 Plymouth 8:3 .53 . . 1 Richmond 128 97 .... Ridgefleld 270 296 1 Ripley 204 67 5 Sherman 31 '.le .. .. Townsend 262 88 .. .. Wakeman 210 126 6 Totals ...4504 3014 1 67 HURON COUNTY — VOTK FOK GOVERNOR. In tile following table of votes cast for governor, the names of the whig or repiihlican camlidate is given first, and the ileinocratic candidate second. From 1844 to 1853, the third party is the abolition or free-soil. In 1855, one-hnndred and thirty-four votes were cast for the ticket of the native American, anti- • atholic, or know-nothing party, as it was called: 1816— Thomas Worthington, whig 40 E. A. Brown, democrat 42 1818 — James Dunlap, whig 71 E. A. Brown, democrat ,,, 382 1820— W. H. Harrison, whig 4ti E. A. Brown, democrat 449 1822— Jeremiah Morrow, whig ; 96 Allen Trimble, democrat 490 Irvin 312 1824— Jeremiah Morrow, whig 165 .\llen Trimble, democrat ; 629, 1826— .-ilexaniler Campbell, whig 432 .\Ilen Trimble, democrat 652 . 1828— John W. Campbell, whig 446 -.\llen Trimble, democrat 973 18:»— Duncan McArthur, whig 1,012 Robert Lucas, democrat ,. 481 1.832 — Darius Lyman, whig Robert Lucas, democrat 1834— James Findlay. whig f? . 1.5S2 Robert Lucas, democrat 1,117 1836— Joseph Vance, whig - — Eli Baldwin, democrat ISJ8— Joseph Vance, whig 2,.58ti Wilson Shannon, democrat 2,366 1840— Thomas Corwin, whig 2,205 Wilson Shannon, democrat 1,6.50 1842 — Thomas Corwin. whig 1,975 Wilson Shannon, democrat 1,796 1844— Mordecai Bartley, whig 2 445 David Tod. democrat 2,149 L. King, abolition 181 1846— William Belib. whig 1,960 David Tod. democrat 1,517 Samuel Lewis, abolition , 867 1848— Seabury Ford, whig 2,135 John B. Weller, democrat ... 1,682 18.50— Wm. .Johnston, whig 2,120 Reuben Wood, democrat 1 ,718 Edward Smith, abolition 34i» 1851— S. F. Vint.m. whig 1,704 Reuben W.iod, democrat.. 1,(;03 Lewis, abolition 470 18.53— Nelson Barrere. whig 1,103 William Medill, democrat 1.705 Lewis, abolition 1,277 1855— Salmon P. Chase, republican 1,295 William Medill. democrat. 1,277 Know nothing .1:14 1857— Salmon P. Chase, republican 2,9.53 H. B Payne, democrat 1,568 18.59 — Wm. Dennison, republican 2,924 R. P. Ranney, democrat 1.568 1861— David Tod, repuliiican 3,158 Hugli J. Jewett, democrat 1,217 1S6:J— John Brougb. republican. . 4,458 C. L. Vallandigham. democrat 1,775 1865— Jacob D. Co.K, republican 3,203 George W. Jlorgan, democrat 1,944 1867— R. B. Hayes, republican 3,688 Allen G. Thurman, democrat 2,273 1869— R. B. Hayes, republican 8,.398 George H. Pendleton, democrat 2,112 1871— Edward F. Noyes, republican 3,829 George W. McCook, democrat 2,070 Cxldeon T. Stewart, prohibitionist 140 187'3— Edward F. Noyes, republican 2.633 William .\llen, democrat . . 1,829 Gideon T. Stewart, prohibition 332 Isaac Collins, liberal 28 1875— R. B. Hayes, republican '. 3.873 William .\llen. democrat 2,687 .lay Odell. prohibition 128 1877— Wm. H. West, republican 8.724 Richard ^I. Bishop, democrat 2,454 H. A. Thompson, prohibition i;38 Stephen Johns, greenback 289 KlilK COUXTV — VIITK FOU GOVERNOR SINCE 1840. 1840— Thomas Corwin. whig, 1 W'ilson Shannon, democrat 1 1812— Thomas Corwin. whig 1 Wilson .Shannon, tlemocrat 1 L. King, al olition 1844— Mordecai Bartley, whig 1, Davi1 1..3«.S 1.329 1860 1,181 1,397 1.698 1 lW6 1 22;i 1 117 1 111 1 419 759 ■1 367 1.4.S2 676 8000 306 1 599 3.147 1 434 1.021 1.6:H 609 1.9-38 805 1 2:10 692 1.134 863 1 327 702 704 4,577 2825 1.25(1 1 356 692 1,128 1 2.57 1,246 1 240 1 534 1 107 1870 980 1,062 1.3.32 795 9.t4 881 9.5:1 2:180 1 219 1 221 1 475 67S 5.732 4 498 1,172 I 297 880 2.5:« 1.344 1.089 1.200 l.:iOO 1.216 Totals 9 116 239:13 26 903 29 616 28.3.38 The in)|iulation of Erie county was, in 1840 12.599 1S50 18.568 1860 . 1870. Of the Huron county population, census Isi^d. were l)(>ru in Ohio Pennsylvania . Ntw \ork 24 474 28 188 there 17.291 988 3.98.3 Germany 1,891 England and Wales 833 Ireland Bhtish Ame:ica . France. .. Si. otiand Ui lor» d f)f the Erie c(ninty po])ulation, same census, were born in Ohio 10 ;.53 Pennsvlvania W3 NewYoik 1.811 Virginia and West Vliginia 9ci Kentucky 70 Maryland 83 Germany 4.624 Ireland England and Wales Briti-h .n one acre; two years previously the same gentleman raised one-half acre of potatoes which yielded at the rate of four hundred and thirty-three bushels per acre. THE WHEAT CROP — HURON' COUNTY. Y'ear. Acres. ISM 21,333 Bushels . .. 4U,B01 ... ■iii.S'il ... IH.OHO , . . 6fl,sir . . . SO.l.'JO IS-W 17,981.. 18.54 11,155.. 1855 6,orr.. 1856 6,593 . 1859 20,478 219.059 1880 19,630 205,865 1861 21,095 288,286 1862 2.5,.5:i3 413,a30 IStiU 21,8i» .■)00.577 1S6) 17.M7 152,.50CJ Y'ear. Acres. Bushels. 1865 1.5,988 177,:i6« 1866 14,566 i:i;i,3;« 1867 14,299 180.701 1868 17,963 247,.372 1869 84,740 524,520 1870 20,455 221,7TX) 1871 17,083 818,264 1873 a0,.575 298,071 1874 23,952 421,(162 1875 24,772 832,1.53 1870 21,197 .■W4.291 THE CORN CROP — HURON COUNTY. \''ear. Acres. Bu*:hels. Year Acres. B nshels, 1850 22,808 878.143 18115 21,.5*l 762,.34a 1S55 31,312 1.074,443 1870 27,419 1.131,891 1800 S8,0;5.. . iH«.876 1875 28.904 1,002,220 54 HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. In 1853, the yield of corn was only three hundred and thirty-two thousand seven hundred and eighty- nine bushels. The average yield for fifteen years — 1850 to 1864 — was seven hundred and eighty-one thousand one hundred and ninety bushels. Tlie amount raised in 1803 was five hundred and thirty- five thousand bushels, and in ISOo, seven hundred and sixtv-two thousand three hundred and forty-two. Till-: WHKAT CKOl' — KKIK lOVSTY. Year. 1830... J852... 1851... 18.55... 1856... 1859 10 512.... 1860 1.3.105.... 1861 14478... 1863 16.SW6.... 1863 15.899 ... 1864.. Acres. Bushels. 12 578 297,587 9,789 162 814 0,698 .31,149 .3,740 .50.599 3 990. 50 025 175,212 259.711 236 842 292.960 2.50, (Ml 11,961 62.020 Year. 1865.. 1866.. 1807.. .\cres Bushels. 85, 1.S70. . . . 1871.... 1S73.... 1874 . . . . 1875.. . 8,9347... 7,244 75 7 795 113. 9,814 136, 9,814 20:3, 9 655 100. 9.784 170 13,765 2:34 16 628 32i) 16 035 295 1876 14 184. .. 246, 653 367 185 371 4-36 4.59 ma 478 661 611 846 THK COliX CHOP — KHIK COIXTY. Year. Acres. Bushels Year. 1850... ... 14,369.... .■... 015,I2,> 1865 1855 ... 21,396... ... 737.427 1,S70 I860.... ... 23,236 ... .... 919.983 1875 Acres. Bushels. 14,748 501 322 19,185 713,539 19 2b8 780,131 The crop of 1853 amouiited to only four hundred and thirty-nine thousand four hundred and seventy- nine bushels. The average for fifteen years, 1850 — 18()4, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and twenty-four acres, with a ]iroduct of five hundred and fifty-six tiiousand three hundred and fifty bushels. T.V X KS — H r KO N CO r XT Y. The total amount of taxes in Huron county in 1831, on personal and village jiroi)erty, was as follows: Huron township New Jerusalem, (town plat). Milan Beatty(town plat). Huron (town plat). VemiilHon Peilcins City of Sanduslcy. Margaretta Venice Oxford RitlKetteld Monroe Sherman Peru Macksville Greenfield Florence Clarksfield Townsend Fitchville Black River. Brownhelni — Elyria Danbury Xorwalk Norwalk. (town plat) New Haven New Haven, (town plat). Lyme New London Eldridge Add to Samlusky City East half of Venice Total amount S 25 00 77H 00 S2 10 60 90 19 00 30Ji 10V6 40 39 50 85 90 80 90 70 9.) 60 50 00 85 10 90 48 40 50!^ 80 C> .35 1,0,56 -xy, 8 65 13 09 Sl.078 Oil Amount of deductions as per return of Ezra Sprague. Amount to be paid to the treasui-er Total land tax of Huron county, in 1821, was .304 52 773 48 7,8:31 68 Grand total tax for 1821 S8.605 10 Huron county, in 1821, embraced a large ]iart of the present county of Lorain, in addition to the whole of the Fire-lands. INTERNAL UEVEXUE. During the war various plans of taxation were resorted to, in order to help defray its immense cost. The amount of money realized in this way from Huron county, was very large. From July 1, to December 31, 1805, the internal revenue receipts from Huron county were two hundred and fifty-eight tiiousand and ninety-three dollars, wliile the receipts from Erie cminty for the s;ime period were ninety-six thousand six liundred and ninety-five dollars. By far the largest amount of this was collected from the dis- tilleries located at Monroeville and Bellevue. The tax collected from tiiem for the month of May, 1804, was one hundred and fifty-eight thousand one hund- red and sixty dollars and thirty-six cents, of which S. V. Harkness paid sixty-nine tiiousand one hundred and thirty-two dollars; Woodward & Littlefiekl, thirty- eight thousand five hundred and fifty-five dollars, and D. il. Harkness & Co.. twenty-eight thousand one hundred and fourteen dollars. Tlie amount paid by S. V. Harkness for excise on liquors manufactured from February 31, 1803, tn Decemljer 31, 1804, was three hundred and twenty- one thousand one hundred and eighty-one dollars and eighty-uine cents, and for a period of over four months — from August 11 to Pecemlier 20, 1804. the distillery was not running. Of the two hundred and fifty-eight thousand and ninety-three dollars internal revenue for Huron county in the six months ending December 31, 1805, the various distillers paid one hundred and eighty-one thousand four hundred and fifty-seven dollars, the amount ])aid hy each being as follows: S. V. Harkness, fifty-nine thousand five hundred and fifty-seven dollars; H. M. Sinclair & Co., forty-four thousand one hundred and fourteen dollars; A. Woodward, thirty-five thousand seven hundred and forty-nine dollars; Clary & Co., twenty-two thousand six hundred and thirty-tliree dollars; LaBarre & Packard, thirteen thousand eight hundred and fifty-one dollars; C. P. Prentiss, six thousand five hundred and fifty-one dollars. SCHOOL .STATIsTIc.s — III' RON COIXTV. The Huron county School statistics for 1877, are as follows: Total amount of school moneys received during the year S148,789 52 Nvunber of unmarried youth between the ages of six and twenty-one: boys, 5,542; girls. 5,083; colored youth, 73; total 10.697 Number between sixteen and twenty-one 2,788 Number of school houses erected during the year, G Cost $9,026 00 Whole number of school houses 169 Value of school property $214,7.50 00 Number of teachers employed: males, 139: females, 322; total .361 HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. 00 Average wages of teachers, per month: township primary: Males Females Separate districts, males ■ Females Average numher ot weeks schools were in session: Township primary Separate districts, primary '. Total number of different pupils enrolled Average daily attendance - Number of pupils in different branches ot study: Alphabet 843 Reailing 6.7. 5 Spelling 0,7(50 ■Writing 5.:J54 Aritbmetici 5,9iW Gei ■grai)hy 3.iM Grammar 2,:i5'J Composition 1,5:30 Drawing 729 Vocal Music 1,5'JS U. S. History 369 Physiolugy 39 Physical Geography Ii7 Natural Philosophy. German Algebra Geometry -. Trigonoiiietry Surveying Chemistry Geology. Botany , Astronomy Book Keeping Rhetoric m 00 23 00 52 (XI 35 00 29 37 7,756 4,783 50 312 289 80 .).> il 24 26 38 37 ,86 41 IXCOME RETl'RXS. 18G4. TIr' amounts given below are in e.\ces.s of the six liiiiulred dollars exempted liy law. also excln.sive of all taxes, dividends on hank, railroad stock, etc. Those less than one thousand are omitted. First district embracing Norwalk, Ridgefield, Lyme, Sher- man. IVrii, Bronson, Harthmd, Townsend, and Wakeman. FIRST DIVISIOX — HIRAM HOSE, ASSESSOR. John Beardslev $1,295 Walter Bates 1,100 G. (i. Baker 1,790 I. Banta 1,533 W. A Bishop 1.071 HenrvBaker 8,100 C. L.'Boult 5.414 Nathaniel Chapman 2..5IX) Samuel Clock 1,901 H. Clarv 1,327 Wm. Case 2,000 O.D..le 1.411 J. F. Dewey 1.000 J. C. R. Eastman 1,187 John Gardiner 7,522 F. A. Gilbert 1 095 0. W. Head 1.000 L. (i. Harknegs 41.000 D. M Harkness 21,000 Wm Humphrey 1,500 JI. .M. Hester 1,40(1 N. i;. Havward 1,000 D. S. Humphrey 1.000 S. V. Harkness^ 120,000 G. J«c. .Ijson 1,200 A. Lindsley 1,1S5 L. Thomas 1,510 W. R. Little 2,000 H. Loeb 1,800 S. B. Martin 1,077 C.E.Newman 3.110 D. Packard fi.750 Total amount of ta.'i S. C. Perkins J A. Pattison D. R. Patrick C. E Pennewell A. W. Prentiss C. P. Prentiss D. H. Pease Isaac Powell W. D. Roberts R. B. Russell J. S. Roby Ruel Roby Henry Roby. . Edwin Reed H. M. Sinclair T. R. Strong James Sawyer George Sawyer ... . P. H. Schuyler LA. Shepard Lsaac Underbill Theodore Williams . A. E Warner Wheaton Wickham , T. Worcester V. Warner Amos Woodward . . . Edward Williams . . . John Wright David Weaver H. M Wooster D. F. s. ■ J. 1,494 8,242 1,000 1,085 2,500 4,000 1,351 1,000 2,282 4,754 1,186 1,276 1,186 2,603 10,200 1,773 2,696 3,044 3,.378 4,000 1,800 .3,500 1,156 1,231 1,000 1,4.39 1,1.56 20,000 1,8.56 3,000 15,000 1,500 .830,919.57 SE(.-OXl) inviSI(.)N — JOHN IIARXES, ASSESSOR. John Barnes Si 8iil J. B Bissell . • 8 (.1(111 H ('. Breckenridge 1 '*.'<9 Moses Bilstine 1,000 John (1. Berry 1 :J9!I R. Bevier 1,117 A. Barrett 1.981 J. Bremaman 1,001 Z. Barrett 2 iXi N.Carl 1.159 Mrs Cubertson 11,59 George (ianong 1.145 H. Hulibard 1.0(58 S Hau-\l(((rst 1,0S9 .Samuel Hester 3 501 L, Kilburn 88, R Knowlton 1, L D King 1, E Lovell 1, Wm. M Mead 1. Aranson Sutton 2 Alanson Sutton 2, D. W. Slocum 1, A. S, Suttun 1, Philip Upp 1. H. G Washburn 3. J Willia(us"n 1. J H Wheel.-r 1 J. C. Washburn 1 Ab'm Yeaman 1 291 0,56 060 ,108 561 675 706 168 095 004 90U 018 ,806 458 500 MANl'FACTL-RE,S, 1870. Erie Co. Huron Co. Establishments 678 806 Steam engines 40 54 Water wheels 6 23 All hands 2801 801 The number of horses in Erie county for about twenty years past has ranged from two extremes, live thousand seven hundred and thirty-five in 186.5, and six thousand two hundred and seventeen in 1802. Usually the number has not varied more than a hund- red from six thousand head for many years. The number of horses in Huron county has not, in many j-ears, greatly varied from ten thousand, the number in 1862 being ten thousand four hundred and eighty-one, and a few years after being reduced to about nine thousand six hundred. C H A I' T E K XVII. THE PBESS Newspapers, more properly than actors, are " the abstract and brief chronicles of the times." They not only narrate for the people of a cotemporary age the passing events, but eml(alni the facts of the pres- ent for the information of future generations. They put on record the present in detail, and as printing is "the art preservative of all arts," so are the newspa- pers the preservers and perpetnators of current his- tory. They are a reflex, as a rule, of the thought and action of their time; store-houses of facts and fancy; treasuries of information in regard to the morals and the men of the time in which they are edited; unfailing indexes of public opinion, and transcripts of the minds that make them. While the editor of a newspaper shows to his read- ers the various happenings in the world, and com- ments upon them, he, unconsciously, perhaps, but nevertheless surely, exhibits his mental and moral nature, and so it happens that in turning over the yellow leaves of the old newspapers of the Fire-lands we know something of the men who were then mana- gers, and "read between the lines'" the records of their lives and the peculiar traits of their character. A great work was accomi)lislied by the pioneer jour- nalists of the Western Reserve, for they, laboring against almost every conceivable disadvantage, aided the development of the country, and each in- some degree bettered the condition of its people by ad- vancing their thought, and Ijy keeping them abreast of the world in knowledge of pulilic affairs, ijolitics and principles. The history of a newspaper can- not be written. We give only the dry facts of a course of existence which in some cases has been long, and in some brief, but, we can truly say, in all, beneficial. The press in Huron and Erie coun- ties has been in tiie hands of men worthy of their high office, and it stands the test of comparison with that of any similar section of country. Its record has been one of steady development. It h;is kept ahead and led the march of improvement. How great the growth from its pioneer days, the date of the "Ramage" pres.s, and scanty news facilities, to the present era of enlarged scope I We present, in the following, a brief compilation of facts in regard to the various pai)ers of the past and present in the Fire-lands: 56 HISTORY OF HUKOX AND EEIE COUNTIES, OHIO. EUIE COUNTY, SANDUSKY. THE SANDUSKY CLARION. The i)ioiieer newspaper of the Fire-lands was first issued upon the 34tli of April, hS23. David Camp- bell, who arrived from the east about 1820, associated himself with Adonijah Champlin, his brother-in-law, who, however, never liecame a partner, and December 15, 1821, issued proposals and a prospectus for the publication of the Oliio lUitndiiator. The proposi- tion met with favor from the very start. The business men and tlie citizens generally, of Huron county, took hold of the matter Avith spirit, and subsequently, lists were zealously circulated throughout the village and county in which it was reasonable to believe a constit- uency could be secured. Tlie project was so warmly espoused by the people, that >Ir. Campbell immedi- ately began preparations for the puldieation of the paper in .March, as he had in his iirospectus jiromised to do. He liad his tyjtes and press on luind Ijy the 10th, but as the sul.iscription lists had not been re- turned, and being a very cautions kind of man, Mr. Campbell delayed the publication until he could be assured of amjjle support, and conseijuently the paper was not issued until the date above given. In the time intervening, between the inception of the idea and its realization, the pioneer editor had met with some discouraging experiences. His partnei', Mr. Champlin, who had gone east, was prevented by sickness from returning, and a certain class of the people, who, then as now, have nodoubtof their entire competency to conduct a newspaper better than the editor, made objection to the name, Ohio Ilium inntor, as improper; and perhaps with better reason than ordinarily possesses fault finders, for the iiroprietor seems to have been convinced by them, and in confor- mity to their wishes adopted the name Sandusky Clarion. Tlie initial number of the Clarion was, of course, a folio, in size tweiuy-four by thirty-eight inches. It was printed upon heavy, coarse paper, in the manner of typography then common, all of the type in both reading matter and advertisements being from the same font. It was printed in a small story and a half building which stood upon the corner of Columbus avenue and Water street, wjiicli was used also as a dwelling l)y Mr. Campbell. Snbscfiueiitly the ottlce was removed to the " Old White store," and from thence to the " Ohl Portland House " on Water street, which was burned some years after. In stating the aim of his journalistic endeavors, .Mr. Campljell s|)oke particularly of the deep interest that eastern peojile felt in tlie ]irogress and develoi)- ment of the '• Sandusky country," and said that he should '-spare no pains in giving such information in regard to it as might lie intere-=ting to emigrants," adding that it would " bean agreeable task, if experi- ence shall warrant it, to correct the unfavorable reports so prevalent in the western jiart of New York and I'ennsylvania rehitive to the unheahbfulness of til.' climate." concluding by asking infoiniation in regard to the matter. The salutatory closed with the followinu- paragraph, indicative of the course of the Clarion, viz: " I am more anxious to form a charac- ter for the Clarion, by the manner of conducting it, than by gratuitous promises; these general remarks may suffice, until time has developed the opinions of the editors and established the reputation of the paper.'" For a quarter of a century the pioneer paper of the Fire-lands was conducted upon the plan here fore- shadowed, and with a degree of success that was creditable to the sagacity and probity of its proprie- tor. He was untiring in his efforts to establish for his paper a reputation for candor and straight- forwardness, and made it much more of a news paper than were most of its contemporary journals, even in older and better fields. It was the third on the Western Reserve — the Cleveland Herald, aiul the Western Reserve Chronicle, at Warren, Truniliull county, then existing. Mr. Campbell was for many vears sole proprietor of the Clarion, but was from the beginning assisted in the office by his nephew, John K. Campbell. The latter finally became ]iartner. After a few years the nephew retired and was suc- ceeded by George W., the eldest son of David. As the other two sons, Benjamin F. and Henry C, be- came of age, they were received into the concern, when the firm name was "D. Campbell & Sons." The i)aper was several times enlarged, and was con- tinued, under the control of its original jiroprietor and his partners for twenty-nine years. Benjamin F. and Henry C. died many years ago. (reorge W. is now, and has been, for many years past, a resident of Delaware, Ohio. The father deceased several years since (July 28, 1801). • ' . Mr. Campbell was pre-eminently a man of honest, modest worth in private life, and in professional capacity and the combination of admirable traits made up a character which very naturally won and held the respect of the peojile with whom about forty years of his life were jiassed. He died at his residence in Sandusky, July 28, ISGl, at the age of sixty-eight years. The iiaper that he founded in 1822, and which was for five years the only one in the Fire-lands, was con- ducted under the name of the Clarion, until it had att;iined the age of twenty-five years, when it wa made a daily paper, and its name was changed to the Daili/ Samlnskian. In tiie year 1851, Mr. Campbell sold the paper and printing ofKce to Earl Bill, now clerk of the United States district court for the northern district of Ohio, and Clark Waggoner, after- wards editor of the Toledo Coniinenial. Tiiey jnib- lislied daily, tri-weekly and weekly editions under the name of tiie Commerriul liefiister. In 18.52, the files of tlie Clarion were consumed by fire. In 1852, Henry D. Cooke became interested in tiie ])aperand for tvvelve years it was luiblished by the firm of Henry D. Cooke & Co. In 1855, Orville .J. Vic- tor entered the firm, taking charge particularly of the 1 HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES. OHIO. 57 local and literary departmeiits ol' the paper. In 1S5<) .Mes;;rs. Bill ami Waggoner retired, and in the fall of the same year Mr. Victor also left the concern, leaving Mr. Cooke sole proprietor for a time, but in the fol- lowing year Mr. C. C. Bill became a partner. Mr. Cooke retired from the firm to become editor of the Sfdfe JoKi-nal, and Mr. Waggoner to take ciiarge of the Toledo Blade. In May, ISGO, the whole estab- lishment was sold to H. C. Johnson and A. II. Agard. In ISGl, Mr. Bdl accepted the position of United States marshal. They sold out in 180.5 to General Nettleton and Judge Waterbury, wiio published the pajior until March, 1869, when the interest of the former was transferred to I. F. Mack, who in com pany with Judge Waterbury conducted tlie Journal until tlie fall of 1870, under the name of tlfte Register Printing Company. Judge Waterbury retired on the 1st of November, 18?(», and from that date until 1874, when Mr. Joliii F. Mack became associated witii his brother as partner. These gentlemen con- tinue the publication of the Reyistev under the firm name of I. F. Mack & Bro., and issue three editions of the Register — daily, tri-weekly and weekly. The paper is republican in polities, thoroughly edited, enterprising in its news departments, of good tone and high repute. THE REPUBLIC.\N STANDARD was established in 1832 by E. & J. H. Brown, but had not a remarkably long lease of life. It was de- scribed by the Reflector as being of a super-royal' size; its appearance, decent; its political character, Jefler- sonian. THE COMMER(;IAL ADVEKTISEK was issued for the first time' in April, IS-l--^, by M. II. Snyder & Co. It was discontinued in the fall. THE DEMOCRATIC MIRROH was started in December, 184-^, by William S. Mills and Sylvester Ross, the same type being used that had been purchased for the Commercinl Advertiser. In 1847, John Mackey purchased an interest in this pa])er, and the firm of Mills, Ross & Mackey con- tinued the publication until May, 1849, when J. W. Taylor took the place of Mr. Mackey. In 18.53 the Mirror establishment was sold to Joseph and Field- ing Cable, and the name of the paper was changed to The Hay C'ilfi Mirror. After a short time the Cal)les sold out to Asa Dimmoek wiio, after a few montiis, sold to Ray Haddock, Es(). The daily edi- tion was discontinued at this time. In May, 1856, Charles H. Orton, formerly of the Xnniudk E.rperi- iiient, purciuised the paper, and two years later sold it to iiis son, T. S. Orton. The publication of the paper was suspended about a year after. THE SANDU.SKY .lOURNAE. In the fall of 1805, Messrs. A. D. Kinney and F. B. Culver opened a job printing office, and the next j'ear J. C. and A. D. Kinney began the publica- tion of a weekly paper called the Sandusky Jonrn<(L It was started as independent in politics, but in the Greeley movement it advocated Greeley's election, and the local candidates of that I'arty. It is now identified w'ith the Democratic jiarty. THE IXTELI.IiiEXTE RLATT. In 1851, Messrs. Augustus Riemmele and Herman Ruep commenced the publication of the first German pajier in the city, and gave it the name of the Intelli- gente Blatt. Mr. Ruep was the editor. Mr. Ruem- mele was accidentally killed on the Mad River & Lake Erie R. R., near Castalia, in September, 1857. The paper was continued by Ruep & Co. till 1859; Ruep and Frederick Kelly, editors. In the latter year, the concern was sold to Messrs. Jacob Neuert, H. Hamel- stein and Charles Bachy. J. Lippart was the editor. In November, of the same year, the concern was sold to Eugle & Co., and the paper was then edited by A. Thieme and Frederick Reidling. In May, 1861, Mr. Beidling became the sole editor and proprietor. The Blatt was a democratic jiaper till J 854. when it became republican. THE BAYSTADT DEJIOKRAT. In 1850, the second German paper was commenced by Louis Traub, and edited by H. Ran, and was called the Baystadt Deinokrat. In the fall of the sarne year, it wal sold to Frederick Hertel, sole pro- prietor and editor. It was democratic. In 1873, Messrs. Hertel, Seun and Ernst, who were joint owners and editors, changing the name to the San- dusky Democrat. About a year ago, Mr. Ernst sold out to Mr. Senn, who is now sole owner and editor. Several other German papers have, at different times, been started, but failed to be sustained. MILAN. THE MILAN" FREE PRESS was started in February, 183(i. i)y Warren Jenkins, and discontinued in April of the following year, the editor removing to Sandusky where he began the pub- lication of an anti-masonie paper. THE MILAN TRIlllN'E was published here from 1843 to 1851. by Clark Wag- goner. IIIK MILAN ADVERTISER. was first issued by its present proprietor aliout the first of December. 1869, as an advertising sheet until after the holidays. It was issued weekly for six weeks, and subsequently every fortnight for three mouths. Until the first of April it was issued for free circulation, but at that date it was made a regular iniblieation as a five-colum folio, the subscription being fi.\ed at one dollar per year. It was soon after enlarged to si.\ columns, and in June, 1875, was made a seven column paper, and the i)ricc was advanced to one dol- lar and fifty cents per year. Upon the 1st of January, 58 HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. 1876, the paper was changed to the quarto form and made five columns in size — just double the size at which it was started, and without further increase of price. It is now in its tenth year, and is still under the management of its original proprietor and editor, A. H. Balslej, who is also the owner, manager and editor of the Findlay, Hancock county, Jeffer.sonian, and the Attica, Seneca county. Journal. HI RON. THE COMMERCIAL ADVERTIiSER. The first newspaper published in Huron was the Huron Commercial Advertiser, a weekly journal is- sued January ITth. 1837, by H. C. Gray, now a resident of Painesville, Ohio. The press was de- stroyed by fire December 12, 1838. Auotiier press was obtained, and the publication resumed March 2, 1839, and continued till April, 1812. THE BEACOX. The publication of auotiier weekly journal, the Huron Beacon, by Mr. Haddock, was commenced in 1853, and discontinued the next year. THE TIMES. Huron next had the benefit of the Huron Times, published by James L. Sweeny, but as Huron patron- age was too limited to support a literary journal of that class, Mr. Sweeny moved to Saildusky, and com- menced publishing a Sunday journal. HURON COUNTY— NORVVALK. THE REPORTEH. Here was issued, in 1827, the second paper pub- lished in the Fire-lands, the Norwalk Reporter. Its editors and publishers were John P. McArdle and Henry Buckingham. The former had, as early as 1814, published a paper at Clinton, Ohio, and later at Mount Vernon, being one of the oldest printers in the State. The Reporter was published, at a later date, by McArdle and G. T. Buckingham, under the firm name of G. T. Buckingham & Co., and was dis- continued in 1830. This paper was printed upon a Raniage press, the second that crossed the Alleghanies, obtained in England, and first used in 1794, at Wash- ington, Pennsylvania. It was afterwards removed to Sandusky, and from thence to Titlin. THE REFLECTOR. The Huron Reflector, now the oldest paper in the Fire-lands, was first issued February 2, 1830. It was published at Norwalk, upon a Stanlniry, and with new type (small pica), brought by wagon from Cin- cinnati for the purpose. The paper was of neat ap- pearance and large size. Its publishers and proprie- tors were Samuel Preston and G. T. Buckingham, under the firm name of Preston & Buckingham. Mr. Buckingham retired upon the 1st of August. 1831, and the ])ublication of the paper was continued by. Samuel Preston & Co., until 1834, when the partner- ship was dissolved, and a new firm was constitued by Iklr. Preston and his son C. A. Preston, by whom it was published until the death of the former in March, 1852. The paper was then published for two years by C. A. Preston and F. Wickham, when the latter gentleman became sole proprietor. John R. Osborne was connected with the paper, as editor, in 1843, and G. T. Stewart from 1848 to 1851, inclusive. F. Wickham retained the sole ownership of the paper until 1805. when the proprietorship was changed to the firm of F. & W. S. Wickham. W. S. Wick- ham withdrew October 1, 1873, and his place in the partnership was filled by James G. Gibbs. The Stanbury press, of which the first editors were doubtless tery proud, gave place, many years ago, to an improved power press, and this again was improved upon by the inti'oduction, in 1872, of one of the Cin- cinnati cylinder presses, of the mammoth size. An engine was put in at the same time, and the first steam printing in Huron county was performed dur- ing that 'year at the Refecfor office. It was also in 1872 that the ])aper was changed in form from the old fashioned folio to a seven column quarto. The Refecfor was originally independent in politics, but about 1835 espoused the cause of the whigs, and upon the formation of the rejmblican party, became an ex- ponent of its principles. THE WESTERN INTELLIGENCER was started in June, 1833, by John Kernan and Myron H. Tilden, which, about six months later, be- coming the pro]iertv of the latter, was removed to Milan.^ THE EXPERIMENT was first tried in 1835, the first numljer being issued upon August 20th, by Samuel S. Hatch and Jo.seph M. Farr, and having a very creditable appearance. It was democratic in politics, and bore conspicuously printed at the head of its columns the names of Mar- tin Van Buren and Richard M. Johnson, as candi- dates for the presidency and vice presidency of the United States. The paper was strongly and fearlessly edited. Up to August, 1843, the proprietorship of the paper remained unchanged, but at that time Mr. Hatch withdrew, and Mr. Farr continued alone until the fall of 1845, when he sold out to Charles J. Or- ' ton, Esi|. Mr. Farr again became proprietor in the year 1840, and remained in possession until 1854. In this year James H. Rule and W. W. Redfield then became owners of the pajier, and remained in part- nership until August 31, 1858, when ilr. Rule re- tired. Mr. Redfield remained in charge until August, 1805, when he sold out the office to I. F. & J. L. Clark. In May, 1809, the paper was purchased again by Mr. Redfield, who lias since then been its exclusive owner, though the establishment was leased to Messrs. J. H. & C. H. Rule, on the 24th of May, 1875, for one year. At tlie end of tlint time Mr. Redfield again took sole control of the paper till November, 12, 1877, I HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. 59 "when C. H. Rule became a partner in the office, since which time the publishing tirm of tlie Experinieat has been Redlield & Rule. The paper at a very early day in its existence out- grew the modest meaning of the name its founders chose for it, and has ever since been making advance- ment, so that while it is by name the Expcriincuf, it is in reality a very thoroughly established enterprise. It is the second oldest paper in the Fire-lands. THE HUKO.V COUNTY CHRONICLE was started in March, 1875, by George B. Pratt and E. J. Hammer, and after passing through several ownerships, in the spring of 1878, came into the hands of Findley & Dodds, who have since then con- ducted it to the satisfaction of a large number of p-itrous. Though young, it is well established, and favorably known. THE HURON COUNTY DEMOKRAT, the only Geraiui newspapjr in Huron county, was started in 1877, by Hammer & Barr, and the present proprietor, Martin Ruff, became its owner in June of the same year. It was started as a republican paper, but is nijw democratic. BELLE VUE* The newspajier, the great engine of modern pro- gress and enlightenment, has had a history in the village of Bellevue very like that of the early pioneer settlers — a history of adversities and failures, and of ultimate success. To-day there are two newspapers in Bellevue, generously supported by as enlightened and thrifty peo]ile as this country can boast. The tirst venture was made by G. W. Ho]ikins, in the fall of 1851. He opened an office in the old Howard house — now defunct — on Monroe street, and issued THE BELI.EVUE (JAZETTE. with the still more jiretentious title of Huron, Seneca, Erie, and Sandusky Adrvrfiser, having a spread eagle at its mast-head, bearing a scroll with "open to all" emblazoned upon it. The paper was a five-column folio, in coarse type, de- voted to current news and the ventilation of such ideas as contributors were ambitious to furnish. C. C. Cook, at present chief of the village tire de- partment, served in the capacity. of "devil," thus being the first " jirinter's devil." His most vivid remembrance is tliat of his duty to ink the forms on an old wooden Franklin press — a duty with little sentiment ami no poetry to allure him on to contin- ued service. The jjeopie felt disposed to give the paper a fair support, but its editor was a victim to that human bane — strong drink: so, after a brilliant l)ut brief career of six months, the fledgeling per- ished. * By H. F. Baker. In April of 1S(!1, Mr. 0. H. Chajiman opened a printing office in Si[uire"s block, corner of Mam and Sandusky streets, and issued THE ItEEI^EVCK I XHEl'EX DEXT, a seven-column folio, devoted to general and local news. This was the first year of the great rebel- lion, and it would seem that the stirring events of those times should furnish the necessary pabulum to make it a success. But it continued only a short time, and then perished for reasons not now apparent. We now come to consider the first successful pajier established in the village — one to which the town is largely indebted for many of its most valued im- provements, being always intensely devoted to the welfare of the place and the advocacy of such i)ublic works and measures as would secure its greatest pros- perity. We therefore think its editor worthy of more than a passing notice. Mr. E. P. Brown says of him- self that he was Ijorn at Oxford, Ohio, March 5, 1842, of distre.ssingly poor but outrageousl)' honest parents, and claims that the laws of hereditary transmission have not, therefore, allowed him a fair chance. His early life was one of toil, with little ailvantage in the way of education, an old darkey preacher being his best tutor, but was successful in obtaining a "sheep- skin" in a public school and valedictory honors. He learned the trade of ])rinter in the office of the Oxford Citizen at the age of fourteen, when he obtained em- ployment in a Cincinnati job office. He enlisted in the Thirteenth Ohio volunteer infantry at Urbana, Ohio, in 1801, and fought the enemies of his country for two years, lacking a week — serving in all the en- gagements of that regiment until the battle of Shiloh, when a rebel bullet between the eyes placed* him liors (III combat. He was left for dead, and was thus reported, and had the pleasure of reading his own obituary, containing much of a laudatory nature, a jirivilege seldom accorded the human family; l)ut subsequent events show him to l)e an exceedingly lively corpse. His wound gave him an honorable discharge from the Thirteenth, but he finallv re- entered the army in the one hundred day service as substitute for a Dutchman, in the One Hundred :ind Sixty-Seventh regiment, receiving three hundivd dollars therefor. After the close of the wai-, .Mr. Brown casually made tlir aei|uaintance of William L. Meyers, of the Tiffin Triljiine, who proved a fast, firm friend, and jiropo.sed that, since Bellevue was an excellent jilace to establish a paper, they emlnirk together in the enterjjrise. They did so, but, at the end of the first six weeks, Jlr. Meyers be- came discouraged and sold his interest to his partner for four hundred and fifty dollars, on a year's time. Mr. Brown himself had li.id bui two years' exi)erience in editorial work, and never managed an ottiee on his own resjionsibility, hence he entered upon it with fear and trembling, almost certain he would fail inside the first six months. The outfit of type was purcha.sed of the Franklin foundry, amount- i 60 HISTOiiY OK IIUROK AJS'D EIMK COUKTIES, OHIO. ing to eifflit huiulreil and tweutv-tliree dollars. A si.\-columu Washington hand press and a half-niftdium Wells" jol)ber was purchased second hand of other parties for two hundred and thirty-seven dollars. This comprised the outfit, (hi Saturday, August lU. 1867. the first nuniher of THE HELI.EVIK (i.VZETrE Saw the light. The interest taken liy the liusiness men in the success of the j)aper, is shown by the ma- terial aid they accorded it. C. A. Willard, a leading business man, solicited all the subscriptions. Busi- ness men pledged one thousand two hundred dollars, deposited in Sinclair's bank, to be paid at the first issue.and taken in advertising during tlie first year, which was conscientiously done, and made tlie caj)ital used by the energetic, intelligent and careful manage- ment of Mr. Brown, insuring success. At the time the first number was printed, an all- alisorbing interest gathered around the press. In- deed, the room was full, and as the clean, handsome tweuty-four-column sheet was taken off the i)ress. Mr. Will.ird's rhapsody was beyond expression. I'eter Brady, present village mayor, was jjresent, and as deeply interested as any until, in looking over the church notices, the blunder was discovered of dub- bing him Rev. Peter Brady, pastor of the Catholic church. This was too much, and any idea the editor may have had that ilr. Brady was a member of the clerical profession, was immediately dispelled then and there. Proper correction being made, the print- ing of the edition proceeded. Under Mr. Brown's careful management and the fulfilment of every anticipation the citizens mav have liad as to !he benefits the village would derive from the paper, it proved an unbounded success, and all fears on his part of a failure were dispelled like clouds before the morning sun. In the course of the next three years Mr. Brown purchased a Hoe cylinder rail- road press at a bargain, one which originally belonged to Dan Rice, and was used to print his show bills. This enal)led him to branch out in the business. He, therefore, engaged in fui-nishing ready prints for other offices, and introduced steam. Business increased on his hands until Mr. Aiken, the originator of the ready print method of publishing newspapers, made him a very advantageous offer to accept the manage- ment of a new establishment in Cincinnati, which he did. and ultimately became as he is now the sole pro- prietor — only another example of what pluck, enero-y and good management will do. Mr. E. J. Hammer bought the (iazi-ttc wlien Mr. Brown went to Cincinnati, entering upon its manage- ment .luly 1, 18T4. Mr. Hammer was not a laro-e man, but had large ideas aspiring to greater things than the conduct of a one-liorse country i)aper. Although that was very well done, yet his more ambitious views led him to unite with A. B. Pratt to start tlie Xonnilk- Chrouitlv which being a county paper, was a step, at least, in the direction of Ex- celsior. He finally turned the Gazette over to his father. Rev. George Hammer, of Van Wert, Ohio. The old gentleman, though vitv kindly disposed, had little or no practical skill in the |iublishing l)usiness, hence fouiid it an elephant on his hands. In the spring of 1877, he sold it to Messrs. C. D. Stoner and 8. C. Thonii)son. the present i)roprietors, under whose care the jiaper thrives, finding a cordial, generous support among the people of the community, whose attachment for an old friend was j)roof ag;iiiist mismanagement of the former projirietors, as well as the machinations of enemies. At the time, Mr. E. .1. Ilannuer had started the Chrouide. and therefore eoiitenii)hited the sale of the Gazette, as well as removal to Xorwalk, H. F. Baker, son of Hiram Baker, one of the early pioneer settlers in Lyme township, proposed to l)uy it, Imt unable to agree upon the price, he decided to purchase new ma^ terial and start another i)aper. He had really no ex- perience in the printing business, but. his son, H. L. Baker, had mastered some of the intricacies of the trade in the Gazette oftiee. and having a natural tact for it, they together hoped to make their venture a success. This determination was acted upon; an office was opened in the new I'nion lilock, and on Thursday. October 21, 1S7.">, the first numlier of THE liKLLEVlE EdCAI. NEWS was issued. The paper flourished from the start. Being managed with full average ability, and by those I ■ _■'**•',■'* <«k; '.^ ."- ,^'^} ' ' ' ' brought up 111 the eonununity, well versed in all its lore, it represents the local interests of the town with greater intensity tlian any other has been al)le to do. In April. 1S7S. ilr. Baker purchased tlK^old Burling- ton stone building, contiguous to the new city hall, and tearing down the old front, rebuilt of brick in the same style of the city hall, which together make as fine a liloek among the many fine Inisiiiess houses, as the town can boast. The in-oprietors put steam presses and an engine into their new (piarters, and are now conducting a flourishinc business. HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. «;i PLYMOUTH THE PLYMOUTH ADXEKTISKH was fDiiiuled (Ictoljer '). 1853, by James Hol)iii.soii and I). R. L(xke (Xashy. ) Two yeans later it was dis- posed of to A. H. Balslej, of St. Clairsville, O., who contimied in its niauagemeut till January 30, 18C9, when he disjiosed of it to Mr. J. M. Beelman, of Plymouth. Up to that time it wa.s a seven column folio and the only pajier in that i)art of Richland and Huron counties. In August, 1872, J. Frank Beehnau was admitted as a partner in the business, and in December, 1870, he purchased the remaining interest in the pa|)er and is now both editor and pro- prietor. Tlie Ailrciiiscr has ever been a re])ublican paper. MONROE VILLE THE ilOXUOEVILLE S1'E(T.\T0){ was first issued October, 18Tt>, by J. F. t'lough, as a seven column folio, and was enlarged to an eight column soon after. It was subsequently made a six column (|uarto. The paper w;is purchased by L. M. Wilkinson September 7, 1870, and he assigned the managemeut to W. H. Wilkinson, who is at present in charge. THE MOXKOEVILLE XEWS was established October 16, 1878, l)y C. W. Clough as a seven column folio, and was afterwards changed to a five column quarto. The publication was sus- pended in 1879. Both of these papers were neutral in politics. NEW LONDON. THE .V(;iT.\T()K. The lirst paper in New London was the .{(jifdfor, jiublished for a short time by Mr. Brewster. THE XEW LONDON' TIMES was started by Charles E. Manchester, just before the close of the war. The paper eked out au exis- tence for two years and died for want of support. The material was purchased by a number of New London merchants and about a )'ear after Manches- ter's failure Mr. E. L. Atkinson, of West Salem, began the publication of the Tinu's. He was com- pelled to suspend in less than a year. THE NEW LONDON KEIOKI) was started in 1870 by F. A. Whitmore. In 1872 he left town and George W. Runyan, the present owner, then au em]doye in the office, purchased the material and began issuing the paper as his own. Soon after the entire office was destroyed by fire, but u[ion January 1, 1873, he l)egan again with new mate- rial, and succeeded so well that a year later he was obliged to enlarge liis paper to the size of an eight column (piarto. FAIRFIELD THE NORTH F.\UU-IELD (iAZETTE was a short-lived paper, started in 1857 by the Rev, Robert McC'une and J. R. Robinson. It was suc- cessively but not successfully owned by Robinson & Lee and by 0. B. Chapman. During its short career the paper was well edited and readable. W AKEM AN. THE RIVERSIDE ECHO was a small paper, started in 1873 by Melvin Lewis. It was enlarged frgm a four column quarto to a six column, and in 1875 was removed to North Amherst, Lorain county. September 18th, 1875, THE W AKEM AN PRESS was established by G. H. Mains. The office was sold out in March, 1877, to A. E. Mains, G. H. Mains acting as manager. In this county papers have also been published recently at Chicago Junction and Collins. The former was known as the Herald, and its proprietor was 0. J. Powell, formerly of Wapakonetta. The paper was so short-lived as to be hardly worthy of mention. The Collins paper was the property of Frank Miles. It was issued as a monthly until it reached its sixth or seventh number, and was then absorbed by the Wakeman Indepmdeni Prexa. C H A P T E R X \- II I . THE PIHE-LANDS HISTOKICAL SOCIETY. The initial movement toward the organization of the Fire-lands Historical Society was made, when, upon May, 20, 1857, a few prominent pioneers as- sembled informally at the court Ifouse, actuated with the laudable desire of making an effort to jireserve from oblivion the early history of the settlement of the "sufferers'" land — a land bought with the ashes of hapjiy ruined homes. There were but a few per- sons present — Piatt Benedict, Rev. Alfred Hetts, Philo Wells, Philo Adams, Seth A. Adams, Horace Hall, P. N. Schuyler, and Harvey Ft)wler. After some consultation upon the foasibibility of effecting an organization, the meeting was adjourned to .lune, 17th. But little was accomiilished beside the ap- pointment, upon motion, of the Rev. Alfred Betts, of a committee of two persons, in each township, whose duty it should be to collect and reduce to writing, all facts and statistics, in relation to the early settlement of their respective townships, and report the same to the secretary. The committees were constituted as follows: Vermillion, Wm. H. Crane, John Murgan: Flor- ence, T. S. Fuller, D. Chandler; Wakeman, J. Sher- man, C. Miinvel; New Loudon, J. Miller, Thomas 62 "HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. Smith; Rnggles, B. Sturtevaut, H. Sackett; Green- wich, J. Barnes, S. H. Gibson; Fitchville, J. C. Cur- tiss, R. Palmer; Hartland, Elijah Bills, D. Minor; Townsend, D. H. Manville, B. Benson; Berlin, I. FoAvler, Z. Phillips; Huron, Rev. S. Marks, Rev. H. C. Taylor; Milan, A. Minuse, C. B. Choate; Nor- walk, Piatt Benedict, Dolen Read; Brouson, M. Kel- logg, D. Warren; Fairfield, Dr. J. N. Campbell, A. Benson; Ripley, Gen. D. G. Barker, Wm. Bacon; New Haven, R. Bly, A. Brewbaker; Greenfield, S. C. Parker, H. Spencer; Peru, S. Atherton, R. Eaton; Ridgefield, Rev. E. Eaton, John Sowers; Oxford, Wni. Parish, A. W. Prout; Perkins, J. House, Gen. W. D. Lindsley; Portland, Hon. E. Cooke, F. D. Parish; Margaretta, H. Fowler, Rev. C. Smith; Gro- ton, E. Bemiss, S. Rash: Lyme, L. G. Harkness, J. K. Campbell; Sherman, J. Manley, C. Bloomer; Norwich, G. H. Woodruff, J. H. Niles; Richmond, D. Sweetland, J. Geesy; Danbury, William Kelley, Frank Dwelly; Kelley's Island, Datus Kelley; Clarks- field, S. Husted, E. M. Barnum. The above committees were afterwards somewhat changed. Z. Phillips was appointed for the township of Berlin, m place of S. Fowler; Charles B. Sim- mons, for Greenfield, in place of J. C. Parker; Robert Carpenter, for New London, in place of Thomas Smith; James Cudderback, of Vermillion, in place of William Morgan; A. G. Stewart, of New Haven, in place of Rouse Bly; Levi R. Sutton was added to the committee for Peru, and William W. Pollock, to the Ridegiield committee. A number of other changes were made before the work assigned to the commit- tees was completed, but they remained substantially the same. A grand reunion of the pioneers was held at Noi'walk on the Fourth of July, 1857, which created much enthusiasm, and brought many of the early settlers to a fuller realization of the importance of gathering the early history of the settlement and de- velopment of the country. An address was delivered by the Hon. Eleutheros Cooke, of Sandusky. June 17, 18.57, another meeting was held, at which the following officers were elected: Piatt Benedict, president: William Parish, Ek'ntiiems Cooke, Z. Phillips, Seth C. Parker, John II. Niles, vice presi- dents; Charles A. Preston, treasurer; Philip N. Schuyler, recording secretary; F. D. Parish, G. T. Stewart, corresjiondiug secretaries. Piatt Benedict held the office of president until his death on the ^.'jtii of October, 18(ifi. At the annual meeting in 1867, Judge Zalmunna Phillips was chosen to the office. He held it until 187.5, wlien P. N. Schuyler was elected president. The ol)ject3 of the Fire-lands Historical Society as declared in the constitution, are to collect and pre- serve in proper form the facts constituting the full history of the Fire-lands; also, to obtain and i)reserve an autlientic and general statement of their resources and productions of all kinds. In pursuance of this object, the society held annual and quarterly meetings, which were addressed upon topics of historical interest, by the prominent pio- neers; established a valuable cabinet of curiosities, and began the publication of The Fire- Lands Pioneer. This publication was first issued in the form of a neat pamphlet, from the press of the Sandusky Register, in 1858. Thirteen volumes have been issued, — the last bearing the date July, 1878 — containing sketches of the townships, personal memoirs, dissertations upon various appropriate subjects, obituaries of de- ceased pioneers, and miscellaneous selections of in- teresting matter. The society has performed a work which can only with difficulty be appreciated by those who have had no practical knowledge, through experience, of the arduousness of the task. The meetings have been held with regularity, and have been prolific in good resufts, among which the chief is, perhaps, the fur- therance of social well being, the creation of new and the strengthening of old friendships, the awakening of sympathetic feeling, and the revival of happy memories of the olden time. The work of securing from oblivion the facts of tiie early settlement of the country, and the memoirs of the sturdy, brave souls who developed it, is one which will be more fully and widely appreciated as the years roll on, and the last of the honored pioneers of the Fire-lands has passed over to the great majority. AGRICULTURAL. THE FIRST SOCIETY IX THE FIRE-LAXD.S. In pursuance of a notice published in the Huron Reflector in 1833, a meeting was held at the Court House in Norwalk, on the last Friday of' June, and then and there was effected the organization of the Huron County Agricultural Society, the first of the kind in the Fire-lands. The following officers were elected : President, Amos Woodward: Vice Presi- dent, Timothy Baker; Directors, Lemuel Morse, Levi Barnum, Lester Cone, .John Millen, John Falton, Aaron Corbit, Arunah Eaton, Wm. P Mason, Daniel Beach, Charles B. Simmons; Treasurer, Eoen Boalt; Secretary, John V. Vredenburgh. The first fair was held in the fall of 1833. An address was delivered by T. B. Sturges, Esq. The premium for the Ijest aero of corn was awarded to George Powers, who had a yield of si.xty-three bushels; best half acre of potatoes, John Daune, one hundred bushels; best half acre beets, John V. \'redenburgh. The only article in the line of "house- hold utensils" on exhibition was "an improved cook- ing stove,'" upon wliich William Gallup took a premium. After the division of Huron county, the society was reorganized, and had for several years an exist- ence under the name of the Huron and Erie Counties' Agricultural Society. In 1852. the directors adopted a series of resolutions, in whicii they expressed them- selves as believing (hat the general interests of agri I HISTORY OF UURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. ()3 culturo would be best subserved by the existence of separate societies in each of the counties of Huron and Erie. Tlie resolutions were only adopted after a warm debate. In accordance with a resolution that a committee of three from each county be appointed, to close up and adjust the funds belonging to the society. C. E. Newman. D. A. Baker and Giles Boalt were appointed from Huron, and J. F. Reynolds, H. Chase and L. S. Stowe from Erie. This com- mittee held a meeting at Milan, and reported that they had found in the treasury $.511.10, of which amount they gave Huron county §299.06 and Erie nV2.oi Tlie vear following the dissolution (18.5.5) was formed the ERIE COl'NTV AURICTLTURAL .SOCIETY. ^' A meeting was held at Huron in F'ebruary, at which a constitution was adopted and the following officers elected : President, J. T. Reynolds; Vice President, Harvey Chase; Secretary, F. D. Parish; Treasurer, Charles N. Ryan; Directors, R. H. Rogers,- Margaretta : John Thompson, Berlin ; A. W. Prout, Sr., Oxford: Elijah Bemis, Groton; Elam Ward, Milan. The first annual fair of this society was held at San- dusky, in the month of October, 1855. The commit- tee of arrangements consisted of the following gentle- men: .1. F. Reynolds, F. D. Parish, F. T. Barney, P. Gregg and H. B. Lane. The fair was a great suc- cess, and the prosi)erity of the society, in that its tirst essay in the systematic encouragement of agriculture, was the first in a now long series of successful exhi- bitions. The society has fine grounds in Sandusky, is generally regarded as one of the strongest local organizations of the kind in the State, and its activity and pnjsperity is constantly upon the increase. ^ HfUON' COIXTV AlJRIcrLTlKAI. SOCIETY. • Pursuant to a call published in the county papers, a large numl)er of citizens interested in agriculture met in Everett's Hall, in Fairfield, January 17, 1855, for the purpo.se of effecting the formation of a county agricultural society. The society then and there organized was the Huron County Agricultural Society. G. T. Stewart, Samuel Atherton •■id. Union White, B. T. Hunt and A. McPherson were appointed a com- mittee to draw up a constitution, which they did to the satisfaction of the convention, as it was immedi- ately adopted. Fifty-two members united with the society and signed the constitution. The following officers were elected: Union White, president; I). A. Baker, Henj. H. Hinkley, vice presidents; W. Mana- han, treasurer; J. C. Curtis*, Jr., secretary. The society held three fairs at Olena and one at Fairfield, after which tlie place of exhibition was changed to Norwalk, where it has ever since been. Until 1872, the society had the use of grounds which were insufficient and unsuitable for their purpose, but in that year the present grounds were purchased of John Gardiner, and were, sometime subseipiently, fitted up by the erection of buildings, stalls and vari- ous improvements, at a cost amounting to eight thousand dollars, five thousand of which was a sub- scription fund. In 1875, the society was still in debt over six thou- sand three hundred dollars: and, in accordance with an act of the legislature, and the question being sub- mitted to the people by a popular vote, the township of Norwalk paid to John Gardiner, from an unexpi-nded fund raised by taxation for railroad purposes, but declared unconstitutional, the sum of six thousand three hundred and fifty dollars, receiving from him a warranty deed of the thirty acres of land included in the fair ground. The township then, through its trustees, leased the grounds to the Huron County Agricultural Society for a term of twenty-five years, to expire in the year 1900, for a consideration of only twenty-five dollars per year, the agricultural society being bound, under forfeiture of its lease, to keep in good condition the grounds, trees and shrubbery, to maintain its organization, and to hold upon these grounds annual fairs. The first fair held upon the new grounds was in 1873, and was very successful. The committee of improvements consisted of Giles Boalt, 0. W. Haws, J. W. Bostwick and John Gardiner. THE HL'ROK COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY, an auxiliary of the American Bible Society, is the oldest organization existing in the territory, at pres- ent, included in Huron and Erie counties. It was organized in 1825. Upon March 15th of that year, a meeting was held in Norwalk of "sundry inhabit- ants of Huron county, (a number of citizens from various and distant parts of the county.)" Piatt Benedict was called to the chair, and Zachariah Marvin appointed clerk. After adopting a constitu- tion, the meeting was adjourned. On June Cth, another meeting was held, at which the first officers who served the society, were elected. They were the following: President, Ichabod Marshall; Vice Presi- dents, Robert S. Southgate, of Bronson; George (r. Baker, of Florence; Jabez Wright, of Huron; Timothy Baker, of Norwalk; Amos Woodward, of Lyme: John B. Johnson, of New London; Moor Far- well, of Sandusky, and Ephraim JInuger, of Milan; Corres-ponding Secretary, Ralph Lock wood; Recording Secretar}-, Zachariah Marvin: Treasurer, Milton Jen- nings; Directors, William Kelley, of Perkins; Richard Fally, of Margaretta; Francis Strong, of Lyme; - Andrew Hauford, of Sherman: Elisha Steward, of New Haven; Eli Holaday, of (Jreenfield: Harry 0. Sheldon, of Peru; Zebediah Morse, of Ridgefield; James Strong, of Oxford; Philo Adams, ef Huron; Jasper Miles and Bildad Adams, of Milan: Piatt Benedict, of Norwalk; Nathan Tanner, of Bronson: Joseph Crawford, of Fairfield; Samuel Brown, of Greenwich; Rundle Palmer, of Fitchville; Obadiah Jenney, of Clarksfield;.Eli S. Barnum, of Florence; ./ 64 HISTOEY OF HUKON AND EKIE COUNTIES, OHIO. Clark, of Vermillion; Benjamin Bailey, of Townsend: John Fuller, of Eldridge; Justus Miner, of Wakeman; Azel Miner, of New London; Bradford Sturtevant, of Ruggles; Joseph Ramsdell, of Dan- bury, and Gayus Munger, of York, Sandusky county. This society celebrated in 1878, its fifty-third anni- versary. Its life has been, as might be supposed from its strong organization, a vigorous one, and its work extensive and valuable. MEDICAL. Dr. Moses C. Sanders was the president of the first medical society that had an existence in the Fire-lands. This is a fact shown by the aj)pearance of his name signed to a call for a meeting of the society, June 4, 1833, and published in May of the same year, in the Sandusky Clarion. Nothing further appears in re- gard to this medical society, in the files of old news- papers, and the records, if there ever were any, are now undiscoverable. It is probable that the organiza- tion liiid but a short life, for THK KOIRTKEXTH t)ISTKI(T .M EDICA L SOCIETY was organized in 1834, and as it was a large, and for a number of years a very prosperous society, it in all likelihood crowded the smaller one out of existence. Following is the first newspaper mention of this or- ganization: Medical Notice —Pursuant to an actio incorporate medical societies for tlie purpose of re ulating ttie practice of physic and surgery in this State. I hereby notify the medical gentlemen, resident in the counties of Richland. Huron, Lorain, Sandnslsy anil Seneca that a meeting will be holdenat Norwalk, the lastTuesday of May next, at ten o'clock, a.m., for the purpose of organizing a medical societ.v agreeable to said act. It is expected that there will be a general attendance of physicians of this district, as the eleventh section of the act provides that no person, other than menibers of one of the medical societies in this State sliall be per- mitted to practice physic or surgery after the 1st of July next. Norwalk, April 10, 1SS4. Daniel Tilden. The above and the following are from the Sandusky Clarion., the latter being in the issue of June 3, 1834. Communication. — .Agreeable to the act, on the 2.Mh instant, came on at Norwalk the first meeting of the Fourteenth Medical Society in this State. The meeting was full, and upon the whole, we were much pleased with the respectable display of parchment. At three o'clock the gentinien jiresent proceeded to organize by choosing — Dr. Tilden, of Norwalk, president; Dr Anderson, of Sandusky, vice president; Dr. Mantor, of Elyria. secretary; Dr Fay, of Milan, treas- urer; Dr. Lucas, of Uniontown ; Dr. G C .Miller, of Mansfield; Dr Baker, of Florence; Dr Sanders, of Peru; Dr Strong, of Blooming- ville, censors. The annual nieeling of 183.5 wtts also held at Norwalk, a number of new members were received and the following officers elected: Nathan II. Mantor, ju'esident: Jcihn B. Johnson, vice jiresiilent; Amos B. Harris, secretary; Lyman Fay, treasurer; George G. HaUer, Moses C. Sanders, Daniel Tilden, Eli Dresback and Cliarlt-s E. Furd, censors. The third ;innual meeting was held May 30, 1830, and the following officers elected: Moses C. Sanders, president; George Anderson, vice president; Amos B. Harris, secretary;. Lyman Fay, treasurer; (Jeorge (i. Baker, Daniel Tilden. Xatiian II .Mantor. Daniel Bi';iinai'd, .Ir. . and .)(irl Luther, censors. The fourth meeting was held at Norwalk on the* 39th of May, 1837, and the otHcers elected were as follows: Allen G. Miller, president; George G. Baker, vice president; A. B. Harris, secretary; Lyman Fay, treasurer; George G. Baker, Williiim F. Kittredge, Moses C. Sanders, Daniel Tilden, and Eli Dresback, censors. It was shown that there were at that time the fol- lowing regularly licensed practicing physicians and surgeons in Huron county: George G. Baker, Daniel Tilden, M. C. Sanders, George Anderson, Lyman Fay, William F. Kittredge, William W. Nugent, C. B. Harris, H. M. Clark, Joseph Pearce, Andrew McMillan, Richard P. Christophers, Samuel Stephens, Charles Smith, Samuel B. Carjienter, W. Merriman, Lemuel Powers, and A. H. Brown, eighteen in all. The other counties of the district together had but sixteen. The following are the officers for 1838 and 1839: 1838 — President, George G. Baker; Vice President, Moses C. Sanders, Secretary, Amos B. Harris; Treas- urer, Lyrhan Fay; Censors, \Vm. F. Kittredge, Allen G. Miller, Eber W. Huljbard, Moses C. Sanders, Daniel Tilden. 1839 — President, Moses C. Sanders; Vice President, Daniel Tilden; Secretary, Amos B. Harris; Treasurer, Lyman Fay; Censors, George G. Baker, Nathan H. Manter, Wm. F. Kittredge, Wm. W. Nugent, Henry Kuhn. At the meeting in 1830, a resolution was passed approving the efforts then making for the suppres- sion of intemperance. Geo. Anderson was elected President. No mention of the society can be found later than the above years, and it is proljable that the organization was not sustained much later tlian the above date — the last one given. THE DELAMATER MEDICAL ASSOCIATIOX is the next in order, it was organized at a meeting of the medical profession of Norwalk and the neigh- boring towns, held at the office of Drs. Reid and Ford, November 18th, 1858. Drs. A. N. Reid, Thomas M. Cook, and L. Galpin were appointed to draw up a constitution, which, at a later session on the same day, was adopted. The constitution opened with a preamble exjtressing the fittingness of men of congenial minds and similar pursuits associating themselves together for tlie promotion of kind feeling and the free interchange of opinions, and in addition to this general sttitement of the objects of the organi- zation, prescribed certain rules for self-government, and further exhibited its aim in the fifth and sixth clauses lA' expressions in favor of adopting the code of ethics of the American Medical Association, and of constituting itself a court, before which should be heard all comiilaints of lireach of etiquette and all (piestions of ethics. The charter members of the association were Drs. Charles Smith, of Lyme; L. Galjiin and W. F. Dean, of Milan; Thomas M. Cook, of Monroeville; Wm. W. Stillson and J. AV. (ioodson. I HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. 65 of Helleviie; A. C. Eutoii, of Peru; S. McCarmon, of Greenfield; A. N. Rejid, J. B. Ford and Baker, of Xorwalk. Dr. Charles Smith was elected i)resi- ilent and Dr. J. B. Ford secretary. The society has, since its organization, held (quarterly meetings in the various towns of Erie and Huron counties where it has had members, for the consideration of subjects interesting to the profession, and for the furtherance of social relations and well-being. Its constitntion has been subscribed by many others than the few charter members, and bears the signatures of some of the most prominent jjhysicians of the jiast and present in both counties. It has now over twenty active members. R. A. Severance is its president, J. B. Ford, secretary, and C'. S. Kreider, treasurer. THE ERIE COUXTY MEDICAL SOCIETY, comiiosed of the allopathic jihysicians of Sandusky and vicinity, was organized, in the city just named, in the year 18.50, its members being Drs. Daniel Til- ('.en, Aaron Austin, E. S. Lnne. Chas. Cochran, l{obert R. McMeens and Landerdall. The first president was Dr. Tilden. and the secretary, Dr. Lane. The society, during the war, did not main- tain an active organization; but when the cause of distraction from civil pursuits no longer existed, it was resuscitated, and has ever since remained in active existence. Dr. H. .J. Donahoe was for many vears its ]>resident. and was succeeded by Dr. P. H. Clemens, the present incumbent. The vice presidents are Drs. Cook and Story, and the secretary. Dr. W. K. Page. The society has about twenty members, holds monthly meetings, and has done much to pro- duce social good fellowship among members of the profession. TEMPERANCE. THE lUHd.V COrXTY TEMl'EKAXCE LEA(;rE. This organization was a direct outgrowth of the very successful local organizations in Norwalk and other points in the county, and came into being June 7, 18.50. at which time, pursuant to call, a meeting was lirld in the Methodist Episcopal Church of Nor- walk. A preamble and i)ledge were adopted, and the following officers elected: Rev. S. C. Parker, president; (i. F. Stewart, secretary; Charles E. Newman, treas- urer. All of the officiating clergymen of the county who became members of the organization were made vice presidents. After this preliminary organization, tiie first an- nual meeting of the league was held at ilonroeville, Noveml)er 8th, of the same year above designated, and the following officers were elected: Rev, .J. C. Bowles, president; Charles K. Newman, secretary; Charles \'ancise, treasurer. At the next meeting, held at Xorwalk, Dert'iulK-r <;th, the constitution was so modi- tied as \o allow all temperance societies in the county to become auxilliary to the league. From this time on for several years temperance work was prosecuted with groat diligence and to excellent effect, a strong public feeling being aroused and much good accom- plished. ■ All of the clergymen and other pul)lic speakers who were willing to give their labor for the cause were enlisted in the work; it was decided to have one temperance address delivered in each town- ship every three months. The following gentlemen were enrolled as county lecturers, and made addresses in all parts of the county during the year 18.51 and the first (piarter of 18.5->: Rev. C. \V. Clapp, Rev. S. B. Page, Rev. E. S. (irumley. Rev. M. \V. FairHeld, Rev. E. P. Salmon, R-v. F. P. Hall, Rev. R. S. Lockwood, Rev. Mr. Boardinan, Rev. Alfred Newton, Rev. S. H. Waldo, Rev. Ira Smith, Rev. .John Kelley, John R. Osborne, S. '1\ Worcester, G. T. Stewart, Charles Kent, E. W. Tucker. DeMorris Pratt, D. II. Beckwith, Timothy Baker, Jr., C. F, Woodruff, B. T. Hunt, B. F. Roberts. It was arranged that (piar- terly meetings should be held in various places in the county, and that on the Fourth of July of each year should be held the annual temjierance celebration, which should also be a patriotic reunion of all who had the cause of temperance at heart. The speeches de- livered in the summer of 18.51, preceding the State election, on the adoption of the new constitution, with a separate vote on the section prohibitmo- license for the sale of intoxicating licpiors, had a great influence in throwing the vote of Huron county upon the anti- license side. The vote of the townships upon this question stood as follows: FOB AGAINST FOR AGAINST LICENSE LICENSE. LICENSE LICENSE Bronson . . - 116 73 Norwich . 65 67 Clarksrteld. . , 20 153 Peru . 65 62 Fitchville 3a 111 Richmond 7 38 Faii-fleld « 167 Kidgefleld Ripley 109 S9 Greenfield. . . 8J 99 47 88 Grt-enwicn . . . 76 38 Sherman . 56 39 Hartland 68 47 Townsend 108 61 Lyme 102 57 223 50 Wakenian . Total 34 . 1,4S0 6S Norwalk 225 New Haven. . . 149 1,635 New I.oDdon . . 73 113 The officers elected at the second annual meeting, held at Norwalk, July 4, 1851, were as follows: Gen. Jeremiah Cole, president; Charles E. Newman, sec- retary; Edward E. Husted, treasurer. During the excitement of the presidential cam- paign of 1852, the meetings were mostly suspended, but the'y were resumed in 1853. The following offi- cers were elected that year, the meeting being held July 4th, at Norwalk: James Green, president; Charles E. Newman, secretary; Edward E. Husted, treasurer. Following are the officers elected in later years: 1854, Frederick Sears, president; Frederick A. Wildnian, secretary; Erastus Gray, treasurer. 185I1. Charles B. Simmons, jiresident; Charles W. Manahan, secretary; Erastus Gray, treasurer. The league was disbanded in 1857, because of the slavery agitation, the disruption of old political jiarties, the formation of new ones, and the prevalence of various absorbing and exciting jiroblems in the nation. No attempt was made to revive it until 1870. A meet- ing was held upon the 8tli of .January of that year, and the following officers were chosen: Charles W. Manahan, president; Henry J. iSaldwin, secretary; Levi Kill)urn, treasurer. 66 HISTOKY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. This organized league did not long continue in ex- istence. Something was accomplished, but not much. The interest died out. and the league was a second time disbanded. After tlie wide-siiread and intense e.Kcitement of the crusade, in 18T3, had roused the people to an intensity of action before unknown, the Huron county temperance league, at present in ex- istence, was organized upon a strong basis, and in- cluding all other temperance societies, both townsliip organizations, and those having a county breadth. The first officers of the new league were elected at a meeting held 3Iay 'ii, 1874, at the Methodist Episco- pal church in Xorwalk. They were as follows: N. S. C. Perkins, of Xorwalk, president; Jlrs. E. Sum- ner, Bellevue; MrS. S. T. Guard, Monroeville; Mrs. R. C. Powers, New London; Mrs. Danforth, Peru; Mrs. L. S. Johnson, Peru, vice presidents; Mrs. H. Brown, Norwalk, secretary; Mrs. T. H. Drake, Mon- roeville, treasurer. The present officers of the league are: Rev. C. C. Creegan, president; Jlrs. H. E. Farr, secretary; ilrs. M. A. C'orwin, treasurer. The league has constantly kept up its organization, has Ijeen one of the most active in the State, and is, at the present writing, in a thoroughly prosperous condition. THE farmers' exporting COMPANY OF HURON COUNTY, was one of the earliest organizations effected in the county, and was, for a short time, of considerable importance. No records of the organization exist, and only a little light is thrown upon the nature and object of the society, by the brief notices that are to be found in the files of the Sandusky Clarion. It appears that the Farmers' Exporting Company was organized some time prior to 1822, for an advertise- ment, dated July 26tli, of that year, calls a "meeting to be belli at Captain Boalt's inn, in Norwalk, for the purpose of taking measures for the transportation of a drove of cattle to the east.'' There were many difficulties at that early day, in getting a market for what little could beraised in excess of consumption, upon the Reserve, and this company assisted mate- rially, for a few years, the farmers of the company, who could do but little except by organized effort. When, or by whom the company was formed, does not fully appear. The directors were Luther Coe, Ebenezer Guthrie, John MclMillen, Raymond, and Effeuctus Starr. HURON COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION. The earliest Sunday school union of which there is any record, was organized in 1825, at a meeting held in Norwalk, ar.d was known as tiie Huron County Sunday School L'nion. It remained in existence but a short time. The following were its officers: Rev. John Beach, president; Rev. Enoch Conger, David Gibbs. and Asahel Morse, vice-presidents; Icliabod Marshall, treasurer; Zachriah Marion, secretary; Henry Buckingham, depository. The Sunday school union of Huron county, now in existence, was organized July 29, 1863, at a meeting held in Xorwalk, pursuant to^call, and attended by a large number of the churches of the county, with- out regaid to denomination. Judge Parker, Henry M. Holliday, C. E. Newman, Rev. J. D. McCord. S. B. French, E. Bemiss, Rev. L. Bailey, R. G. Can- nings, D. B. Simons, N. H. Spencer, J. L. Patton, and Rev. G. H. Walter were appointed a committee to draw up a constitution. " The object of the union," as stated in this con- stitution, "shall be to unite all evangelical christians in the county in efforts to promote the cause of Sun- day schools, establishing new schools where they are needed, and awakening an increased interest and efficiency in such as are already in operation."' The first officers of the union were as follows: N. S. C. Perkins, jiresident; C. E. Newman, correspond- ing secretary; Rev. J. D. McCord, recording secre- tary; Joel Smitli, treasurer; C. E. Penuewell, Rev. C. F. Lewis, and Rev. L. Bailey, central committee; Rev. A. Newton, Norwalk; Mrs. Johnson, Bronson; Rev. C. Moors, Fairfield; C. A. Willard, Lyme; Rev. J. E. Weed, Ridgefield; John Saunders, Peru; John Sherman, Wakeman; D. B. Simmons, Townsend; Rev. J. H. Walter, Milan; D. Laughlin, Hartland; J. L. Patton, Clarksfield: Judge Parker Greenfield; A. Morrifield, New London; J. H. Niles, Norwich; Rev. J. C. Thompson, Fitchville; Rev, F. C. Paine, Ripley; Reuben Linden, New Haven; E. Bemiss, Groton; Samuel Dodd, Greenwich, vice-presidents. The Sun- day school t tlie [UMson- ers constantly on the ijNt vive. ready for any desperate idvcnture until after the fall of Petersburs. In view of the contingencies on the frontier, and in order to hold these posts with a less force, the con- struction of three forts was begun in the fall of 1864, one on Cedar Point, and two on the island. Laborers could not be hired at the wages offered, and the eoloiie! of the One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth detailed men from the regiment, who did the greater part of the work, including the mechanical. They completed the forts, and the magazines, and mounted the guns. This work was done in the most inclement seasons of the year, without extra pay, and at a time when tlie other details were very heavy. But in this instance, as in all others, officers and men applied themselves to the duties Ijefore them with an intelligence and zeal which promiitly overcame difficulties, and attained the desired result in a very creditable manner. Soon after the surrender of the rebel armies, in the spring of 1865, the prisoners on the island were reduceil to about one hundred and fifty. The One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth left the island on the 10th of July, 1865, and was mustered out of service on the 17th at Camp Chase. ONE HUXDRED .^NI) SEVENTY-SIXTH OHIO VOU'KTEER INFANTRY. This regiment was organized at Camp Chase, Co- lumbus, Ohio, September 21. 1864, for one year. As soon as the organization was completed, the regiment was ordered to Nashville, Tennessee, and assigned to the Second Brigade, Fourth Division, Twentieth Army Corps. Soon after its arrival, it was detailed to perform provost guard duty at Nashville, and during the seige and battle of Nashville, it was in the works; but with the exception of a few companies, under Major ('um- mings, the regiment was not engaged. Quite a num- ber of the officers and men were veteran soldiers, and their knowledge and experience gave the regiment considerable reputation for proficiency in drill and discipline. The regiment was mustered out of service at Tod Barracks, Columluis, Ohio, on the 18th day of June, 1865. ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-SECOND OHIO VOLl'N- TEER INFANTRY. This regiment was organized at Camp Chase, Ohio, March 9, 1865, anil starteil to the field four days later. It arrived at Halltown, near Harper's Ferry, Virginia, March 16th, and reported to Brevet Major- General John R. lirooke,- commanding provisional division. On March 20th, it was assigned to tlie Second Brigade. Strong picket lines were main- tained, and some skirinishing occurred. On March 31st, the division marched through Charlestown, re- nowned for the execution of John Brown. It was afterward stationed at Stevenson station, and Heed's hill, above Winchester. Here the care of the entire country, including Luray valley, devolved upon the Commandant of the regiinenl. These onerous duties i 78 "BISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. were (lischarged to general satisfaction. The conduct of the men was exemplary. The regiment stood high in the brigade and division for drill, discipline, and efficiency. All the field, and a majority of the staff and line officers, had served in the army previous to entering the One Hundred and Ninety-second, and many in the ranks were scarred veterans, who had faced the enemy on many bloody . fields. The regi- ment was mustered out at Winchester, Virginia, Sep- tember 1, 18G5. It arrived at Columbus, Ohio, at midnight, September 3d, and was paid and discharged on the 6th of September, 1865. ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIXTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. « This regiment was organized at Camp Chase, Ohio, and mustered into the service on the 35th of March, 1865. It immediately started for Western Virginia, where it was assigned to an Ohio brigade at Win- chester. Here it remained until July, and gained the reputation of being a well-drilled and well-disciplined organization. In July it was ordered to Baltimore, and assigned to duty in the fortifications around the city, a portion of it being sent to Fort Delaware. On the 11th of September it was mustered out at Baltimore, Maryland, being the last volunteer or- ganization in that dejiartment. Of the thirty-eight officers composing the field, staff and line, there were only two who had not served over two years, and the majority had served during the war in other organi- zations. More than two-thirds of the men had belonged to other regiments, and had been honorably discharged for wounds or expiration of term of service. The men who composed the regiment were mostly young men, and as an organization it was probably excelled by but few in appearance, discipline and soldierly bearing; and though the regiment was not entitled to inscribe on its colors the name of any engagement, still nearly every battle field in the Union was represented in its ranks. O.N'E HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVENTH OHIO VOLUN- TEER INFANTRY. This was not only the last regiment which Ohio sent to the field, but also the last complete organiza- tion wliioli the State raised for service during the rebelhon. Of its officers all except five had seen active service in other commands, and nearly one-half of tiie men were experienced soldiers. The first com- pany was mustered in on the 28th of March, 1865, at Camp Chase, and the organization of the regiment was completed on the 12th of April. It was recruited to a total strength of one thousand and six men, but by the casualties incident to barrack life its effective force was reduced to about nine hundred. On the 25th of April it left Camp Chase by rail for Wash- ington City, and on its arrival received the news of the surrender of General Johnston's army, dispelling every pro8i)ect of active service. Tlie regiment was temporarily assigned to the Ninth Corps, and was quartered near Alexandria; from here it went by rail to Dover, Delaware. May 31st, it moved to Havre de Grace, and engaged in guard duty. The regiment re-assembled at Camp Bradford, near Baltimore, and was mustered out July 31st. It was paid at Tod Barracks, Columbus, Ohio, and disbanded on the 0th of August, 1865. ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-EIGHTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. There were eight companies of this intended regi- ment fully recruited and assembled at CamiJ Chase, all of which had been mustered into the service by compi^nies, but not as an organization. Before the ■ maximum was reached the "Confederacy" collapsed, and the men were sent to their homes. FIRST REGIMENT OHIO HEAVY ARTILLERY. This regiment was organized as the One Hundred and Seventeenth Ohio Infantry, at Camp Portsmouth, September 15, 1862, with eight companies of seven hundred and ninety-six men — aggregate strength. On October 2d, it moved into Eastern Kentucky. In January, it aided in dispersing a portion of Floyd's army. In February, it was ordered to Covington. During the spring it was engaged in numerous expe- ditions to Cynthiana, Paris, Lexington, Mount Ster- ling and interior points, to meet Morgan and other guerrilla thieves. On the 2d of May, 1863, the regi- ment was ordered by the War Department to be changed into the First Heavy Artillery, Ohio Volun- teers, and recruited to the maximum strength of that organization. August 12th, it was so reorganized with twelve companies, of five officers each, and one hundred and forty-seven men, and an aggregate strength of one thousand eight hundred and thirty- nine officers and men. Company M was recruited entirely from Erie county. During its recruitment it constructed the fine and extensive fortifications around Covington and Newport, making Cincinnati one of the strongest fortified cities in the Union. Companies H, K, L and M were stationed at Camp Nelson, Kentucky, under Major Matthews. In Jan- uary, 186-1, the regiment moved to Knoxville, Ten- nessee, and assembling at Point Burnside, remained there till February 29th, when it started over the mountains in the heavy snow and very cold weather of that winter, under command of Major M;itthews, and arrived at Knoxville, March 0th. In June, four companies were stationed at Loudon, and a detach- ment at Strawberry Plains. In August, Wheeler made his raid in rear of Sherman's army, and was driven from Sweetwater to Strawberry Plains, a dis- tance of one hundred and fifty miles, by the regiment. The regiment moved to Cleaveland, Tennessee, Octo- ber Tth, and soon thereafter to Chattanooga. It joined in the cavalry raid against Saltville, and on the return of the expedition in December, as a pro- visional brigade, under Colonel Ilawley, covered an extensive foraging expedition on the French, Broad j HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. and Cluicky rivers, in East Tennessee and North Carolina; during the winter of 1864 and 1865, occupy- ing Danbridge, Allen's Ford, Leadville, Greenville and Newport. With constant detached fighting with guerrillas of \'aughn's and DehrilFs commands, a large amount of grain, beef and pork was obtained and floated down to Knoxville. In the spring of 1865, the regiment was assigned to the First Brigade, Fourth Division, Colonel C. G. Hawley, onminanding. In con- nection with General Stoneman"s raid and the general advance of troops, thebrigade moved toward Virginia and North Carolina, and occupied the mouth of Roane Creek and Taylorsville in East Tennessee, and State Gaj), Boone, Watauga Gap and head of Yadkin, in North Carolina, shutting up all the mountain passes to the retreating rebels in Virginia. After the surrender of Lee and Johnston the brigade was sent down to Ashville, North Carolina, thence to Raban's and Saluda Gap. and at Webster, Tennessee, received the surrender of the hostile Indians, two thousand strong, under the chief, the rebel Thomas. Return- ing to Greenville, Tennessee, the regiment remained in camp till July 15th, when it started homeward for the muster-out, and was discharged and paid at Camp Dennison, August 1, 1865. BATTERY B, FIRST OHIO LKiHT ARTILLERY was organized at Camp Dennison, and mustered into the service October 8th, 1861, with an aggregate strength of one hundred and forty-seven men. It reported to Gen. George H. Thomas, at Camp Dick Robinson. The first experience it had in tlie field was a brisk little affair at Camp Wildcat, in which it fired twelve rounds and silenced one of the enemy's guns. November 5th, the battery moved to Fishing Creek, and for a mouth did scouting duty. It remained here until January ITth. and moved to Mill Springs, where it was engaged in the battle, and did very effective service. February 10th, the battery moved to Louisville and embarked on transports for Nash- ville, where it arrived March 4th, 1862. Here it* was assigned to Barnett's Artillery Reserve, and until July 10th was engaged in expeditions through middle Tennessee. It was at the battle of Perryville, but was not engaged. At the battle of Stone River it was involved in the disaster on the right, but suc- ceeded in withdrawing all its guns from the field. It lost seventeen men killed, wounded and missing, and twenty-one horses killed. June 24th, it joined in the advance on Tullahoma. At the battle of Chica- niauga it was charged repeatedly by the rebels, and at last overwhelmed and compelled to leave two guns in the enemy's hands. It was cooped up- in Chatta- nooga and suffered all the privations of the siege. October lOtli, it went into quarters at Black Oak ridge, where it remained until the battle of Chatta- nooga. It then moved to Nashville. January 4, 1864, sixty-five of the original mem- bers of the battery re-enlisted as veterans and were furloualied home. Returning to Nashville, in March, it reported on the 16th at Bridgeport, Alabama, where it remained until July, 1866. It was then sent home to Colum- bus, and mustered out, being one of tiie last organi- zations to leave the service. THIRD OHIO VOUXTEER CAVALRY. This regiment was organized in September, 1861, at Mouroeville, Huron CDunty. It was largely recruited from Huron and Erie counties. On Janu- ary 14, 1862, the regiment niovetl to Camp Dennison. In February following, it went to Jeffersonville, Indiana. It arrived at Nashville, Tennessee, March 18th, and on the 2yth it left for Pittsburg Lauding. Arriving there on the 25th of April, it encamped four miles from the river. During this march Major John H. Foster went with a detachment to Mount Pleasant, and captured a large quantity of bacon which was turned over to the quartermaster. May 4th, the first battalion went on a reconnoisauce. At Monterey the enemy were met and driven back to their main body. The Third then moved to within ten miles of Corinth. Here Major Foster advanced to within sight of the enemy's lines. In falling back, he was followed by the rebels, and a brisk fight ensued, resulting in the death of twelve rebels. May 27th, the enemy was discovered in force on the line of the Menijihis railroad, west of Corinth, engaged and routed. After much marching, the regiment went into camp at Winchester, July 18th. Leaving this camj;) August 14th, the regiment and division moved to McMinnville. Here Major Foster took his battalion to Dunlap, five miles from this point. The enemy's pickets were encountered and driven in. Foster then returned to his division. September 3d, the division marched to Nashville, thence to Gallatin and Mum- fordsville, where it arrived on the 21st. On the same day, the first battalion had a sharp engagement with three times its own numljer, and drove them into their works in three separate charges. It lost twelve wounded and two killed. The enemy lost thirty-eight killed and sixty wounded. On the 22d of September, marched to Louisville, and on October 1st, resumed the pursuit of Bragg's rebel army. Near Bardstown, in an attack upon the enemy. Major Foster was disabled. On October 20tli, a detachment of the Tliird, some two hundred and fifty, acting as special escort, were captured by John Morgan's thieves. After being robbed of their valu- ables, and dismounted, they were paroled, sent into the national hues, and ordered to Camp Chase, Ohio. The remaining portion of the second and third Ixittalions were next stationed on the line of the rail- road from Bowling Green to the vicinity of Gallatin. John Morgan's guerrillas lay at the last named place. Colonel Zalim sent a detachment on a reconnoisance to Gallatin, to ascertain Morgan's strength and posi- tion. The rebel pickets were captured, and the re- quired information obtained. At daylight, the next morning, the cavalry, supported Ijy a brigade of in- 80 HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. fantry, comniaiiderl l)y Colonel C. G. Harker, attacked Morgan's camp, and succeeded in capturing his camp eciuipage and a large number of prisonei's. Morgan retreated to Lebanon, Tennessee. Here for the first time during an active campaign of seven months' duration, the second and third battalions of the Third Cavalry met the first battalion under novel circumstances. Colonel Zahm, on approaching Gal- latin, was attacked by a cavalry force, which proved to be his own first battalion. This unfortunate mis- take was probably the cause of Morgan's escape at that time, he being apprised, by the rapid firing, of the approach of the national forces. From Gallatin the regiment moved to Hartsville, Tennessee, where it went into camp. A detachment, under command of Captain E. M. Colver, under orders, went up the Cumberland river to Carthage, to inter- cept a drove of mules and rebel stores, whicli were being removed by rebel quartermasters, and accom- panied by an escort of Morgan's guerrillas. After a chase of twenty-six miles, fording the Cumberland river four times, they succeeded in capturing tlie entire rebel train, and drove off one hundred and forty six mules, routing the escort to the train, killing three, and capturing seventeen prisoners, among whom were two rebel quartermasters and a paymaster. During the time the regiment was in camp at Hartsville, it was almost daily engaged in skirmish- ing. In December, this portion of the TJiird Cavalry, moved to near Nashville, and here the first battalion joined its regiment. December 21st, a reconnoisance in force was made to Franklin, Tennessee. The rebels were driven from the place, and some prisoners captured. The forces then returned to Nashville. In this affair the notorious rebel guerrilla, thief, and murderer, Dick McCann, was relieved of his antici- pated Christmas dinner by some of the boys of the Third Cavalry. December '■itith, the regiment took position on the right of Rosecrans' army, near Franklin. On the 27th, a second attack was made on Franklin, which resulted in a complete rout of the enemv. The regi- ment then moved toward Ti-iuiie. and at night en- gaged the enemy. On December 29th, a reconnoisauce in force was made. On the evening of the 30th, the regiment was assigned position on the extreme right. At two o'clock on the morning of the .31st, the first battalion being on picket duty, apprised Colonel Zahm. of the advance of the rebel forces. The brigade was placed in line of battle, and the tii-st liattalion formed as skirmishers. At four o'clock in the morning the skirmish line was driven in, and the lirigade attacked by Wheeler's rebel cavalry. After two hours' fighting, through superi- ority of miml)ers. the reliels forced the main portion of the brigade from the field. During the niornincr of tiieSl.'it. the "rebs'" (•a])tiired (ieneral McCook's corp-: ammunition train, and was removing it from the field. The second and third battalions of the Third Cavalry, who withstood the slioik, and remained at their posts, made a dash at the enemy and recaptured the train, taking one hundred and forty prisoners, and killing a number of rebels and horses. During the afternoon of the 31st, the regiment lost, in sustaining a charge made by the rebels, thirteen killed and a large number wounded. At noon of January 1, 18G3, the Third Cavalry left the field to escort a train of four thousand wagons for Nashville, after supplies. The train was attacked at Stewart's creek by Wheeler's rebel cavalry, and the regiment, supj)orted by the Tenth Ohio Infantry, re- pulsed the rebels with severe loss. Later in the day the train was attacked by the same force. A portion of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, eight hundred strong, being the rear guard, was attacked and com- jiletely routed by the rebels. The Third Cavalry, in the rear, came up and met the enemy. A sharp fight ensued, lasting until after niglitfall, in which the rebels were repulsed. The train was safely taken through to Nashville, laden with supplies, and re- turned to Murfreesbor(j'. After the battle of Stone River, the Third Cavalry was sent in pursuit of the enemy, and near !Middleton, Tennessee, attacked his rear guard and captured one of his trains. The regi- ment then returned and went into camp at Murfrees- boro'. While stationed here, the second battalion was detached, and reported to Colonel Hazen, at Ready- ville. Here it skirmished frequently with John Mor- gan's outlaws. While in camp at Murfreesboro', a detachment of the third battalion, while on a scout, was attacked and completely surrounded by the ene- my. A demand was made for surrendei-, and refused. Lieutenant Brenard, in command, ordered a saber chai-ge, and cut his way through the enemy's lines with slight loss, taking a number of rebel prisoners. On the general advance of the army from Jlurfrees- Ixjro', in July, 18G3, the Third was engaged in skir- mishing almost daily. In the Sequatchie valley the enemy was encountered, and a running fight of three days' duration ensued. During the battle of Chieka- mauga the regiment occupied a position on the ex- treme left, and afterwiird moved in pursuit of the rebel Wheeler's cavalry, through Tennessee, engaging them at McMinnville and Farmington. The latter engagement was a handsome and successful cavalry fight. Wiieeler's forces were completely routed and demoralized, large numbers of the rebels being killed and ca))tured. In this engagement the Third Cavalry lost two men killed and twenty-three captured. In Noveinber. lSt)3, detachments of the regiment scouted through the mountains of East Tennessee. In January, 18iU. at I'ulaski, Tennessee, the Third Cavalry re-Onlisted. (_)f the original number of thirteen hundred, only four hundred effective men were left at this date. On the 4th of February, it left Nashville for Ohio, and ivaelied Monroi'ville. where it met with a cordial recc|)tion. On March 2. lS(i4, the Third re- assemliled at Monroeville. Tiirough the efforts of Major Charles W. Skinner and Captain E. M. Colver, neariv one tiiousand riMTuits wt're t'nlistcd. and on its II HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. 81 irtuni \>< till' front at Naslivillc. it iimnlicrcil over fifteen luuulred t^trong. At Xasliville it was rr-i'i|uip- |ie(l, arnu'il and niDunted. About May It^t. the Third moved from t'ohmiijia. Tennessee, as the advance guard of the Seventeenth Army Corjis. At Courthmd, Alahania. the regiment was engaged with tlie rehfl (ieneral Rhoddy's com- mand. Tlie rel>els were muted with the loss of a lieutenant-colonel, major and ni)ward of thirty men killed and wounded. Reaching Rome, the Tliird Cavalry was assigned to a jiositioii on tlie left tlauk of ShernKin"s army, and jiarticipated in the engagements at Etowah. Kenesaw Mcjnntain. Noonday Creek, and at tile crossing of the Chattalmorhie river. It was sent to Roswel], (ieorgia. to destroy the reliel stores and factories at tinit place. In this affair four hund- red factory-girls were captured and sent through the lines. At McAfee Bridge; on July 9th, four com- panies of the Third Cavalry, under command of Captain E. ^I. t'olver, engaged a superior force of rebel Texan cavalry, killing a lieutenant and seven men, and cajjturing a large nnmber of prisoners and horses. The regiment was engaged in tlie battle of Peacli Tree Creek and Decatur, and in the raid to Covington, Stone Mountain, and in the Stoneman raid, in each of whicli it suffered severely. After the occupation of Atlanta the regiment encamped at Decatur. Georgia. It was sent in pursuit of Hood. It was engaged in the battles of Franklin, and before Nashville. It was engaged in the Wilson raid through Alabama and Georgia, and at Selma, Montgomery, Macon and Grif- fin. It was engaged in the chase after Jeff. Davis. Lieutenant D. C. Lewis and a numlier of other ofKcers were captured at Selma. Lieutenant Lewis was after- ward ]iaroled, and while on his way home, was killed in the explosion of steamer Sultana, near Memjihis. Under orders from General Thomas, the Third turned over its horses and arms at Macon. It pro- ceeded to Nashville, and was mustered out. from thence to Camp Chase, Ohio, whei'e it was paid off and dis- charged on the l-ith of August, isC.'), having served four years, — less twenty days. . COMPAXV -, THIKI) RE(;IMEXT OHIO VOI.f XTEERS. IMEX1CA.N WAR.) The following is the muster roll of a company in the Tliii'd Regiment of Ohio \'(ilunteers, cmnmanded by Colonel Samuel K. Curtis, and called into the ser- vice of the United States by the President, under the act of congress approved May 13. 18-K). .\11 but two were enrolled at Norwalk, by (iencial McLaughlin, and musteretl into service at Camji Washington, Cin- cinnati, Ohio, l)y Captain Shriver, June 24, 1S4<). They were discharged August 31, 184<>. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS . Captain Chauncey W'oodruff Second Lievitenaiit Owen Francis First Lieutenant William W. Rob iDson Second Lieutenant Edward T. C'roxford. NON-COHUISSIO.VED OFFICERS bergeaat Benjamin R. Pratt. Corporal Charles Tupper John .\ustin W^illiam W. Ackerman. Silas Bemus- Joseph Rosier Mathew R. Birdaell Charles Bailey* John Van Buskirk . Samuel Barus Albert Bartholomew Hudson T. Curtis Alexander Cole John D. Curtis George Clark . Leonard C. Cronk. William Church Milo Caton . Hiram A. Curtis. Orlando Chamberlin David M. Catlin George I>art. Joseph Dunlap. Samuel C. Dean. George S. Davis James Elliot Jasper flint. Cyrus Francis Samuel W. Gordon John Gingerich. George H. Goodwin .Teseph Hoover Slyvester Hoyt. John Jones Alfred Jacobs. Kewton Leonard Sidney C. Miller John McGookey . Tibius Mabie. Simeon Preston. Husted Pierce W^iUiam McPherson. George \. Read Henry Ray Joseph Smith . Edward D. Stephens .\lfred B. Stephens Samuel Shields Andrew I. Todd . Warren Z. Webster James A, Wilson Reuben I. Woolcot George Woolcot Harrj- VVoodruflf . Fry Williams Thomas Riley. James G. Wilson. Charles Burr. John Gruesbeck Ambrose Steel Charles Burr died at Brazos Santiago, July 38. 1S46, of solar remittant fever . John Gruesbeck died at the same place, July 31, 1840, of congestion of the brain Ambrose Steel was discharged at Matamoras, August 17, 1846. on sur- geon's certificate COMPANY C, FIFTEENTH INITEI) STATES IXFANTKY. This company served during the Mexican War as fol- lows: August 20, 1847, in the battles of Contreras and Cherubusco; September 8th, battle of Molino del Rey; September 11th, battle of Chepaultepec; and marched into the City of Mexico, under General Scott, September 14, 1847. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Captain J. A. Jones. Secomi Lieutenant Cornelius First Lieutenant G. A. Sutton. Ketchum NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS . Sergeant Fred. Laubenheimer Sergeant A. J. Dewaldt. Sergeant .Anthony S. Sutton Crawford White A. J. Sutton Joseph Kelble. Robert Buck. George A. Dean. Simeon Jones. Alfa Jfines PRIVATES. Lester Huvck Anda Riker William Boothe. .Joseph Maltby E. Little W-ard Zahn, and others whose names are f,irgott«n. Sergeant Ebenez-er S. Sacket. Sergeant Samuel Haskell. Sergeant Daniel Leslie. 11 Corporal Hiram Brant. Corporal Elie D. Eaton Con^cnil Samuel N. Terrillanim CHAPTER -X .\. ROSTER OF SOLDIERS. EKiHTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, CO.MPANY D. Mustered into the service at Camp Dennison, Ohio, June U, 1K61. Mus- tered out of service July la, 1H04. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Captain Franklin Sawyer, promoted to Major June «, 1801 ; to Lieuten- ant Colonel November 3, IHUl; ond to Brevet Brigadier Oenerftl March 1, 1805. First Lieutenant Daniel C. Daggett, promoted to Captain July 9, 1881; resignerl June 27, 1803. Second Lieutenant Anthony S. Sutton, resigned Marcli 1, 1863. 82 HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Fii-st Sergeant John Reid, promoted to Captain Februarys, 1863. Sergeant John G. Reid. promoted to Captain of Company H. Sergeant Salem T. Howe, discharged on Surgeon's certificate March 11, 1863. Sergeant John Briggs. killed in action at Antietam September IT. 1SI32 Sergeant Elijah T. Rust, killed in action at Winchester, Virginia. March Zi. l^^«3. Corporal Charles S. Manahan. promoted to First Lieutenant JIarch 1, 18ii4; killed at Spottsylvania Jlay IS, 1864. Corijoral Samuel P. Bonett. killed at Fredericksburg December 13. 1S6S. Corporal William W. Farmer, killed in action at Antietam, Maryland, September 17, imi. Corporal Ezra Stevens, mustered out at expiration of service. Corporal William Gridle.v. Jr . mustered out at expiration of service. Corporal Robert W. Park, discharged December 1. 13(j3, for disability. Corporal Ebenezer K. S. Buoce, died 3Iarch T, 1862, of wounds received in the battle of Winchester. Ooiporal Hubert W. Bowker, discharged August 8, 1882, by reason of wounds received at battle of Winchester, Virginia, March 23, 1862; promoted to Captain U. S. A. Musician, Albert Yeatman, mustered out at expiration of service. Aaron Alvord, transferred to Invalid Corps December 1.5, 1863. George H. Allen, dischai-ged May 11, 1862, for disability. Ira H Brooks . Silas Bemis. discharged January 20, 1862. for disability. Cornelius Booman. transferred to Company C, June 25, 1861 . Jay L. Curry, discharged October 27, 1862, lor disaTjility. Daniel F Curtiss. George W. Chandler, promoted to First Lieutenant, West Virginia Cav- alry Clarence Doneman. died October 18, 1861 . Joseph Dewaldt. David Ennis." Virgil N. Ennis. William S. Foster, promoted to First Lieutenant, Third Ohio Cavalry. Robert Foster, discharged November 22, 1862. by reason of wounds re- ceived in the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862. Frederic W. Fowler, discharged January 22, 1862, for disability Horace Fling. Charles Fisher. John Finn. William Grover, died at Grafton. Virginia, October, 1861 . James S. Graves, died December 17, 1862, Peter Griffln. transferred to Company C, June 25, 1861, Adam Haumer. discharged December 27, 1862, for disability. David W . Hindman Samuel Holmes, discharged Februarj' 1, 1862. for disaljillty Samuel Holmes, discharged for disability Lucius Hoyt. killed inaction at -Antietam. September 17. 1862 Charles Johnson, Joseph E. Jameson Nathan Jump Charles B. Keeler. died of disease in the service, George Klinnell, discharged February 1, 1862 Joseph B. Knox Daiid W. Long, transferred to Company C, June 25, 1861 Thomas Lee, transferred to Sixth United States Cavalry, October 82, 18t!2 Charles Locher, George H. Long, transferred to Company C, June 25, 1861 Michael McCarthy, discharged February 1, 1862, for disability. Peter A. Miller, died at Grafton, October 3, 18S1 . .John Man'in, joined Sixth U, S. Cavalry Thomas JlcHeury, killed near Wliitehouse, in battle, William Mountain, killed in action, at .\ntietam, JIarvland, September 17, 1862. Alexander Melville, killed at battle of Antietam. September 17, 1863. Thomas Matthews, died of wounds received in the battle of the Wilder- ness. William F. Parker, discharged for wounds at .\ntietam Wilson S. Parker, promoted to Sergeant Major. John F. Pjcraft. LuciusA. Palmer, discharged July 1,1862, for disability Henry G . Rust William Reynolds, discharged for wounds at Antietam William Raymond, discharged January !), 1862, for disability Josiah Raymond, discharged January 30. 1862, for disability, Casper Rhoner, transferred to Fourth Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry. June 41, 18t;4. Louis Rounds, transferred to Fourth Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, June 24, 1864; promoted to Captain John J. Reiber. transferred to Company C, June 25, 1861. Lewis S. Rouse. Hubert H. Russell, died at Oakland, October -i'l, 1861 Leo A. Sweet, discharged October27, 1861, for disability. Daniel Starks. transferred to Sixth United States Cavalry, October 23, 1863 Willliam Steef, died of wounds received at Petersburgh. Charles Stewart, transferred to Sixth United States Cavalry. October 23. 1862 Frank Shaffer, killed in action at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 3, 1863. George A, Scott, transferred to Sixth United States Cavalry, October 23, 1862 James Taggart. transferred to Sixth United States Cavalrj-. October 22, 1862. Joseph Taylor, transferred to Fourth Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, June 24, 1864 Evander White, David White, discharged for disability. October 7, 1862 William J Ward, died, December St. 18(5.3, at Stevensburgh David Ward, transferred to Sixth United States Cavalry, October 22. 1863 Samuel F Wend, transferred to Sixth United States Cavalry, October 22,1863. William Wallace, transferred to Sixth United States Cavalry, October 33. 1863 Samuel R. Welch. Frederick E, West. Christopher C. Wood, discharged JanuaiyS). 1863, for disability. William W Wells. Evan Williams, discharged for disability John White. The men not otherwise disposed of were mustered out with the Com- pany . FIFTEEXTH HEGIMEN'T OHIO VOLUNTEER IXFAXTHV, COMPANY A. ., Ml'SICIAN. Arnold S. Johns, mustered January 30, 1864; discharged at San Antonio, Texas. PRIVATES, Andrew Decker, mustered January 14, 1864; mustered out with com- pany. William Dennis, mustered January 25, 1865; mustered out with com- pany. Samuel R. Gatline. mustered December 21, 1863; wounded October 16, 1864; discharged July 13, 1865 Charles Hammond, mustered Febniar>' 28. 1-864; mustered out with com- pany . .Solomon Hammond, mustered December 17, 1803; mustered out with company. William H. Hammond, mustered February 10, 1864; date of discharge not given. Jeremiah Hartne}', mustered February 28, 1854; mustered out with com- pany. Francis JIullen. mustered February 19. 1864; mustered out with com- pany. Hugh McWhutter, mustered February 10, 1,864. Joseph Noble, mustered February 24. 1864; mustered out with company. Joseph Whissen, mustered Februai;>- 31, 1864; date of discharge not given . ,James W. White, mustered Jaimary 15, 1864; wounded in action Decem- ber 31, 1863; discharged Aiwil 10, 1863. Peter Wycotf. mustered Jauuary 1. 1864; mustered out with company, Parker C. Bird, mustered December 7, 1863; discharged May 37, 1865, Peter Hammond, mustered February tO. 1864; wounded in action May 14, 18t>4; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. Edward Richardson, mustered February 10. 1864; wounded in action May 37. 18t>4; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. John WycolT. mustered June -iO. 1864; transferred to Veteran Reserve Coips. EIGHTEENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, COMPANY V. Mustered into service August 15, 1861. at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Mustered out of service October f>, 1865 Isaac Ames, veteran volunteer; mustered out with company. Dayton Andrews, recruit; discharged July 17, 1865. William L. Benton, recruit ; mustered out with company . Daniel C. Brooks, recruit; discharged May Hi, 1865. Harvey M. Carley. recruit: mustered out with company. John B. Coleman, recruit; mustered out with company. John L. Dunbar, recruit; discharged October 31, 18t>4, Harrison Eggleston, recruit; nuistered out with company. John L. Enni.s, recruit; mustered out with company; appointed cor- poral , II 41 41 HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. 83 Burns T. French, recruit; mustered out with company. Solomon Foster, recruit: prisoner of war. Joshua Foster, recruit : no reconl of discharge Leonard Henry, appomted corporal May 10. ISe.!. William Jeffrey, recruit; discharged July in. 188.5. Fred. A. Ketchum, recruit; mustered out with company. Martin Osbom, appointed corporal .August 18, 188.5. John J. Pillen, recruit; mustered out with company. George Snyder, appointed corporal May 10. l.S»i.5. Leonard R. Simmons, recruit; discharfied June 3, 18K5 Philip Smith, recruit: mustered nut with company. Patrick Shannossey. appointed con'Oral September 12, 18(55. Thomas Weston, recruit; died of wounds December 1.5, 18W. XINETEENTH REGIMENT lilllii VOUXTEEK INFAN- TRY, CD.MPANY F. Mustered into service at Camp Ford, September 25. 1861. Mustered out of service at San Antonio, Texas, October ii, 1865. NOS-COMMI.SSIOSED OFFICERS. Sergeant John F. Cook, discharged June Vi, 1863 Sergeant Edward L. Hall, discharged August U, 1862. PRIVATES. Andrew J. English discharged at expiration of service. William N. Fugate, died March 14, 1S6:J of wounds Israel D. Gonser, appointed corporal ; wounded at Chickamauga, Georgia. Robert Huston, discharged Octobers, 1864. Samuel McConnell. died November 25. 1862. David M. Rainsburg, appointed corporal: mustered out with company. John R. Ross, discharged October 5, 1864 James P. Rainsburg, died February 22, 1862. Peter Loveland, discharged October 5, 1864 John B. Shipley, discharged October 1, 1862. Harry H. Shipley, promoted sergeant; mustered out with company, Jesse Varner, died October 19, 1,862. TWENTY-FOURTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER IN- FANTRY, COMPANY A. Organized at Norwalk, Ohio, and mustered into service Junal4, IS6I. Mustered out of service June 22, 1864, at Columbus, Ohio. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Captain Lyman M, Kellogg, resigned to accept an appointment in the Eighteenth United States Infantry. iNo date given). First Lieutenant Moses F. Wooster, appointed Adjutant of the regiment June 19, 1861. Second Lieutenant William B. Sturges, promoted Urst Lieutenant July •a, 1861; to Captain February 28, 1862, and to Major of the re^jiment, November T, 1863 NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS First Sergeant Thomas M . McClure, promoted to Second Lieutenant July 23, 1861, and assigned to Company B Sergeant Edgar R Kellogg, promoted to Second Lieutenant July 25 181)1, and assigned to Company K Sergeant David N. Bodflsh, died at Clarksburg, Virginia, August 4, 1861. Sergeant John Acker Sergeant David A , Merrill, promoted Second Lieutenant June 6, 1862; assigned to Companj' F, January' 10, 1863. Corporal Hiram Whitney Corporal John H Fosdick, promoted to Sergeant December 26, 1863, Coiporai Paul Spohn, transferred to Company E, December 14, 1861 Corporal Nathaniel P Burt, promoted to Sergeant December 36, 1861. Corporal Sumner W Smead, discharged to enlist in Fourth US, Artil- lery. October 2:3, 1862 Corporal William W. Minor, promoted Sergeant February 28, 186.3. Corporal Francis W, Bacon, discharged April ,8, 1863. Corporal Charles B. Davis, discharged August T, 1862. Fifer Osmer B. Hall, discharged July -20, 1862. Wagoner Otis H, Van Tassell Joseph Buckley, Benjamin C Bi aioard Daniel Burnham Edward Bartow Joseph E, Bonett, discharged Novembers, 1861, John Bub, discharged August 5. 1862 George W Brown, promoted First Lieutenant and assigned to Company C, August 15, 18(54, Henry E Camp, discharged June 23, 1863, John C Coleman, discharged January ^i, I8«:i, to enlist in Twelfth U. S, Infantry Charles Coleman James W, Crum, died June 27, 1862, John Cook. Clark Calligau, discharged March 5, 1863, Henry Carr, veteran volunteer Cortes Elliott, died at Cheat &Iountain Septembt-r 1, 1861, IsaacI, Furman, veteran vohmteer, Robert H, Herford, discharged June 25, 1862, Danturth G Henneway, discharged of wounds May 2;j, 1863T Isaac Holman Carlton Humphrey, promoted Corporal January 14, 1863, Charles I Hoyt Arnold Hassler, promoteil Cor|ioi'al October 31, 1863, James H, Jaques, promoted First Lieutenant July 4, 1863. Epenetus P, Kinney, died of wounds Maj" 6, 1862, Joel W, Kinne,y Henr.v Klabish , Lewis G Kies. promoted Commissary Sergeant August 11, 1861. Gottleib L. Klein, died May 18, 1862 William C, Linn, died March 6, 1863, Albert F, Le , promoted Corporal; died of wounds March 8, 1864. Alexander McMillan, discharged January 20, 1862 August Meyer, died November 5. 1861 , Frederick Meyer, Joseph M Jliilis, Ambe s E, Miller David M Miller John A, Meak, died September 8, 1861 , Edwin Miller, disehargetl April 21, 1862, Mitchell A, Minor, promoted Corporal October 31, 186:!, John A , Molock , Charles G Morehouse, promoted Sergeant Major December 18, 1861. Harlan R, Page, died November 10, 1861, Julius F. Pratt, veteran volunteer, Addison Potter, veteran volunteer. Milton F, Pettit, Frank E, Pray George Quirin , Jackson W Ridgeway, discharged January 20, 1S62. Seneca Ronk, discharged October 22, 1863 William Rice, discharged August 4, 1862. George H. Stevens. Levander Stacey, discharged October 22, 1862, to enlist in Fourth U. S. Artillery, John A Sheffield William E, Sherwood, atjpointed Wagoner October 31, 1863, Henry F, Sherman John Thomas Robert E, Tillinghast. veteran volunteer Palmer Whitney, died of wounds April 17, 1862. Edward Wliitford, promoted Corporal January 14, 1S63. Michael H Waggoner , James M, Willson, veterau volunteer, Lewis Sewell, promoted Quartermaster Sergeant March .3, 1863. Charles Trowbridge, killed in battle April 7, 1862. Edward C Peuk. died of wounds April IT, 1862. Calvin L- Peck, died October 11, 1862, Lathrop Taylor, dieil February 2. 1863 Reuben F Atherton, died February 6, 1864, r ECRl'ITS— PRIVATES , Daniel D, Brooks, enlisted February 2!, 1861, Harry M, Carey, enlisted January 5, 1864, John B, Coleman, enlisted January 5, 1864, Harrison Egleston, enlisted February 23, 18154. Burnice T, French, enlisted February 23, 18154, William Jeffrey, enlisted February 23, 1864, Martin Ausborn, enlisted January 4, 18*54 John J Fillers, enlisted January 5, 1M64. George Snyder, enlisteil January 5, 1864 Erastus F, Squire, enlisted January 5, 1861 Leonard R. Sanmons, enlisted Feliruary 23, 1864. Daniel Walper, enlisted January 5, 1864 ORIOINAL ENLI.STMENT. John F. Blandon, discharged June 6. 1862 Angus McLaughlin, discharged July 2U, 1862. Horace C. Hill, discharged Februarj- 27, 1863. 84 HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. fOMPAKY C. Organized at Sandusky, Ohio: mustered into service. May 13. I*'*'!: mus- tered out at Columbus, June 1. ISM. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. First Lieutenant Enoch Weller, transferred to Company H, October 3, 1861; promoted to Major, August 11, 186.2; liilled in action, December 31, 1868. Second LieutenantDewittC.Wadsworth. promoted to Captain, February 16, 186.3; liilled in battle of Chickamauga, .September 30, 1863 NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Sergeant Frank L. Myers, mustered out with company Sergeant John M. Root, died August '-M, 1861 Corporal Alfred Marion, promoted to Sergeant, September 1, 1861; Icilled at battle of Stone river, December 31, 1861. Corporal Francis Bradley; died, Marcli *;, 1S6S. Corporal Leonard B . Osborn , Corporal John M. Shepard. Wagoner Charles Mc Graves, discharged February 16, 1862 PRIVATES Nelson Arnold John Ami. Olle Anderson, killed July So, 1861 John Brokely, died July 4, 186a Thomas W Carpenter, mustered out with company John Donevan, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. George Dart, killed by Joseph King, January 13, 1863. Victor W. Frederick, transferred to Company H John Heater, veteran vohmteer JohnH Hihler Joseph King, sentenced to twenty years imprisonment, and pay stopped , for murder William Luff Michael McGookey, mustered out with company Henry Myers John Matt, promoted Corporal; discharged (no date.) Peter Miller, mustered out with company. George Neidle, discharged. May 1", 1863 Jason R . Orton . James Quinn. Peter Ryan, discharged, April 3, 1863 Jackson Ryan, discharged. May 17, 1862 Jacob Rinehart, mustered out with company. Lewis Ruble. Charles Sills, discharged, January 20, 1862. Richard Stetle, promoted Corporal. Bohard Stinley, mustered out with company . Charles Studenhover, mustered out with company Charles Shirley, mustered out with company. Henry Trout, mustered out with company. William Tetswood, discharged, January 30, 1862. William Voit, mustered out with company. George Vining, mustered out with company . Charles Wilson. Jacob Warner, mustered out with company Max Wolf William Lu(T, discharged. May 8, 1863. Frederick Teater. discharged. Septembers, 1862 RECRflTS— PRIVATES . John L Dunbar, transferred to the Department of the Cumberland John L Ennis. transferred to the Department of the Cumberland. Solomon Foster, transferred to the Department of the Cumberland Joshua Foster, transferred to the Department of the Cumberland. Henry (iarrett. transferred to the Department of the Cumberland. Leonard Henry, transferred to the Department of the Cumberland. William Marlow, transferred to the Departmentof the Cumberland. David Steigle, transferred to the Department of the Cumberland. Philii> Smith, transferred to the Department of the Cumberland. Patrick Shunnessy, transferred to the Department of the Cumberland. Thomas Weston, transferred to the Department of the Cumberland. COMPANY G. Organized at .Monroeville, Ohio. Mustered into service May 18, 186] Mustered out June 19, 1864. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Captain Henry Terry, promoted to Major June 6, 1862; killed at the bat- tle of Stone River, Tenness-e, December 31, 1862. First Lieutenant Samuel Clock, resigned October 28, 1861 Second Lieutenant Robert (i. Clark, promoted to First Lieutenant, and transferred toComp.uiy H, December 14, 1861 NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. First Sergeant James G. Breckenridge. Sergeant Charles W. Olds, promoted to First Sergeant January 1, 1863. Sergeant Coleman Ehrman, wounded at Shiloh April 7, 1862. Sergeant Frederick Hettell. Corporal Benjamin F. Skinner, promoted Sergeant July 21. 1861 . Corporal Benedick Moser. Corporal William Bennett, appointed Sergeant December 26. 1861 ; woiuided at Stone River; discharged July .5, 1863. Corporal David O. Williams, promoted Second Lieutenant December 14. 1861, and transferred to Company H. Corporal John N. Sivers, killed at the battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, April 7, 1862. Corporal William B. Clark, discharged March 11, 1863. Corporal Victor R. Monroe . Corporal James Smith, discharged November 6, 1862. Wagoner, JohnO'Conner, discharged January 14, 1864. PRIVATES . Thomas C. Arnold, mustered out with company . John R. Bloomer, mustered out with company John Bertch. .Jacob Born, promoted Corporal ; died of wounds November 18, 1863 . James W . Conant . Luther Conklin . Charles C. Clemmons, killed June;W, 1863. Robert Dutchman, discharged August 4, 1861 Timothy Dorsey, died September2. 1862. Henrj' Dewitt. William S. Finch, died Februarj- 7, 1862. John G. Frederickson, discharged October 33, 1862, and enlisted in the Fourth L'nited States Artillery . Martin Frederickson, discharged on account of wounds, Feb 2;J, 186;3. John Friderger. died October 11, 1862. Henry L. Grilfin, discharged September 30, 1861. Alexander I . Grant, captured at Stone River. Peter Grisel. Lucas Geffell, discharged October 29, 1862, to enlist in the Fourth United' States Artillery . Youngs Gregory, discharged January 2, 1863 Gottleib Hilber, discharged July 30, 1862 Emory A. Hulbert. discharged to enlist in Fourth United States Artil- lery, October -iS, 1863. John Harley, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. David W. Heath, discharged to enlist in Fourth United States Artillery, October 23. 1862. Paul Hager, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps William H. Hughes William Hyber. George M. Hulburt, discharged February 23, 186;3. ' James Herrington Charles W, Hopkins, discharged June 28, 1862. Gotleib Holzer. Martin L. Hahn. William Jeffries Charles Kern, died August 14, 1861. John A. Lantz, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. Lewis Lemmon Stephen C. Lobdell, discharged August 5, 1862. Thomas R. Mitchell Frederick Myers. James McGrew, died October 21, 1802. Berkhart Martz Hezekiah Masten, discharged February 'ii, 1863. Abram R. Marsh, discharged September 33, 1863. George F. Norman . Dennis O'Brien, killed at Stone River, December 31, 1862. .\ntort Peach, cajitured at Chickamauga. John Rothgele, died March 20, 1862. Jo-seph Rider, discharged Octolier 16, 186:^. Joseph Reamer, 1st . Joseph Reamer, 3d, captured at Chickamauga. Joel W. Kickel, wounded at Chickamauga. Heber Squires. John Stephens, discharged October iS, 1863, to enlist in the Fourth United States Artillery. John A. Smith. Jacob Swartz. transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. Casper Seabolt. Thomas G. Stuchfield John B. Smith, died October 13, 1862. Abram Spoors. August Thomas William Williams, discharged December 6, 1862. Charles Weist, discharged August .'J. 1862. Edgar A. Welch 'saac Bennett. HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. 85 TMIKTY-SECOXI) RE«IME.VT OHIO VOLl STEKK IN- FAXTKY, COMPANY K. Mustered into service, September 7. 1861, at Camp Dennison, Ohio. Mustered out of service. July 20, 1W5, at Louisville, Kentucky. COMMISSIONED OFFICER. Captain Jay Dyer, resigned April 10, 180-2. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER. First Sergeant Russell B. Bennett, promoted Chaplaio Albert C. Bailey Alonzo Blawett. Ben]. Y. Blaney Asa Carr. Jacob Carr Amba C Cole. George H. Courter Aaron Clossen Hiram C. Fuller. Gilbert Fravel Emery Garlinghouse, John G 'rsuch. Erastus F. Granger- Thomas C. Gaylord Thomas H. Grist Je.sse W. Gardner Burton Huljbell William Z. Hubbell Nathaniel Haycock George Haycock. Enoch Hartrum. Ira Hartrum. James Herroon. Isaiah Ii-win Willis Lake. William B. Massman Aden Mullen. Miles McLeod. John C. Nutt. George Osborne William Piper. Harmon Robins. Abraham Robins. Thomas E. Rose . John H. Stenbeck Charles E. Smiih Selah J. Stark. Hos;a C. Sherman. David Sherman . John W. Taylor. James S. Tyler Phillip H. Waters George Warfleld . Oscar F. Weeks. This company became veterans on expiration of original enlistment. No muster out rolls of first muster out are on file in Adjutant General's Oftice. THIRTY-SIXTH REGIMEXT OHIO VOLl'NTEER 1 N- FAXTHY, COMPAXY E. Mustered into service, February 2.5. 1K6,5, at Cumberland, Maryland. Mustered out of service July 37, 186.5, at Wheeling, Virginia. PRIVATES. Transferred from Company E, Thirty-Foui-th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infanti-y. John W. Emes. James V. Kirk. William Fulkerson , Isaac J . Mead . Theodore Gearing. Jacob MuUenkoph John Hecket William Shickler. Amos Hillborn Samuel Sloan . Dennis Mulligan, discharged May 14, 1864. These men, with one exception, were mustered out with company. THIRTY-SEVEXTH OHIO VOLINTEER INF.VNTRY. lOMPAXY A. Mustered into service September 9, 1.S61, at Camp Brown, Ohio. Mus- tered out of service August 7, 180.5, at Little Rock. Arkan.sas. Corporal Jacob Fthr. mustered out with company. Private Johann Engraff, mustered out with company C()MP.\NY F. Mustered into service September 2.1, 1801, at Camp Brown, Ohio. Mus- tered out of service August 7, 1H0.5, at Little Rock, Arkansas. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. First Sergeant Sebaldus Hassler, discharged for promotion April 19. Sergeant Henr>' Reutsh, promoted Q. M. Sergt. Corporal Peter Sailer, discharged October .8, IKO-i. Musician, Gisbort Raymond, appointed Chief Bugler September 19, 1801.. PRIVATES. Charles Bengel, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps April -io, 180|. Theodore Diniisch, discharged for woumls .lune 1, 1802. Henry Glaser, ilischarged June 11, 1802 Casper Hardtman, discharged Ueceinber 19, 180-3. Charles Happ, veteran volunteer; discharged for wounds April ,5, 180.5 Frank Roth, promoted Corporal; discharged September 19, 1804. 11 A John Straus, promoted Corporal; killed in action May 17, 1862. Henr.v Stall, discharged for wounds May '33 (no year). John Steinrich, killed in action May '24. 1803. Henry Schmidt, veteran volunteer. Adolph Schwab, veteran volunteer; mustered out with company. John Wentzinger, veteran volunteers; mustere5 Miles Duesler, promoted Sergeant : died June 3, 186.3, of wounds received at Chancellorsville, Virginia. May 2. 1863, John J. Duesler, discharged on account of wounds August 14, 186^1; right arm amputated Francis Davis, mustered out with company. George G. Dietrich, mustered out with company, Uriah M. Eckhart, veteran volunteer; re-enlisted January 1, 18t>4; mus- tered out with company Martin J. Ford promoted Corporal January 1. 1864; veteran volunteer. Benjamin F. Fulkerson. lost on steamer General Lyon, while a prisoner. Arthur Franklin, killed at Chancellorsville, Virginia, Maj- 3, 180;i. John Grubb mustereil out with company, William H. Goodson. discharged July 33. 18(53. Frajicis Gale . discharged November 24. 1862. Heni-y Gale, discharged April 3:j. 1862. John Gleeson. veteran volunteer, Henry Gehriug, discharged August, 1862. George H. Gale, discharged May 18. 1862. Charles Gale, mustered out December 30 1865 , Charles Haler. killed at Resaea. Georgia. Slay 15. 1864, Henry J. Hayward, promoted Corporal January 1, 1864; veteran vol- unteer Henry Henney. veteran volunteer, Theophilus P. Howard, discharged November 26, 1863 William Hartman, received gunshot wound through right arm at Chan- cellorsville, Virginia. Samuel Henney, veteran volunteer; died of wound received at Resaea. William Hyde, died Jlarch 18, 1863 Dexter R. Jones, discharged November 1 1862. Rollin Jacoy. died March 30, 1863, Thomas -\. Kunkel. mustered out June 22, 1865. Jesse Kline William E Miller, promoted Sergeant January 1, 1864. John Moyer. mustered out with company, • Charles R, Mathis. discharged December 10, 1862. Amandus Mohr, died of wounds, July 14. 18ii3, received at Chancellors- ville, Virginia Aretas Miller, mustered out with company. James G. Millen. David McCormick, veteran volunteer. James B. Mohn George W, Orwig. veteran volunteer; mustered out with company; cap- tured at Chancellorsville, Virginia; paroled and exchanged. John Peightle, veteran volunteer; mustered out with company. Silas P. Riley, killed at second battle of Bull Run, August :J0, 1862. Elias Smith, veteran volunteer William Stegman. mustered out with company Samuel Smith, dischargeii April 10, 1863. Ehas Stearns, discharged March 33, 1802. Dewalt J. Swander mustered out with company James Sliuker. veteran volunteer. Jonas Shoemaker, veteran volunteer. William E. Sheftleld. discharged December, 1802, of wounds received at the second battle of Bull Run James Sowards. died at Louisville. Kentucky. July 7. 1864, from wounds. William Sowards, veteran volunteer -Vshael P. Smith, iirouioted to Hospital Steward, Maj- 1, 1805. Ross C. Tremain, veteran volunteer; mustered out with company. Amaziah Thorp, mustered out with company. George W, Todd, discharged December 32, IS62, Charles H. Welch, veteran volunteer; mustered out with company. Eli C. Wright, died of measles March 2. 1862. George O. Winters, not on muster-out roll. Jefferson Wright, mustered out with company Moses W. Wilt, mustered out with coinpanj- Russell S. Williams, killed near Benfonville, North Carolina. March 10, 180.5 Benjamin Zimmerman veteran volunteer: mustered out with company, James H. Bitting, enlisted February 12, 1864: mustered "Ut with com- pany. Sylvester Hevelone, enlisted Feb. 19, 1864; mustered out with company. HISTOEY OF HUKON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. 87 Martin Laiuienschaler enlisted February 8, 1884; mustered out with company William M. Giles, recruit Frederick Close discharged October Vi. 18(i4. James J. Null, recruit. Edward Farnsivorth, ilischarged June 8, I8(i5. George W. Price, discharged . Nelson Crockett, promoted Second Lieuleiiaiit; wounded at Bull Run; discharged June ^^ 1s6.t Jacob B. Wales, recruit Walter E. Long, recruit Benjaniin F. Jloore. recruit CtjMl'ANY C. Mustered into service October lii ISiil. Mustered out of service July 11. l.SB.i COMMISSIO.VED OFFICEBS Captain Horatio N. Shipmau, resigned March 10, 18ii3 First Lieutenant Henr.v William Persiug, promoted Captain and A. y. M. Jul.v IS. isivj. Second Lieutenant Arthiu' Cranston, resigned March 15, 1862. NO.N-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Fi St Sergeant Walter W. Thomas, promoted Second Lieutenant March 15. 1862; died April 6. 1862 Sergeant Thomas O. Leary. promoted First Lieutenant March 6, 186;^; resigned December 28. 1863. Sergeant .lames Young, discharged April 23, 1863. Sergeant Stephen L. Saunders, veteran volunteer; wounded at Cedar Mt.iuntain Virginia. August 9. 1862 Sergeant Robert Young, promoted Sergeant January 1. 1864. Corporal John R. Lowe promoted Second Lieutenant; wounded at Bull Bun August 30. 1864 Corporal Henry B. Warren promoted First Sergeant; wounded at Get- tysburg July 3, 1863. Corporal Charles H. Lockwood. discharged March 29, 1862. Corporal Edwin H. Butler, discharged January 20. 1863. Corporal William Bellamy, banner bearer, killed August 30, 1862. Corporal Bradford N. Kellogg, veteran volunteer; mustered out with company. Corporal Williain H. Long, appointed Sergeant October 16, 1861; dis- charged October 27. 1862. Corporal .lames D. Walker, discharged October 211, 1862 Musician, John Bowers, discharged October .5, 1862. Musician, Bill.v N. Messenger, discharged September 3, 1862 Wagoner. Justus Squire discharged October 4. 1862 Albert Q. Adams, discharged November 25, 1862. Ernest Anson, wounded at Gettysburg July 3. 186:); mustered out with company . Jack B. Burch, mustered out with company Xavier Bergamyer, veteran volunteer; mustered out with company Lewis Bauer, transferred Veteran Reserve Corps, 1863 Frank P. Barton, promoted Corporal; wounded at Resaca, Georgia, May 15. 1864; died May 22. 1.864. William H. H. Bemis, discharged October 27, 1862. Silas Brown, discharged June 22. 1865. Robert Blake, veteran volunteer; mustered out with company. Benjamin F. Bemis. killed November ii, 1863. Enoch M. Bell, vetei-an \'olunteer; mustered out with company. Thomas Carr, discharged January 1, 1863. William A. Crawford, promoted Corporal; killed at Resaca, Georgia, May 15. 1864. Milton N. Cowles, promoted Corporal; captured at McDowell, Virginia; exchanged; mustered out with company. Andrew W. clawson, promot d Corporal November 7, 1864. William Coidtrip, wounded at second Bull Run battle. William Cowell. wounded at second Bull Run battle. James M. ChatTee. discharged December 2'.i. l.'<61. William Donrian. dischai-ged September 4. 18t»2. Henrj- C. Ellis, dischargeil September 8. 1862. Alden A. Emmons, died July I'.i. 1862. Oscar F. Fnllei-. discharged January :J0, 186.3. Henry J. Fay, promoted Corporal January 6, 1865. Wesley C. Fay. transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps March 1, 1864. Nyrum (Jregoi-y. mustered oiu May 20, ISii.'i. Henry H. He.>is, died a prisoner July. 1862. Henrj- H. Hess, discharged June 8, 1865. * Edwin H. Hollister. discharged September 21, 1862. Thomas J. Hairis James Hartney, promoted Sergeant October' 28, 1864. Edward G. Harris, discharged April 10, 1863. William (.iaeger. George E. Jefferson. William Jurrett, discharged March 7, 1888 David E. Jefferson, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. December 2, 1863. Michael Kavanagh. Alonzo Keeler, promoted Sergeant January 1, 1864 Burnie flL Kline, veteran volunteer, mustered out with company. Charles C. Lowe, promoted Corporal July 11. 18ber 20, 1863. David A. Warren, pr ^moted Sergeant; veteran volunteer, wounded at Gettysburg and Bull Run. George W. Wright, discharged September!*. 1862 John White, discharged January 2!*, 1863 Luther A. Welch, discharged April 16, 1863. Sylvester Hull, killed May 15, 1864, at Resacca, Georgia . Jay Hollister, died September 20, 1863, Jerome Welch, wounded June 21, 1864; died July 10, 1864. Corporal Francis Vangorder. discharged June 17, 1865. Wilbert L. Green, discharged January 14. 1865. Elihu Westfall, recruit, discharged September 16, 1863. COMPANY IJ. Mustered into service October 16, 1861 . Mustered out of service July 10, 1865. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Captain Frederick A. Wildman, resigned February 12, 1863. First Lieutenant Charles P. Wickham, promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, June 6, 1864, Second Lieutenant Frederick H. Boalt. promoted to Captain June 1. 18i»3; resigned September 11, 1S64 NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS . First Sergeant Charles M. Stillmau, promoted First Lieutenant June 1, 1861; resigned. Sergeant William S. Wickham, promoted Captain September 26, 1864, Sergeant Luther B, Mesnard. Sergeant Barna Cooper, discharged September 26, 1862. Sergeant James P. Jones, promoted to First Lieutenant April 1, 1864; mustered out March 12, 1865. Corporal Alviu B. Chase. Corporal William C. Penfield. promoted Sergeant; captured at Gettys- burg. Pennsyvania. Con)oral Fredei'i<;k Roinbo. Coiporal Theodore M. Woinl, promoted Sergeant, wounded and taken prisoner at Chancellorsvllle, Vir'giuia, May 2, 1883; exchanged ; mus- tered out with company . Corporal Jacob Fetterman, killed at battle of Bull Run August 30, 1.8ti2. Corporal Noble Call, dischargeil July. 1862. Corporal George Collingw'ooi-1, promi>ted Sergeant; woundeil at Chan- cellorsville, Virginia, May 2, 1863. 88 HISTOEY OF HUEON AND EEIE COUNTIES, OHIO. Corporal Edward E. Shayes, discharged November 20, 1863. Musician. Gurl M. Wood. Musician. Wm. Waldron. Wagoner. Charles Florence, veteran voluuteer. SamUfI Ashbolt, reteran volunteer. Andrew Anderson, discharged September K, 1863. Chaunce.v Adams, discharged .January 12, 1K63. ,Tohn Bitlerman, discharged April 13, 1863. David Battee, died July 3, 1862. William Bilei-, discharged, (No date). George Bailey, veteran volunteer. Edwin Bedell, discharged February H, 1863. Finley Benson, veteran volunteer. Irvin E. Barker, discharged December 33, 1862. Moses P Brewster, discharged Febniary l.i, 1863 Robert E. Bailey, veteran volunteer. Jacob A, Brown, taken prisoner at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Jnly 2, 18G3. Jacob Brown, veteran volunteer David L. Carpenter, taken prisoner at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863. William F. Clark, discharged December 3, 1861. John A. Cain, taken prisoner at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863. William Cromwell, discharged on account of wounds received at second battle of Bull Run. iNo date). Samuel Clafflger. James Doran. George Doll, died at Alexandria, Virginia. (No date). Richard Dobney, discharged January 12. 1863. Mathew Donnelly, discharged December 22. 1862. Joseph L. Day, discharged October 10, 1862. Thomas E. French, discharged, October 15. 1862. Henry Freeman, discharged, February 28, 1862. John J. Fisher. Charles E. Ganung. Jacob Goble, veteran volunteer. Charles C Godfrey, discharged, September 8, 1862 Samuel Harrington, taken prisoner at Gettysburg. July 8, 1863. John Hannerott, veteran volunteer. Henry W. Husted, killed at Chancellorsville, Virginia. May 2, 1863 Evelyn E. Husted, promoted Corporal. James M. Harland, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, August 13, 1863, Charles H. Horton, promoted Corporal. CharlesL Hurlhut. promoted Corporal . Lorin C. Hill, veteran volunteer Michael Hartnick, veteran volunteer. Harrison Jones. John Keller, veteran volunteer. Oustave Knapp, veteran volunteer. .\lonzo B Keeler, captured at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 2, 186:1. Phillip J. Keller. Clarence L Keeler, killed, June T, IS62. Philetus C Lathrop. Samuel Lane, discharged, August 23 ISf>2. Peter I.udwig, Henry Miller. Thomas Newh(;rry, discharged, .-Vpril 22. 1862. Charles Olens, transferred to Fourth United States Cavalry. Walter R Perrin.. George P. Palmer Ludwig Reisterer, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, September 14, 1863. JairusH Rowland. Charles .\ Stove', discharged, December 23, 1862. Charles Stacey, captured at Gettysburg. Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863 John Strouhnour. William K. Starr. Anthony Shipman, discharged, (no date.) Adoljih Sihold. Anthony Stienly. Benjiniin C Taber, promoted yuartermaster Sergeant Abner D Twaddle. John M Treadwell Thomas C, Taylor- Jacob C Ut/,. discharged for wounds, January 2, 1963. E Iwar 1 1". VoU-k, wounded at Bull Run; died September 25, 1862. Sumner \ Wing. Daniel Wells, discharged, December 2, 1862. George H.'Walsworth, died. July 10, 1862 Thomas Wilson, killed al Chancellorsville. Virginia, May 2, 1863. George Wilsey. discharged, (no date.) Joseph Zimmerman, veteran volmiteer. Carl Zenders. wounded at Bull R\m. August 2ted to Captain April ^4, lH(j,5. Sergeant Roilnev Sanford. died January 14, 1S|J2. Sergeant Albert fiage, discharged September 1, 1H62. Sergeant Robert Fenson, veteran volunteer. Corporal Elias Bnrrough Corporal JLison Catlin. killed in action May 2, 1HG3, at Chancellorsville, Virginia. Corporal Hiram W. McGlone. Corporal .Andrew J, Sykes, promoted Sergeant: veteran volunteer. Corporal Russell S. (.)wen, itromoteil Sergeant Corporal Joseph Zuber, veteran volunteer. Corporal Daniel Sweetland. transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. Corporal Henry C Love, died March 14, lHti:i. Musician, Sathan Dancer, died July 12, iSiW. Musician, Dwight Lee. Wagoner. Daniel D. Rogers, discharged July 12, 1863. William H. Barber, veteran volunteer. Lucius Babcock. transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps January 14, 1P64. Randolph .M. Bard, wounded at Chancellorsville, May 2, ISiiS, and at the second battle of Bull Run, August 3, 1803. Jacob F Beck, died July 3, 180:1, of wounils received at Gettysburg, Vir- ginia . Clark Berry. Hiram D Barber. Alonzo D. Barber, veteran volunteer- William F. Babcock. Heiu'y Brown, discharged JIarch 5, 18ti3, Coleman Brown, discharged January 9, 1864. Alonzo B. Burlinghain, w ounded at Gettysburg July 3, 1863. Joseph Co-vley, dischargee] March 18, 1863. Frederick A. Corney. Charles Clark, veteran volunteer. Harvey A. Cross, veteran volunteei*. Charles A. Carr. veteran volunteer. Elisha Cole. Sebastian Daha, discharged January 31, 18(;3. Minor L. Day, vetei-an vohmteer. Isaac De Puy, promoted Sergeant; woiuitled at Chancellorsville. Vir- ginia. May 2, 1803. .Joseph -V. De Puy. veteran volunteer. Edmund Frrtnklin, veteran volunteer. Warren V. Franklin, veteran volunteer. Jerome Franklin, veteran volunteer. Burdette (iot)dell. veteran volunteer John Hoyles. Frank M Hunt Henry C Hanford, discharged, March 8, 1863 Zadock .M. Ilungerford, discharged, September m, 1862, Olin B. Johnson William JenTvins. Hiram Johnson. Brundage Kjiapp, ilied. .\ugust 12. I.sii2. Jairus Knapp. discharged, .March 2, lN(i2 Joel Knapp. discharged, November li, 1862 William Allen Kirsey. ilischarged, December*, 1862. 12 Luther J. Moore, discharged, December II, 1862. Joseph McConnell. John T. McMorris. .lames McConnell discharged, August 2.">. 1862. (ieorge T. Ma,v, veteran volunteer. Emery Owen, veteran volunteer. William W. Potter, discharged for wounds, December 2:3, 1862. Charles F. Pruden wounded in action at Chancellorsville. Virginia, May 2 1863. Samuel Post, dischargeil, Marcli 26, IHi2. .Andrew Reed, ilischaiged July 28, 1862. Jerome Robinson, killed in action. May 2, ISKJ. Oscar Rawson diedSeiitember4 18(i2 of wounds leceived at Bull Run. Edgar Richards. Zetns Richards died. December .31. 1862. .ItfSeph S. Robinson, veteran volunteer, .\ndrew F. Sweetland, wounded in action, at Gettysburg. Pennsylvania. July a 1863. Jonathan L. Shami). John Sutton, died. July IT 1862. Reuben Sutton. Jeflfeison Smith, discharged. July 28. I.S62, John Sha, veteran volunteei-. John W. Thorley. .Amos Turwillinger. discharged, .Vpril 16, 1863. Loring Walsworth. died, .luiy 2. 1862. Perry Walker, wounded in action at Chancellorsville, Virginia May .3 1863. William L. Wilson discharged, January 1, 1862. Jesse Woodruff, discharged, December3 1862. John White, discharged, May 20 1882. SIXTY-FIRST HEiilMEXT UIIIO VOl.U NTEKIi INTAXIHV, COMPANY li. Mustered into service. May 10, 1862. Mustered out of service, February 29, 1864 NON-COMMISSIOXED OFFICERS. Sergeant James H. Peabody, promoted to First Sergeant March 2.'., 1803. Corporal Perry Flaherty, mustered out with company. George H. Harris, captured at Qelt.vsburg. July 1. 1863, Samuel Pence, appointed Corporal May 19, 1862: wounded at Chancel- lorsville, Virginia. Benjamin Robl)iiis, mustered out with company. ■ SIX Tl -ForifTH REtilMICNT OHIO \i M.C NTFKK I N- F.VXTKY. CO.Ml'.WY K. Mustered into service. November 6, 1861. Re-enlisted, and finally mus- tered out December:). 1865 Alonzo Akers. .Jasper L. Ruggles. Henry H Claik. William Rhinemiller. Irving Hough Charles M. Saunders. Lloyd A. Mauley. These names do not appear on final muster out roll. They were, doubtless, discharged on expiration of original term of eidistment. George Stebbins. nuistered out with company, SIXTY-Fliril liKtilMKNT IIIMO VOMNTKKK IN- FANTRY, CO.MPANY C. Mustered into service. Decembei- 1, 18(;i. Mustered out of service, No- vember 30. 186.5. COM.MISSIONED OEFICER, Second Lieutenant Frank B. Hunt, promoted to First Lieutenant Angus 8. 1862; resigned November 2i). 1863 NON-COMMISSItlNEU OFFICERS First Sergeant Samuel H. Young Corporal William B. Hunt. PRIVATES Alvin M. Parker James Houston Marshall W. Johns.>n Hiram C. Parker Alfred Luin. Janus L. McKibben Heni'y Moore. Sherwood C. Nicholson. Madist^n Baker, discharged Janu- James H. I'ackard ary27. 1k6.'> Abijah Packard. Theodore Belden . ,1 osiah T. Parker . 90 HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. John F. Buclc. John W. Chorus. hevi Curtiss Alfred C. Ellsworth, Ezekiel Gooddnll. Schuyler C. Gates. Elias Luin. Darias D. Rolf. Adam Shanks Medad F. Woodruff . Andrew J. Young Julius C. Youug. discharged June 15. 18fl5 E'&Cius P. Brown COMPANY G. Mustered into service with regiment. Musterrd out of service with regiment . NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS First Sergeant Dolsen Vankirk Corporal Augustus Keimlin Sergeant John C. Zollinger. Corporal H. C. Jennings Corporal Brewer Smith. Corporal John Mollaney. Adam Apple Jacob Binhammer, captured; died in Andersonville prison Chris F. E. Blaich. William Clark. Charles Carpenteiv Martin Casey. John C. Earnst. Lewis Eckhart Jacob Fike Joseph Fellman, John Geideman Theodore Geisey. William Kalhorst Fred Koegele, Henry Leidkie. James Murty Michael Nash. John V. Xicholai. James Nolan, George W. Philo- John Sullivan. J. C. Weidemieir. William Walsh. COMPANY K. Mustered with regiment. PRIVATES William Campbell. Randolph J. Loecher, William Hensow. Peter Wigle James Hensow Henry M. Sprague No muster out rolls of this regiment (original enlistment, ) are on tile at Columbus, Ohio. SIXTY-SFVENTH HtGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFAN- TRY. COMPANY C. Organized December, 1861. Mustered out December 31, 1«64. NON-COMMIS.SIONED OFFICER. Coiporal Christian Schwartz, promoted Sergeant; wounded July 18, 1863. COMPANY F. COMMISSIONED OFFICER. Captain Joseph P. Owen, promoted from Corporal of Company K; mustered out June 14, 186.T. COMPANY K. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. ' Sergeant James J. Banks. Corporal Joseph P. Owen, enlisted November 2. 1801; wounded in left hand at Fort Wagoner, July 18. 1SG3; promoted to Captain of Com- pany F;- mustered out June 14, 1865. Corporal Henry Clatlin, Musician, RoscoeCaselten. PRIVATES Homer Akers. Lafayette Baird. Jonah C. Barton Henry H. Gibbs. Alonzo H. Hopkin.s. Jeremiah McFall, Comfort H. Ruggles, promoted Sergeant. Edwiu Russell. Charle.s Sivers. Frank M. Stewart. John Turner Daniel B. Waggoner. John W. Whiddou. Eugene Whitney. SKVKNTV-SECOND KF(iIMENT ulllo VOLINTEER INFANTRY, COMPANY (i. Mustered into service February 18, 18(53. Mustered out September 11. 1865. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS Captain James Fernald, mustered out with regiment. First Lieutenant William C. Bidle. promoted to Captain and transferred to Company E. Second Lieutenant John H. PoyeK resigned, December 3. 18«2. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS First Sergeant Jacob M Beecher. promoted to First Lieutenant in Sev- enty-First United States Colored Infantry April 17. 1864. First Sergeant Jonas Stanberry, wounded at siege of Spanish fort. Ala- bama: mustered out with company. Sergeant George Downing, veteran volunteer muste:ed out with com- pany. Sergeant Charles Hawes. veteran volunteer, mustered out with com- pany. Sergeant William P. Shilk, veteran volunteer; mustered out with com- pany Sergeant George Taylor, veteran volunteer; mustered out with com" pany. Corporal Robert Dalzell, veteran volunteer: mustered out with com- pany. Corporal Elihu Fernald, veteran volunteer, promoted to Sergeant and transferred to Company E. Musician. Christian Engle, veteran volunteer; discharged August 7, 1865- PRH'ATES. Erasmus H. Andress. not on muster-out roll. Sydney Adams, veteran volunteer: mustered out with company. John R. Akers. not on the muster-out roll. Ebenezer G. Allen, mustered out with company. Burel Butman, mustered out with company. David Brownell. veteran volunteer: mustered out with company. Charles Barber, mustered out with company. Peter Brums, mustered out with company. Lewis C. Clark, veteran volunteer: mustered out with company. Wilson S. Crum, veteran volunteer; discharged August 7, 1865. John Coon. John Call. Samuel Dailey. Eward Daniels, veteran volunteer: mustered out with company. Willard Dike, discharged December 14. ISW. Williani Davie, discharged December 14, 18t)4. Henry W. Daj'kin. discharged December 14, 1864. Christopher Edwards. Erastus Erskin. veteran volunteer; discharged Maj" 13. lS(i.i. Henry L. Ewing, discharged June 11, 1864. Louis A. Ervin. Thomas C. Fernold. Hiram B. French. Henry French. Eugene Frankenbury, died at Andersonville prison. Norman Foster, veteran volunteer; mustered out with company. John Franigari Edward B. Fuller Edward Gibbs. Nicholas L. Grow. John Haugbn. discharged December 14, I8ij4. Alfred Haun. Charles Haughn. discharged to accept pro:notioa July 10, 1864. Francis Higgins. James Hageny. Solomon Hower. Charles Harley. veteran volunteer; discharged August 7, 1865. Joseph Imhaf. David H, James. John H . Jefferson. Fraiitz Kromer. Charles Kramus. Andrew Loughlin. John V. Ladd. discharged October Si*. 1864. Comfoit M. Lewis. Charles Lansen. George W. Lewis. Rufus W. Lawrence. Dennis Lavler. William H. McEnaliy, veteran volunteer; nuistei*ed out with regiment Dennis Mack. Philip Mons. died in rebel pri.son Michael McCarty. Augustus Mulchey, veteran volunteer: mustered out with company. Robert Jleek William Perry. John D. Plum Calvin R. Porter, James L. Porter. William Rood. William L Robertson. Albert Rice, veteran volunteer; mustereil i)Ut with company. Augustus Rice George W Reed George H. Sutherland, discharged December 14. 1864. Erastus Squires. Merritt Sextons, •I HISTORY OF HURON AND EKIE COUNTIES, OHIO. 91 John C. Steward, discharged by reason of fraouii-e of right ankle, Sep- tember er, iMr,4, James M. Suiitli. Frederick Schafer . WlUiam Seitt. discharged February 10, 1865. Henry Sprow. Morris Sweet. John Shadenck . Joseph R. Turner Benjamin Thurlby. John D. Turner, veteran volunteer: mustered out with company. Michael Parchuer. Jonathan Taylor, recruit; mustered out with company. De Witt C. Vance, died of wounds August .S, l>*t;4. Isaac Vanderpool. Henry Wile. Thomas J. Wright. Harrison Warren. William H. Walker. CU.Ml'.WV H. Mustered with regiment. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER. first Sergeant Andrew Meckel, promoted Second Lieutenant in Com- pany A, April 29, 1864 PRIVATES. Rudolph Dllger, Henry Dickman. George Filmeier. Fridolin Haid, Charles Hubbard. George Hubbard. Martin Killian, Frederick Loomis, Jacob Lang, Rochus Link. Frank Mittler, Frederick Mittler, Lewis Raw, John Raw. William Roos, • Charles Smith, Henry Stull, Louis Schneider, Andrew Schumaker, Joseph F. Willi. I Peter Zimmerman, veteran volunteer: mustered out with company. No muster-out rolls of original enlistments can be found. The names are copied verbatim from tht rolls, and the writer will not be responsible for errors in spelling KIGHTV-SKVEXTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER Mustered into service June 10, 18(32, for three months; mustered out at expiration of term of service. PRIVATES. William A Barber .\rthur W Fitch Samuel P Kenyon Thomas Kanaly George W. Rickard John C. Schneider Kelsey Weeks - rO.MPANY K. Private Andrew C. Mavrill. EKiinV-EIGHTH KEGIMEXT OHIO VOLUNTEER IXFANTKY, CO.MPANV H. Blustered into service. July :J1. ISIJJ. Mustered out of service, July 3 NON-COMMISSIONEO OFFICERS . First Sergeant Martin L Coyer Sergeant Isaac P Baldwin, discharged January IS, 18li5. I orporal Martin Jl, Ryerson. I "orporal Russell Prentiss Corporal .lohn .M Sloan PRIVATE.S. Clark H Ames. Palmer Amsden. Charles I Black. James Bisseli. Sylvanus Bui-ch Homer BrundaKe, discharged January :il), 1S04. Benjamin Curtit, discharged July IvJ, l.%4. Wilson L Priver Asa Drake, discharged March 14, IHM. George Daniels, discharged July IH, IH(;i Hiram Fisher George Fisher. Samuel C. Gregory. William H. Green, discharged March IH, 18113. Charles Hooper, discharged October ■&, 180:i. Scott Halloway. William Hubbell. discharged .luly li, IHM, Giles W Jump James Jackson. John H. Kandall Dallis Lawton Leonard Lane, Adam Lootman , Elias Mason, discharged .Inly li, 18t)4. Harrison Mohn Ferdinand Market . John S. Pierce Torance D Parker Francis Rice, died January 1?, l.S)14. Ta.ylor Sweet Munson L . Squire. Ezra H. Smith Nelson Sutton . Henry Tice. mustered out with com pany . Samuel Weyenbacher Thomas H. Wood, discharged March 18, 18115. ON'E HUNDKEl) AND FIRST REtUMENT OHIO VOLUN- TEER INFANTRY. Mustered into service August 3(), 18(52. Mustered out of service June 12, 1865. FIELD AND STAFF. Surgeon. Thomas M. Cook, mustered into service at Moaroeville, Ohio, August 12, 1S62; mustered out with regiment. Assistant Surgeon, Walter Caswell, resigned July 88, 186:J Chaplain, Oliver Kennedy, resigned November 17, 186:J. Adjutant, Leonard D. Smith, promoted to Captain and assigned to Com- pany C May 30, 1803. Sergeant Major, Jay C. Smith, enrolled as private in Company B: pro- moted Sergeant Major February 14, 1863, and to First Lieutenant, Company I, May 9, 18(34 Hospital Steward, Levi B. Lathrop, discharged April 14, 186:5, at Louis- ville, Kentucky, on Surgeon's certificate Hospital Steward, J. Edward Mathews, enrolled as private in Company B; promoted to Hospital Steward April 15. 1863. COMPANY A. Mustered into service at Monroeville, Ohio, August 30, 1862. Mustered out of service at Camp Harker, Tennessee, .June 12, 1865. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS Captain Charles Caligan, resignation accepted December 10, 1862. First Lieutf nant Asa R. Hillyer, died Jaimary 4, 18(33, of wounds received at Stone River December 31. 1862. Second Lieutenant Daniel H. Fox, promoted First Lieutenant February 1, 1.863; mustered out Jul}- 29, 1S64, to accept commission as Major of the regiment , NON-COM.MISSIONED OFFICERS. First Sergeant Justus F. Brisack. discharged for disability December 31, 1862. Sergeant A.Ward Hillyer. discharged for disabilit.v December 19, 1862. Sergeant David \V. Smith, discharged for disability March 6, 1863 Sergeant Benjamin F. Bryant, promoted to First Lieutenant February 1. 18(j;J, Corporal Andrew A. Jackson, promoted to First Sergeant May 12, I8(i4. Corporal Willaid E. Robbius, discharged tor ilisability April 29, 18(33. Corporal Horace Hill, dis .liarged for disability January 6, 1863. Corporal James E. Ells mot on muster-out roil). Corporal Gideon D. Webb, discharged lor disability March 27, 1865. Corporal Van R. M. Ryan, discharged tor disability April 24, 1863. Corporal Henry Kingsley, discnarged for disability 3Iaroh 10, 1.863. Corporal Frederick J. Jefferson, i>romoted to First Sergeant November 1. 1863; killed at Rocky Face Kidge May II, 1864 Musician, Andrew Clock, transfetied to Veteran Reserve Corps March 15, 18(i4, Musician, Matliew Park, discharged by oider of Secretary of War May 16, 18(35. Wagoner, John Buck, discliarged for disaliihty March 7. 1863. Delmer Atkinson, discharged for disability May 2, 18(i3. Jame« Allen, discharged for disability .\pril 3. 1.865 Julius Austin, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps November 20, 186:1. Patrick Brady, promoted to Corporal May 1, 1865, John Base, promoted to Corporal .Vugtist 1, 1863; prisoner of war since September 20, 1863, 92 HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. Traven Biailj- (not on muster-out loll) Ransom Barnitt. discharged for disability December 4, IfCa. Newbury Barker, died at Xashville, Tennessee. December 1, 1862 Miles E. Cartwriglit. dieil in service August 13. 1864 William P. Cleveland, discharged for disabilily February 1^. 1863. Lucius A. Challer. died at Nashville. Tennessee. December ih 1862 George P. Coleman, died in service April 26. 1861. Leonard Chance, died in service May 30. 1863. Hiram C. Disbro. not on muster out roll. Thomas Earl, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps November 20, 1863. Henry Ernsberger. died in service November 4, 181)2. Andrew Evans, discharged for disability March 21. 1863. Henry Fish, died in service Aiiril 25. 18(13 Charles R. Green, nmstered out with company Thomas Green, discharged for disability July I. 1813 John R. Griffin, promoted to Coiporal February I, 1863, Norman Gregory, killed near Dallas, Georgia, May 30, 1864. Cornelius F. Harder. John Harriman, mustered out with company Philip F. Henley, discharged for disabilily March 3, 1863. Sidney HolT, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps November 17, 1864, Frederick J, Haller. nmstered out with company Albert R. Hill, promoted Corporal September 14. 1862; discharged for disability January 31. l!M)3 John W. Hasbrook. discharged for disability in the spring of 1863. Abram Inman. died October .i. 1863. of wounds received at Chickamauga September 20. 1S63. Wilbur Kingsley. transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps August 1, l.S6:3. Abel Knapp. promoted Sergeant November 1. isii3: mustered out with company. Enoch H. Kilburn. transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps March 7, 1864. John King, promoted Sergeant May 1.186,5; mustered out with company, George Lanieron. killed at Chickamauga September 1«. 1863. Alpho Lowe, Jr., died at Louisville, Kentucky, June 14, 1)*1. William M. Jliner, transferred to Engineer Corps August ", 1864, John JIcGraw, discharged July 14, IStlJ, James S, Moody, not on muster out roll, Harman H. Martin, prisoner of warsiuce September 20, 186:3 James Marks, not on muster out roll, William L. McPherson. died of wounds received at Chickamauga, Octo- ber 13. 1863 Amos W Polly, discharged for disability May 17, 1863. Samuel A, Pike, died in service September, 1862 Cyrus B Prosser, died of wounds received at Stone River, January 12, 1863 Edwin Bunyan. killed at Stone River. December 31. 1862. John L. Riggs. ilie4, Corporal William B, Bice, promoted to Sergeant January 25, 1863. Corporal Jacob 3Ierkiey. mustered out with company. Corporal John W. Ward, discharged for disabilily March 8, 1863 Musician. George W Hill, died at Perry ville. Kentucky. November 12, 1862. W^agoner, William P. Barton, mustered out with company. PRIVATES. Hai-per Austin, mustered out with company, Seth A . Barton, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps January 4, 1864 William Eurrell, died in service Januar.v 28, Allen M, Curran. promoted Sergeant January 2.5. 1863, William H, Carpenter, discharged for disability Januarj- 15, 1.86:3, Edwin Clartin, discharged Aprils. 1865. by reason of accidental wound. Robert CuUen, mustered out with company. Wilbur F, Cow-les, promoted to First Sergeant Januarj' 2.5. 1863; cap- tured at battle of Chickamauga, William H, Colvell. transferred to Marine Corps. May 3, 1863, John W Dodge, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps February 4, IS64. Milton C. Dodge, missing in battle C'f Chickamauga. September 20. 186:3. Simeon A, Davis, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Ma.v 3. 1864. Charles B. Dennis, mustered out with companj' Henry M. Elwood. discharged for disability. December 20, 1S62 Sidne.v W. Faxon, discharged for liisability. Januarj' 28. 1863. James C. Fitch, discharged for disability, Jlay 29. 1865. Amos W. Fox. transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. Julj- 1, 1863. Alfred Foreman, discharged for disabilitj". Januarj* 14. 1.86:3. Theodore Ford, wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, Tennessee, September 19. 1863 Alfred Grant, discharged for disability. February 24,' 18t*3, Leonard Ga.v, discharged for disabilitj-, January 10. 1863. James Glin. died in service, November 5, 1862. Charles (jlross. transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, (date unknown). Alexander C. Hosmer. transferred to Company A to receive promotion as Second Lieutenant William L. Hutt.-n. discharged for disabilit.v. October 7. 1863. Jerome Hollj*. ilied yiay S. 1S63. Harrison J. Hammond, died in service February 14. 1863. Francis Houseman, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, March 18, 1864. Orlando Holly, died in service. November 8, 1862. Albert Hinman, discharged by reason of wounds received at Stone River, (no datet. Smith Harrington, discharged for disabilily. Febriiarj' 24. 1863. David Hinds, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, (no tlate given). Oliver Holbrook. discharged for disabilitj*. IVIarch in. 186:3 >lartin Ingles, died in service. December 9. 1S63 Philip Hunz. (not on muster out roll', Emmett Lincoln, transferred to marine service, (date not given). George W, Littleton, nmstered out with companj* .James H. Laden, discharged for disabilitj-, Aju-il 7, 186:3, George W, Ladd. promoted Sergeant January *2.5, 1863, .lustns Luhrs. promoted to Corporal June 1. 18(M. Charles McGettigan, transferred to Veteran Reren*e Corps, May 3. 1864 Dennis Mullen, mustered out with companj*. Joseph T. Mni-shail. discharged Februarj* •28, 1863,-by retison of wounds received at Stone Rivei William Meacbam. nmstered out with comitanj* John F Miller, died May *26. 1864, fi*om wounds J Edward JIatthew*s, promotetl to Hosi)ital Stewanl. April 14. 1863. Charles D. Pierce, discharged for disability, .June 11. 1S63. Edwin C. Pomeroy. died June :30. 1864, from w*oiinds received at Chatta- nooga, Tennessee . Oscar Pertschman, promoted to Coi*poral March 1. 1865. Henry B. Penllekl. discharged for disability. Decenilwr :30. 1863, William R IV'pe, discharged March 12, ISIU, by reason of wounds re- ceived at Chickatuair^a, Theodore Hebudue. prisoner of war. HlSTOUY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIEa, OHIO. 93 Aden Rice, Clerk ai Headquarters Fouitli Ainiy Corps, mustered out with company. Jay C. Smith, promoted Sergeant Major. .laniiary 4, 1815.3 Robert Schetb, mustered out with eomimny , Charles Shupe, prisoner of war. no record of discharge. Orange Seanians, discharged for disability. January n, 1S6;5. Bradford J. Seaveiy, mustered out with company Ralph E. Taylor, discharged for disability, Octobery, 1S63. David \V. Thompson, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps September io, ii2. Daniel Wood, discharged for disability January 7, 1.S64. Michael Wood, discharged for disability December 30, 1803, Anton Wauck, discharged for disability December .SO, 186.S. Henry O. Wright, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps (No date given). Samuel (i. Wright, discharged for disability December 30. I8(i3. Dustin Washburn, transferred to U. S. Engineers August 39, 18fj4, Jacob Young, promoted Corporal March 1, 1865; mustered out with coiupany. Jacob M. Zimmerman, died In rebel prison January 9. 18(34. _Robert Sankey, died at Nashville, Tennessee. (No date given). COMPANY D. Mustered into service August 30. IStil. at Monroeville, Ohio. Mustered out of serWce June 13, 18tJ.'i, in Tennessee. COMMISSlOSEIi OFPI(.'ER.S Captain H. G. Sheldon, resigned by reason of disability Januarj' 3W, 18»)3. First Lieutenant J. B. Cnnis, resigned by reason of disability January 2, 1863. Second Lieutenant J. M. Lattimer. Jr., promoted First Lieutenant March .5, ist.i3, and to Captain March 31. 1>'03; mustered out with company NON-COMMISSIONEO OFFICERS. First Sergeant Manferd D. Slocum. transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Aug.ist 1, 1863, Sergeant G. W Payne, discharged March 38. 1803 Sergeant Ira Beman Reed, promoted to First Lieutenant March 31. 1S03, and to Captain March 3fl. 1864; assigned to Company E. Sergeant John D Blair, killed at Chickamauga, September in. 1803. Sergeant Dutton Jones, discharged September 9, 1863. Corporal Elbert J. Siiuire, promoted to First Lieutenant March 39, 1804; captured near Huntsville, .\iabama. January 17. 180.') Corporal Charles E. Marsh, discharged f^ecember 3S, 1863. Corporal Enos L. Marsh, discharged by reason of wounds May 9. 1803. Corporal Jerome G. (iihson. discharged January 7. 1863 Corporal Justus N. Brown, mustered out with company. Corporal George N. Mead, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Feb- ruary 15, 1864. Corporal Minor Lawrence, discharged March 38. 1863 PRIVATES. Luzerne .\msden. discharged March 33. 1864. Duane Austin, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps August hi, 1804 Jacob M. Abbott, died at Nashville, T>-nnessee, January 3.5, 1803 Clark Barber, died at Louisville, Kentucky, July 7, 1863. Charles F. Brewster, discharged .ipril 3i, 1863. William R. Bell, discharged March 13, 1863. Egbejt M. Burgess, died at Louisvdle. Kentucky, December 3, 186.3 Charles C. Bacon, died at Nashville, Tennessee, January 1. 1863 Frederick G. Brown, discharged Februar}* 3. I8(il. Delas Bishop, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corj^s August I, 1863. Joseph L. Bishop, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, November 1, 1.863. Alonzo F. Bishop, discharged April 37, 180."). William \V. Conover, discharged February 3, 1863 Chester H. Carpenter, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps January 15, 1801. Enoch Cole, mustered out May 10, 1805. George W. Curtiss, discharged January 13, 1863. Jotham .\. Curtiss. died August 15, 1864, of wounds received in action near Kenesaw Knob, Georgia. John H. Crawford, captured at Chickamauga September 30, 1803 EV W. Cimninghani, ili.scharged June 32, 1863. George F. Drake, discharged July 15, 1803. William L. Dickinson, died at Louisville, Kentucky, December 13, 18(i3. William S. Denton, ilied at Chattanooga, Tennessee, .June 30, l,8t^. Henry 0. Dills, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps September 30, 180.3. Constautine Frank, died at .Murfieesboro, Tennessee, Maj' 31, 1803. George W. Fish, died at Gashville. Tennessee, .January 5, 1803 12 > Edward P. Fowler, mustered out with company. Myron H. Furlong, discharged February 10, 1863. Leroy L. Guthrie, mustered out May 15. 1805. Charles .V. G jwdy, died at Bardstown, Kentucky, Decembers, 1862. G, W. Goodman, discharged February 6. 1.S03. Hamilton Wilson, promoted to Corporal May 1. 1.863; discharged ,\ugust 34, 1S64. James HoUoway. mustered out with company. George Hunt, discharged February 9, 1863. George N. Hubbell. promoted to First Sergeant September 30, 1863. Thaddeus Hackett. discharged March 3.5. 1804. W. W. Hopkins, mustered out with company Janus H. Hopkins, dietl at Bowling Green, Kentucky, December 4, 1802. John X. Hopkins, died at .Mnrfreesboro, Tennessee, June 15, 1863. E. M. Hume, discharged Februar.v 9. 1803. Eugene Hawkes, captured at Chickamauga, September 30, 1863. .John W. Johnson, mustered out .May 17, 1805. Flavel B. Jones, killed in action at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 19, 1863. George N. Keeler. luustered out with compan.v. Corydon Kmgsl>ury, promoted to Sergeant March 1, 1864. Simeon W. Kinsey. mustered out with company William Leak, mustered out \\ith company. Ge rge Lawrence, transferred to Veteran Corps, April 39. 1804 George A. Lawrence, mustered out with company E. E. Lyons, discharged Decenibei- 13, 1803. George E. Mattoon, mustered out with company William F. Merit, died at Danville. Kentucky, November 13. 1863 Charles H. Mead, promoted to Sergeant May I, 1804. Heni-y M. Newton, promoted to Sei-geant May I, 1803, Charles Pickens, died of wounds received at Stone River, Jaimary 1, 1803 Charles Penfleld, discharged on account of wounds. May 4, 1803. Albert Palmer, mustered out with company D. G. Palmer, mustered outMay 33. 1805. Job Peterson, mustered out with company. Charles B. Rose, uuistered out with compay . Erastus S. Russell discharged February 14, 1863. John H Rickey, died of wounds Jime 33, 1S64 Watson W. Rowland, died lanuary 31, 1863, at Nashville, Tennessee. LeviO. Rowland, ilischarged February 1.5, 1864. Samuel L. Smith, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, January 10, 1805 George H. Sowers, promoted Sergeant May 1, 1804. William H. Snyder, discharged December 38, 1803. Charles Scott, killed in action at Kingston, Georgia. May 19, 1804. John C. Sprague, discharged f ebruary 14. l.'-03, Orrin S. Sutton, mustered out with company Luther L. Terry, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, February 5. 1864. James E. Terry, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, February 15. 1804 Hiram N. Townsend, discharged March 7, 1863. William H. Trnmbley, discliarged March 8, 1803. Jacob Tru.xell, Jr., discharged December 12, 1863. Homer Truxell, discharged Febi-uary 14, 1803. Merit W.vcoff, disharged Jamiary 10,1803. William C. Wyckes, promoted to Corporal May 1. 1804; mustered out with company Samuel C White, died of wounds received at Chickamauga, Georgia. September 30 1863. W. J. Wa.shbnrne, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, September 30, 1803. Lemuel Wood, transferred to Veteran Restrve Corps. January 15. 18IhI Jesse W. Bell, discharged February 7, 1803, CO.MPANY (i. Mustered into service, August 30, 1862, at Monroeville, Ohio. Mustered out of service, June 12, 1865, in Tennessee COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Captain John Jlesser, promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, to date January 3. 1,863; resigneil January 7, 1804. First Lieutenant John P, Fleming, promoted Captain May 33, 1803; mus tered out with company. Second Lieutenant llorac.' D. Olds, promoted to First Lieutenant May 37, ISKJ; discharged December 35, 1804, to accept promotion in First United States Volunteer Veteran Engineer Corps NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. First Sergeant William H. Van Ness, discharged October 30, 180;j. Sergeant Ambrose B. C. Duninan, captured September 19, 18t>3. Sergeant Jonathan Cooke, transferred to First United States Volunteer Veteran Engineer Corps August 7, 18M Sergeant George W. Flemuig. discharged March I. 1803. C'orporal Sipiire A. Butler, promoted to First Sergeant May 3, 18tH; mus- tered out with company i 94 Hl.-STOliV OF lILTiO^' AND ERIE COUNTIES. OHIO. Corporal George Mordoff, promoted to Sergeant July *2,'1864; mustered out with company. Corpt)ral Isaac C. Capen. promoted to Sergeant March 4. l^iVi: killed iu battle September 19, 1863 Corporal Francis 31. Miller, discharged October 17. iwvi. Corporal George L. Smith, died December 4. 1862. Coii>oral Jasper F. Webster, promoted to Second Lieutenant May 3, 1864. and to First Lieutenant February 1, 1865: mustered out with conipanj' . (^orporal John White, promoted to Sergeant October 1.5. 18(13; mustered out with company , 3Iusician, Rhoderick Russell, discharged March 5fi. 1863. PRIVATES. Franklin Andrews, promoted to Corporal JIarch 1, 1863. Emerson Andi'ews. mustered out with compani,' S4. Floron Dalzell. died January 28, 1863. Henry E. Dwight, mustered out with company. Heni-y D. Fisher, mustered out with company Alpha B. Falley, discharged June 2:i. 186-3. George L- Fowler, promoted Sergeant July "I. ISW; mustered out with coiupauy. Ralph G. Fuller, mustered out with company. James Ford, transferred to Mississippi Marine Brigade March II. 1863. Alfred Ford, discharged for wounds Ma,v 13. 1865. Peter Greiner. transfei'red to Signal Corps October 22, 18(i3. Oliver Gardner, mustered out with company. Daniel W Harris, mustered out with company. George Hewett. killed at the battle of Stone River January .5, 1863. George Hoover, mustered out with company. Jacob Hay. transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps May 3, 1864, William Hutchinson, killed in battle of Nashville, Tennessee, December 5. lSti4. Malachi Humi)hrey. discharged forwounds 3Ia3-25, 1865. Daniel B. Higglns, mustered out with company. Miles E Hale, discharged January 31. 1863. EdgarF Horn, transferred to Veteran ReserveCorps. (No date) Alba Howey. mustered out with company. John Howey. transferred to Veteran ReserveCorps. ^Xodate). John Howell, nmstered out with company Frederick Hnuck. mustered out with company. Benjamin Jones, mustered out with company Peter Landin. discharged February 7, 1863. Laban D Lowry, discharged December 11, 18*i3. Charles Long mustered out with company. Alexander Lewis, died December 2, 1862. Charles D. Morehouse, discharged February 28, 1864 Curtis B Mnllenox. killed in battle of Stone River January 2, 1863. Andrew Meikle kille)! in battle <>f Stone River January 2, 1863. Francis Magill. transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Lafayette Miller, transferred to Engineer Corps August 7, 1864. Daniel Myei-s, mustered out with company Andrew J Miller, promoted Corporal March 1. 18*i5 William Slunson. transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps April 10, 18(>4. George B. Morse, promoted Corporal January 1, 1865. Leroy Mullenox. died from wounds July 25. 1864. Le*vis Osborn, died in Libby Prison December 14. 1863 Stephen Paxtoii, promoted Corporal May 10, 186.3; mustered out with company . James J Pike, discharged Jaimary 6. 1864. David Plue. promoted Corporal July 1. I8t'»4: mustered out with com- pany John RtLsset, nmstered out with company. Charles Russet, mustered out with company. Giles W Ray. promoted Corporal July 1. 1864. Horace V Ramstlell. discharged of wounds March 11, 1863. Lyman B. Russell, nmstered out with company Almon W. Sherman, mustered out with company Elisha D Sutith, discharged June 4. IHtvi Russell Sanders discharged August 15. 1863. George W ShafTer, died June 19, I8«>4. Alfred Sutton, mustered out with company. DeWitt Thompson, mustered out with company. Martin V Wilbur, discharged for wounds March 27. 1865. John D Wheat, mustered out with company. Madison E. Wells, promoted Sergeant July 1, 18m: mustered out with company. George W. Wheat, discharged February 4. 1863 Andrews Bradley, starved to death in Andersonville prison, September a4. 1864: captured September 2:J, 1863. UXE HINDKED AND SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO XOL- CXTEER INFANTRY, COMPANY F. Mustered ino service September 9 1862. at Cleveland. Ohio Mustered out of service July 10. 1865, at Charleston. South Carolina. SON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS- First Sergeant Henry Bernhard. discharged March 2, lSt>3, Sergeant George Beck, missing in action at Gettysburg July 1, 1863. Sergeant Justus Thornberg promoted First Lieutenant; woundtd May j 2, 1863. I Sergeant Carl Groesli. discharged December 22, 1862. Sergeant Leopold Weinman, mustered out with company. Coiporal John Becker, mustered out with company , Corporal Frederick Frey. promoted Sergeant March 5. 1863; mustere out with company. Corporal Charles Wahler. wounded in action July 1. 1863. Corporal Henry Roiier. mustered out with company Corporal Henr,v Fre.v. died November 1. 1862, Corporal Joseph Fels. discharged for wounds Slay 27. 1-864. Mu<-ician, Stephen Schnurr, mustered out with company. Wagoner, Joseph Meier, mustered out with company. PRIVATES Herman Breunmy, discharged April. 1863. Jacob Bretz. died October 8, 1863. T. Xavier Buerge. mustered out with company. Augustin Berzikafer. nmstered out with company. .Jaco!. Beecher. mustered out with company. John Bucher. mustered out with company. Frederick Biehl. captured at Gettysburg; eight months a prisoner. Adam Bergheeler. promoted Corporal: mustered out with companj* John Becker, wounded at Gettysburg: promoted Corporal. John Breil. died May 14. 1865 Frederick Busch. mustered out with company. Joseph Bishop, died December 31. 18tJ2, AiidT-ew Bengel. killed in action March 2, I8():j. ' John Ernst, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps September 26, 1863. John Eusdorff. promoted to Sergeant October 1. 1864; mustered out with comjiany Charles Frauek. mustered out with company, John G. Fott, mustered out with companjv Charles Gerdes, mustered out with coiupauy . Edwaj'd Gessler, mustered out with company. Edward Giteman, mustered out with company. Joseph Hormes. transfei-red to Veteran Reserve Corps, by reason wounds- George Helmech. killed in action July 2, 1863. Henry Hossle, mustered out with company. William Heinzmau, not ou muster out roll William Hacker, missing at Gettysburg, July 1. I'^Gl. Martin ludlekofer. died June 19. 1865. John Kastor. mustered out with company Charles Krumbholz. not on muster out roll Henry Klappel. promoted Corporal March 1, 18tM. Anton Lung, mustered out with ciunpany. Ferdinand Loeblein. killed in aciion May 2, 1863. Aiphouse J. Letfler. not on nuister out roll Frank Mangin. mustered out with company. John Moos, mustered out with company Jacob G. Miller, absent, sick, when company was nmstered out. Conrad Missig. promoted to Corporal Maivh 1, l'*6J; wounded May 2, 1863, in lireast and shouldei- August Malhew. transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps May 20, 1863 Joseph Mueller, mustered out with eompany Frank Xewlier^er, tratisferi-ed to Veteran Reserve Corps May 20. 1863. Guslnv Phillips, promoted to Corporal November 24. 1862: wounded In action May 2. I8er, died of wounds August 2, 18*;:j, Nicholas RimeK died in Libby Prison Henry Ross, nmstered out with company. John Surren, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps February I. 18»>4. HISTORY OF HTRON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. 95 Williaiii Sneiiier. promoted to Principal Musician Aflam Scliaub. woiimied in action March 1. isti-i: mustered out with ct>inpany . Valentin Sheidler. not on muster out roll. John Schonier, mustered out with company. John Smith, not on uuister out roll. Christian Thomas, mustered out with company Wendel Vietliauer, not on muster out roll. Jacob Walter, woundel in action May '2. lHfi:l; mustered out with com- pany . Garret Walter, missing in action July I. I'^*^! Anthony- Wiutersteiler, not on muster out roll. Jacob Zuber. not on muster out roll. COMPANY H. ■ Mustered into service September 9. 1S63, Clereland, Ohio. Mustered out of service July 10. 1.S05. at Charleston. South Carolina. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Sergeant Edwanl Rcitz, mustered out with company. Sergeant William B'.>wers. promoted to First Lieutenant. Company B, April ■^, 18(i5, Otto Shick, mustered out with company. Corpoi-al Andrew Myers, captured at Gettysburg, July 1, 18(i3; mustered out with company. Corporal George A. Wise, nmstered ont with company. Corpoi-al Roniig. wounded at Gettysburg; discharged iMay 31, 18154. Corporal Henry Setzler, wounded at Chancellorsville: transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. Wagoner, Joseph flyers, mustered out with company, PRIVATES Amos Arbogast, mustered out with company. Philip Buliong. mustered out with company. Jacob Bauman. died February 4. 18(}3. William H. Bauman, died December '3. ISfi-J, Harry Baursas, promote^d Corporal September !*. 1S62; mustered out with company Sanmel Cane, musteied out with company George Denhart. captured at ChancellorsviUe. Jacob Egli, fiansferred to Veteran Reserve Corps November 28, 1863. Martin (iross, wounded at Chancellorsville, May 2. I8fi3; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps September 1, lSi>i. - Joseph Gruner, mustered out with company, Nicholas Huther, nuistered out with company. Christopher Heer, mustered out in hospital (no date). Christian F. Hildwein, promoted Sergeant July 1. 18(j3; mustered out with company. Melchoir Kechely, mustered out with company. James W. Myers, mustered out with company. George Metz. died of wounds June 2, 1863. Conrad Metz, promoted Corijoral March 5, 18*VJ; mustered out with com- pany Frederick T«Ietz. transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps January Hi, 1854. Philip Oakieaf. promoted to Corporal December 4, 18«)3; died January 3. 1863. Philip Ohiemacher, mustered i>ut with comiaany Franklin B. Price, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps March 2, 18&4. John Parker, luustereil out with company. Alphonse Reamer, captured at (iettysburg; fnustered out with company. Philip Raw. transferred to Veteran Reserve Cori»s January 16, 1861. George Roedersdorf, mustered out with company. Philip Seel, promoted Corporal January 1, 1864: mustered out with com- pany. Michael Seitz. wounded at Gettysburg. July 1, 1863; transferred to Vete- ran Reserve Corps March '-i, 1864. John Soulter. died June 3. 1863. Joseph Sneider. died April 10, 1863. Peter Frautman. transferred to Veteran Reserve Cori)s January 16, I8t>4. Jos'ph Weis. wounded at Gettysburg; transferred to Veteran Reserve Cttrps Peter Weilnan. died June 7, ISfti. John W. Weisenheimer. transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. Simon Veager. captured February 5, 1865; paroled, and at Annapolis, Maryland, when company was mustered out (tN'K ifiNhitKi) AM) Ktj:vi;N"rn i;i:i.imi:xt omo VOIA'XTEKR IXFAXTRY, COMPANY A. Mustered into service September 5, 1862, at Camp Toledo. Ohio. Mus- tered out of service June 27, ISIm, at Salisbury, North Carolina. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. s.-i-geant Charles Baker, promoted to Second Lieutenant, Company K, May 1, 1864. ' 'I'rporal Gemira G. Burton, mustered out in hospital mo date). r..rporai Hetuw Vanbuskirk, mustered nut with company. Corporal .John R. Ramsey, discharged (no date). Musician. Janus Current, died .Tune y'>. 1S6I PRIVATES. William H. Arling. discharged at Louisville. Kentucky (no date). Robert Long, mustered out with company. Jacob Parker, not on muster out roll . Joseph A. Porter, mustered out with company. Edward Sibrell, mustered out with company. John Scanleu, dischargeil Jaimary 10, ISO.*). John Stoll, mustered out with company. COMl'ANY (i. Mustered into service September 5. 1.S62. Mustered out of service with regiment. NOX-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Sergeant Patrick F. Dalton, promoted to Second Lieutenant in Company H. April 8, istij. Corporal Philip Mathia. wounded at Franklin, Tennessee, November 30, 18&4: discharged from hospital at Columbus. Ohio {no date). George W. Crowell, promoted to Second Lieutenant. Forty-Eighth U. S. C. I.. January 2, 1865. Richard K. Dalton, died at Bowling Gi'een. Kentuckj*. November 2:}, 1862. Silas Dymond. mustered out with company. Frederick S. Story, died at Bowling (.ireen. Kentucky, November 21, 1862. Orrison Smith, discharged from hospital (no date). John Tuckerman, severely injured by railroad disaster near Gallatin, Tennessee, March, 1863. while in line of his duty as train guard. ONE HIXDRED AND TWENTY-THIRD HE(;iMENT OHIO VOLrXTEEK IXFAXTKY, ( OMPAXY B. Mustered into service September 24. IH6'J. at Monroeville. Ohio. Clus- tered out of service Jime 12. 186.5. at Camp Chase. Ohio. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Captain Horace Kellogg, promoted to Major Apiil 6, 1S63, and to Lieu- tenant Colonel December 14, 1S64; mu.stered out with regiment. First Lieutenant John Fitz Randolph, promoted ''to Captain March 6, 1863; mustered out with regiment. Second Lieutenant Caleb Dayton Williams promoted to First Lieuten ant March 6, 1863: killed in action July 18. 1804 NOX-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. First Sergeant George Joseph Frith, wounded in action at Winchester, Virginia. June 15, 1863; died June 2<), 1863. Sergeant Eugene Smith, promoted to First Sergeant; prisoner at Rich- mond. Virginia, from June 15 to July 15. 1863; mustered out in hos- pital. Sergeant Benjamin F. Blair, promoted to Captain, and transferred to Company K May 27, 186."). Sergeant Harris E. Smith, promoted to First Lieutenant iu Thirteenth U. S. C. A. January 0. 1863. Sergeant George A. Drake, prisoner of war at Richmond, Vii*ginia, frora June 15 to July 15. 1863. No date of discharge. Corporal Ira D . Wells, wounded in action at Hatcher's Run. Virginia, March 31, 1865. Corporal George Buskirk, wounded at Winchester, Virginia, .Tune 13, 1863. Discharged November li», 1863. Corporal William H. Thomas, promoted to Second Lieutenant iu the One Hundred and Twenty-Seventh United States Colored Troops, March 13, 1865. Corporal Samuel B. Caldwell, prisoner of war from June 15, to July 15, 1803. Corporal Edward L. Husted. prisoner from June 15 t«) July 15. 1863. Corporal Ezra A Wait, discharged Decembers, 1863. Cori>oral William G Ailing, discharged in hospital. Corporal Josiah R. Fisher, wounded at Winchester, Virginia. June 13. 1802: discharged July 14. IS64, Musician, Joseph Sallaland. mustered out with com])auy. Musician, George Williams, mustered out with company. Nelson Armstrong, promoted to Corporal; no date given; nmstered out with company. Malvern H. Barnhart, died at Winchester. Virginia, May 12, I8fW. Albert Blish, captured June 15. 1863: discharged in hospital. Enoch L. Birdseye. promoted to Corporal; no date; mustered out with company. Albert Bnrch. nuistered out with companj', John Y. Benfer, captured June 15. 1863; discharged in hospital. Anson T Bowen; discharged June 21, 1864. Edwin J. Beverstock, promoted to Hospital Steward September. 1, IJ^Ol. William Barhite. promoted CoriM)ral Sei>tember 20, 1H62: captured June 15, 1803. 96 HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. Orrin G. Bond, imistered out with company Stanley F Bond, starved to death at Andersonville prison, August 16, lt«4. by order of Jeff Davis. Jehile Castle, discharged in hospital. Elijah S Conger, killed in battle at Winchester. Virginia. June 13, 186.3. Heniy S Clapp, promoted to Second Lieutenant in Nineteenth United States Colored Troops. August 11. ISW Iriwng Cole, wounded in action at Winchester. Virginia. June 13, 1C6.3: right arm amputated ; discharged October 3. 18i. Christopher E. Tihotson. captured June 15, 18i5;i; mustered out with com- pany. Cyrus Taylor, discharged from hospital William Waggoner, mustered out with company Samuel White, captured June 15, 1363; discharged from hospital. John R. Wilson, sfdci-erf to death in .\ndersonville prison October 31, 1S64 Albert H. Wait, promoted Corporal FVIii-uary V.K 1S64; captured June 15. 1863; mustered out with company Hiram Whitmour, discharged February, 186;J, for disability Alphord Basconi, discharged February 14, 186:i, tor disability. Silas Simpson, killed by cars December 19, 1864. Alonzii Linn, died from wounds received June 17, 1863. John Murfy, discharged February 14. 1863, for disability. Lafayette Loveland, discharged for disability (date not known). Nathan Beers, mustered out with company. David B. Moore, recruit; wounded at High Bridge, Virginia, April 6, 1865; mustered out with company. COM PAX Y E. Mustered into service September 39, 1863, at Monroeville, Ohio. Mus- tered out with regiment ,June 13, 1865 COUUISSIOXED OFFICERS. Captain Samuel W Reed resigned February 13. 1863. Fii-st Lieutenant Dwight Kellogg, promoted to Captain April 5, 1863; nmstered out with company. Second Lieutenant Jlartin H. Smith, promoted to Captain of Company D, June". 1865. NOX-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS First Sergeant William S Rulison. died at Cumberland, Maryland, Deeember 10, 1863. Sergeant Martin V. Aldrich, discharged March 18, 1863 Sergeant Charles H. Sowers, promoted to First Lieutenant Decembers, 1.864. Sergeant Charles Loring, promoted to First Sergeant April 5. 1863; mus rertd out with company. .Sergeant James Angel, ilischarged for disability April 15, 1863. 1 '. irporal Horace Lawrence, promoted to Sergeant December 10, 1863; mustered out with company . Coi-poral David H Hutchison, captured June 30, 1864; in rebel prison when company was mustered out. Corporal James Wheaton, discharged April 34, 1863, for disability. JIusician, Samuel Bratton, died in rebel prisou February ir, 1865. Wagmier. William Stone, on detached service when the company was mustered out PRIVATES. William Burge. sick in hospital when company was mustered out. James Bennington, discharged January 35, 1865. Jeremiah Cassner .■■ick in hospital since September 30. 1864. Moses Cassner. captured at Cedar Creek, Virginia, October 19, 1864. Henry Coats, absent on detached service. Hudson Catlin. absent with pontoon train. .Jacob Dorn, killed in action at Winchester, Vii'ginia, June 15, 1863. .\le.vander Dennison died in rebel prison February 13, 1864. Hamilton Dennison, died July 6. 1863, of wounds received in action. Nicholas Durgin, died August 1, 1863. .Joseph Dignan, promoted Corpoi'al, January 8, 1864. John Ensign, discharged December 33, 1863 Michael H. Fulkert, dischargeil September 30, 1863. Henry (iibson, wounded at Winchester, Virginia, September 19, 1364 .James Gregory, mustered out with company . .John Cihoram, discharged March 18, 1863 Elias Hankisi'U, mustered out with company. Richard Howell, mustered out withccunpany .Ji'ba Hanserd, mustered out with company. Peter Letts, mustered out with company Daniel Mead, mustered out with company. Victi>r F. Mosier, mustered out with company. James S. 3h:»ody, mustered rut with company. Isaflc Odell, promoted Corporal Ai>ril 5, 1863. Lucius Palmer, mustered out with company. I Jeorge Pipher. died in rebel prison, Agust 9, 1864 . ,Iames B. Keed. died April 13, 1863 David Keed, mustered out with company Thomas Shamp, died March 23, 1365. Lorenzo Sweetlaiul, discharged, from wounds received in action, Sep- tember 15, 18t>.3. 13 Frederick Shaf er, died in rebel prison December 35, 1864 Edmond P. Snyder, promoted Corporal April 5, 1803; mnstertd out with company . Eilwin Snyder, promoted Sergeant October 13, 1864; mustered out with company . James B. Smith, discharged March 18, isii3 Lambert N. Sackett. discharged April 1. lsii3 James Smith, starved to death in rebel prison, about October 15, 1864. Newell B. Salisbiuy. died October 1, 1864, of wounds received in action September 30, 1364. Edwin Trimmer, promoted Corporal April 5, 1863 George W. Tucker, discharged October 15, 136:) Willanl C. Vanlere, discharged December 1, 180:i. Charles Vogal, killed in action at Winchester, Virginia, June l:t, 1863. Lemuel Veil, absent in hospital when company was mustered out. David Williams, discharged -Vpril 31, 1863. Periy C. Wyrick, discharged December 33, 1863. Mathias Zimmerman. Ralph C. Poiner, (name not on muster out roll). John W. Garrison, mustered out with company. COMPANY <;. Mustered into service September 34, 1363, at Monroeville, Ohio. Mus- tered out of service w-ith regiment June 12, 1.365. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Captain Charles H. Riggs, died September 15, 1864. from starvation, while in rebel prison at Charleston, South Carolina. First Lieutenant Oswald H. Rosenbaum, was private to August 33, 1363, when he was promoted to First Lieutenant; promoted to Captain March r, 1865. Second Lieutenant Frank B. Colver, promoted to First Lieutenant June 1, 1863; discharged by special order War Department, April t, 1865. NON-COMMISSIOSED OFFICERS. First Sergeant Sherman A. .Tohnson. promoted Second Lieutenant Janu- ary 14, ISM; discharged for wounds June 15, 1865. Sergeant George A. Scobey, transferred to Non-Commlssioned Staff April 6, 1863. Sergeant Wesley B. Jennings, promoted to First Sergeant January 1, 1S64. Sergeant Charles M. Keyes, transferred by promotion to Company K, April, 18M. Sergeant Martin L. SkiUman, captured June 15, 1865; mustered out with company. Corporal Myrcn E. demons, promoted to Sergeant; woundeant Headley, transferred by promotion to the One Hundred and First United States Colored Troops. September 1, 186J Charles Hegony, no date of muster out. John Harper, captured June 15, lHfi3 James Hoyt, died March 6, 1863. William Hoyt, died May So, 1863, Richard Howe, captured June 1.5, ISCJ: mustered out with company Charles Hammond, discharged for disability : no record John Hines, on detached service. George Hines, captured June 15, 1863; mustered out with company Henry D. Johnson, died from wounds received in action June 15, 1863. Charles G Knight, promoted Corporal: captured June 15, 1863. Thomas Keyes, captured June 15, 1803: mustered out with company. Lyman Luce, mustered out with company. Patrick Laughlin, captured May 1.5, 1861: exchanged JIarch 11, 18&5: mustered out with company John La Fere, died in rebel prison (date not known). Andrew J. Lewis, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps (records lost) Frank Littlefleld, discharged for disability (records lost). James P. JIcElwain, died in rebel prison (date not known). William Morgan, mustered out with company. Barney McGookey, died in hospital May 9. 1865. Richard ^lartin. missing in action June 15. IStVl Foster Neil, captured June 15, 1863. Thomas Neil, died in Andersonville prison (starved to death). Theodore Ocks, killed in action March 31, 1865, Albert Ott, killed in action July IS, 18W. William Oehm, in hospital when company was mustered out. August Raab. absent in hospital when company was mustered out. Conrad Rhoela, discharged for wounds received in action June 13, 1863. Delos V. Ransom, captured June 15, 1863. William Reed, captured June 15. 18ii:J: mustered out with company. James Reed, died from wounds July IS, 1.864. Samuel E Stowe, captured June 15, 1813; mustered out with company Andrew Strawson, captured October 19, 18(i4. Albert Srutley, name not on muster out roll. John R. Savenack, mustered out with company Peter Sheur, captured .June 15, 1863; mustered out with company. George Stocklej-, captxired .June 15, 1863. George Shesley, on detached duty. Benjamin Thompson, on detached service. Frederick Tucker, in hospital when company was mustered out. Alfred C. Vantyne, discharged for wounds, Febru ary SO, 1865. George A. Warren, died in hospital at Cumberland, ^larjiand (no date). Albert L. Walker, promoted to First Lieutenant March 14, 1.865; assigned to the One Hundred and Eighty-.Sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry William P. Wheeler, promoted Corporal; wounded in action September 10, 1864; dischargeil from hospital. Solomon Kriss,fdischarged for disability, (record lost) William Stahl, discharged in hospital, (no date). George Weber, captured .lime 15. 1.863, John Mc(iookey, musteretl out wiih company . Richard H. Trimmer, wounded in action; captured Jime 15, IStW Thomas Persons, captured June 15, 1863. Milo H. Wager, wounded in action; captured June 1.5, 1863 William Kelly, wounded in action; captured June !5, 186:J. COM PA XV H. Mustered into service Seiitember H, 186S, at Monroeville, Ohio. Mus- tered out of service with regiment June IS, 1865 NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Sergeant John O, Davis, prisoner from May 1.5. to December (!, 1864; mustered out with company. CorjJoral Freilerick Staley, promoted Sergeant September I. 1865; cap- tured June l.i, 1863; mustered out with company Daniel Ambrosier, woumled October 19. 18B4, and left in hospital Shannon Blackford, name not on muster out roll, Wil'.lam Beck, captured June 1.5, 1863; mustered out wifh company Samuel K. Swisher, captured June 15, ISUI; mustered o\it with .'ompany. William L. Foy, died while a prisoner, June St, 1861 COMPAXY I. Mustered into service September S4, 186S, at Monroeville. Ohio. Mus- tered ont of service June IS, 1865. PRIV.\TE5 Joseph Sidell, mustered out with company. Samuel S. Carson, discharged for disability (records lost) H. M. Carey, captured June 15, 1863; mustered out with company Thomas McClintock, discharged for disability (records lost) . James W. English, captured June 15, 1863: mustered out with company. COMP.VXY K. Mustered into senice October 16. 186S, at Mdnroeville, Ohio. XON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. First Sergeant James Healy. captured June 15. 1863: mustered out with company Sergeant Joseph Goodsal, died of wounds. Septembers. 1864. Coqioral Ignatius BulT. discharged May 4. 1863 Corporal Thomas Robinson, promoted Srrgeant: captured June 15. 1863; mustered out with company PRIVATES David S. -\mes, nmstered out with company. Thomas W. Boyce, pi omoted First Lieutenant of Company F, March, 1864. James Caul, died June, 186:1. .\ndrew Dunahoe. killed in action, at Hatcher's Run, March 31, 1H65. James Duffey mustered out with company , , Arthur Donnelly, discharged at Cumberland, Maryland, (no records). I John Grant, promoted to Corporal; woimded September 3, 1864. Francis Higgins, captured Jtme 15, 18t>i; mustered out with company. John Hastings, transferred to Company B, October 16, 186S Michael Hyde, transferred to Company B, October 16, 1862. Daniel MeGrady, mustered out with c^'iupany. George R. Marvin, captured Jime 15, 1863; mustered out with company, John Robiuson, died of wouumpnn,v Christopher Crock, nmstered out with compan,v. John Eikler, mustered out with company. Franklin Ellis, nmstered out with compan,v. George Fleming, mustered out with company, Benjamin F. Fowler, mustered out with company John G'luld, mustered out with company. William Hart, mustered out with company James .\ Harvey, mustered out with compan,v. Alfred Luff, mustered out with company. Basil Mark, mustered out with company. Henrv Moti-y, nmstered out with comitany Arlacus OlTerman, mustered out with comiiany, - Frederick Offerman, mustered out with company, George W. Rohbacher, mustei-ed out with company. George O. Sharp, mustered out with compan,v, Samuel Steck, mustered out with company. Christian Steebig, mustered out with company. ,Iolin Werner, uuistere, 1865. Joel V. Bidwell, discliarged December?, 1863. Ler Bates, discharged June 5, 1S65, John L. Davis, dischargeil June .i. L^ffl. Charles A. Graves, nuistered out with company Joshua S. Harris, mustered out with company. Samuel Knight, discharged June 5. 1865, James McCarty, discharged June 5 1863. Philip Morton, discharged .\ugust 20. 1863. Etlwiu Moore, promoted to First Lieutenant in the One Hundred and Second United States Colored Troops, September. 6, 1863. Loeb Mark, discharged December 7, 1863 Gaorge Van Buskirk. discharged June .">. 186') ( OMI'A.NY 1). Mustered into service September 16, 1863, at Johnson's Island, Ohio. Mustered out of service July 13, 1863, at Camp Chase, Ohio. NOX-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Corporal Charles Waucke, mustered out. Corporal John Gluck, mustered out PRIVATES. Frank Beitchman. discharged April 35. 1863. William Beith, mustered out. John Baunling, mustered out with company. George Currie, mustered out with company August Glasier, nuistered 'tut with company. Charles Hittle. mustered out with company John Heyler. mustered out with company Valentine Henn. mustered out with company. Jacob Hartinann. discharged .\ugust 13. 1863. Joseph Koleuber. mustered out with company John N. Lehman mustered out with companj- John Lechler. nuistered out with company . Jacob Metzgan. mustereii out with compan.v George Martin, mustered out with company William Raymond, mustered out with company. Frank Rettman. nuistered out with company. Frederick N. Smith, mustered out with company. Charles Solomon, inusteied out with company. Sebastian Schwinford, mustered out with company. Mike Schlagter, mustered out with company Jacob Wellinger. mustered out Samuels. Yoder, promoted September36, 1864 Benhani Zahni, died January 36. 1863. COMI'AXY K. Mustered into service January T, 1864, at Cleveland, Ohio. Mustered out of service July 13. 1865, at Camp Chase, Ohio. COMMISSIONED OFFICER. Second Lieutenant Ftister V. Follett, transferred to Company A, .Vpril 4, 1865. SO.N-COMMIHSIONED OFFICERS. Sergeant Ervin Hewit. mustered out with company. Ct»rpo:al Louis Ray, mustered out with company. Musician, Aloys Banmeister, mustered out with company. PRIVATES August Bottger, mustered out with company Boyd Ciendenning, mustered out with comi>any. Barney Conley. mustered out with company. Francis Conley. mustered out with company .lohn Conley. mustered out with company. Moses Hildine, mustered out with company. Benjamin S. Ervin William Ford, mustered out with company Doctor C. Gardner, mustered out with company Dyark W. Gardner, musteied out with company. Andrew- J. Hastings, nuistered out with company. Aaron J. Hunt, mustered out with company . William Hunt, mustered out with company. William Jones, mustered out with company. John Lahrnian. ilied September 34, 1864 David T. Livingood. mustered out with company. Urban C. Livingood. mustered < ut with company Jacob Long, mustered out with company John Xoss, mustered out with company. Edward S. Pliilo. mustered out with company. George Reiter. mustered out with company James Ruggles. mustered out with company William Ruggles. mustered out with company Joseph Shebeley, mustered out with company Frank Speildenner. mustered out with company. George Spron. mustered out with company Jefferson Stephens, mustered out with company OXK HrxniiKI) AN'li .•^IXTV-.SIXTH OHIO NATIONAL GUAItl). COMI'.WY B. Mustered into service Jlay 13. 1864. at Norwalk, Ohio. Mustered out of service September 9. 1864. at Camp Cleveland, Ohio. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Captain Edgar Martin . First Lieutenant Samuel W. Curtiss. Second Lieutenant Sterry H. Cole NOlJ-COMMISSIOSED OFFICERS. First Sergeant Edw'd A. Comstock Sergeant Walter Pettey s . Sergeant George S. Hoyt. Sergeant David M. Pelton. Sergeant Thomas Milliman. Corporal Edgar Barnhart . Corporal George Willsey Corporal Simon DeGraff Corporal Albert Dunn . Corporal Lyman J. Swift. Corporal Lorey Arnold Musician, Spencer C. Cornell . Musician, Henry Butt. David Acker. Cecil C. Abbott. George Beers. John Butt Asa Briggs. Jr. George F. Burton Michael Considing Garrah B. Clawson. Nicholas Dunn. Peter R. Draper Isaac N DeGraff Charles V. Fay . Charles H . Hoyt. Frederick Hines William H Haskell Chalres Isenhour. William N Jenkins. Sydney S. Lloyd Robert Lester Josiah Lawrence. James E. Lutts. Allen Morrison. Thomas W. Miller. Samuel B. Newcomb Seth W. Osborn. Henry C. Owens. John B Perkins. Henry Sayers. Hiam Stout. JohnR. Sly. Marcus .M . States. Jared C Tntsworth. Benjamin Worthington. Wilbur Waldron. PRIVATF.S Wiliiain H. Ames. Cyrus ,\rnett. Daniel .\. Jas. Baker Jacob Burdue .James N. Burdue. Myron H. Bentley George W. Curtis - AshurM. Cole. William C. Davis. Horace Draper. Reuben Emerson. Thomas Hagaman . Elhanau W, Hawks. Edmund J. Husted. Joseph Isenhour. Abbott Jones. Charles F. Lee. Marshal Lester. Andrew J. Lockwood. Alonzo E. Lawrence. Marshal W. Lowe. Robert ^lountain Carlos Norton. Josejih Nast. Allen D Owens. Harvey Palmer. William Rice. Elijah Soule John C. Sower. Van Ransaelaer Swift William S. Smith Ezra Tutsworth. Stedman Winchester. Giles Yaples. Corporal Norris D. Fay, July 14, 1864. Corporal Dwight Ruggles, August 3, 1864 PRIVATES Spurry Green. Jul}- 31, 1864. Charles E. Burr. August 15. 1861 John Pinney. .Vngust 19, 1864 Cornelius S Plue. at home, September 3. i 100 HLSTOKY OF IIUKOA' AND ERIE COUJSTIErS, UiilU. COMPANY I). Clustered with regiment. (No muster out roll of this company on file or roster of non-commissioned oflficers.) COMMISSIONED OEFICER Captain Benjamin F. McCormick. Fii-st Lientenant Sidney M Owen. Second Lieutenant Jolm E. LaBarre. Halsey D. Atbertou. Brj'ant I. Bloomer - William H. Bishop, n. E Chaffee William Deuman. Robert Ellis. John Ford George F. Gunn. James Gray. Lucius L Hollis. Thomas C Hill Charles T. Hester Charles Higgins. Harrison MeConnell . Jacob 31. Miller. Joseph Brigffs. Lewis P. Bishop. James Conoly. Byron Culver, Benajah Dolba. John I. Dewitt. Augustus C. Fritchel. Leonard P. Fernauld. John Heffner. George W. Harrington. William Jones. John Kunehel. Robert Miller. Henry L. Moore Andrew MoFarlaud. Henry C. Niver William Norton, Alvin E Phillips William S. Prosser. Benjamin Robinson. John Roberts. John W. Sage David Summerlin. Thomas Simpson Eli Thomas Manson Terwilliger, Peter V. Woodruff. Daniel S. Watrous. PRIVATES. Ephraim Briggs. Robert A. Bloomer, George D. Cox. Albert L Crosby. Andrew Dufner. Frank E. Fitch George F. Fletcher. Homer P. Gibson. Addison Gardiner. Heber Harris William G. Holliday. J. P. Haskins. George Jenkins. Milo McCrillis Luther A. Amsden Doctor F. Brown » Francis Childs. Henry Cornell George W. Decker Benjamin Dolba. George W. Donelson. M. E. Fenson. Alonzo French . Benjamin F Heffner. William Hales. George JilUch. John Kraps. Marcus S Miles. Frank A Moore. John Nesbett. John M. Niver Byron E, Noble. Oscar Pease. Ludwig Reimer. Orlando E. Raymond. William Richardson. Jndson H. Snyder. William F. Smith John H. Smith. Daniel Truiuan. William H. Vogle. Humphrey Wliislow. William Wheaton David Knapp Arza B. Gllson was first Captain of this company. On organization of the regiment he was elected Major, but through informality in elec- tion, he was uot commissioned, and returned home. UNK HINORED AXD SEVENTY-SIXTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, COMPANY li. Mustertd into service in August ami September, 1864. for one year. Mustered out of service June 14, 1865, at Nashville, Tennessee. COMUISSIOKED OFFICERS. Captain Ira B. Wambugb, promoted to Captain September 18. 1864; mus- tered out with company. Fii-st Lieutenant Henry H. Crane, promoted to Captain, and assigned to C»»mj>any G, April 3, 1865. Second Lieutenant Joseph P. Owen, promoted to First Lieutenant, and assigned to Company E, February 3. 1865. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. lirst .St-rgeant Alfred W. House, died at NashTiUe. Tennessee Decem- bf r I'J, 1864 Sergeant William H. Smith, died January 6, 1865 Sergeant Charles M. Fiser. appnjnted Hospital Steward. October 2, 1864. Sergeant Nelson P. Hyland, mustered out with company. Con>oraI Willis Hague, promoted Sergeant December 26. 1864; mustered out with company. Corporal Joel S. Wolvertoii, promoted First bergeant Slarch 30, 1866; mustered out with company Con»oral William Wright, promoted Sei-geant October -^5, 1864; mustered out with company - Con>oral Lafayette T Trask, promoted Second Lieutenant March '^2, lHf\r>, and transferred to Company C Cor]>i^raI John J. Lowery, nuistered out with companj-. Corpora! Frederick M. lUiilds. discharged May 30. 1865. Corporal Stacy Packard, discharged April V2, 1865. Musician. George Kidd. died January 6. 1S65 Musician, Geoi-ge Schneider, died January 6. 1865. PRIV.VTES James C. Bard, mustered out with company Eli Bushshawn. died January 12. 1805. Edward Butcher, mustered out with company. Anthony Bornes. died February 13, 1865 Cornelius Chamberlain, mustered out in hospital. Joseph Cooper, mustered out with company James P. Carl, mustert-dout with comi)any William Coupples, mustered out with company. Charles Collins, mustered out with c mpany . Jeremiah Chamberlain, musiered out with company Leonard Dellmater, promoted Corporal: mustered out witli company. Lewis Dieble. mustored out with company. Frederick Dalton, this name is not on muster out roU. Charles Darby, discharged May 3. 18G5. Jacob Darr. mustered out with company, Thomas Evans, mustered out with company. Henry Fuglel)uy, mustered out with company. Benjamin F. Fowler, discharged in hospital, (no date). Sylvester B, Fleming, died February 5, 1864, John G. Gassman. not mustered out with company Nelson Gunn. appointed Hospital Steward. February 13, 1865. Simon Grubb, mustered out with company Calvin Hall, mustered out with company Cyrus Hinckley, appointed Corporal December :.'6, 18W; mustered out with company. Robert Holley, died Slarch 18, 1865. Charles A. Hearth, died October 2. 1865. Jeremiah Hint^n. mustered out with comiiauy. Charles Hall, died February 11, 1-^65 Erastus Hatch, mustered out with company. Benjamin F. Holmes, mustered out with company. Mills B. Hinsdale, mustered out with company Ovitt S. Hinsdale, mustered out with company. Isaac L. Hendrixson. mustered out with company. Charles W. Hill, mustered out with company Samuel Holmes, mustered out with company. John R. Hoy. mustered out with company. Christian A. Jeffers, mustered out with company. Martin Kolb. mustered out with companj". John Keller, appointed Corporal October 2.5, 1864; nmstered out with company. Joseph Knapp, mustered out with company, Thomas Lundy, discharged May 3, isiis. Loran K. Loomis. died December 5, 1864. William E, Lohr, mustered out with company. Thomas Morrow, mustered out with company. Jacob Middleton. mustered out with company. Charles McKelvey. appointed musician; mustered out with company. William S. McGowan. appointed Corporal December 14. 1804; mustered out with company - Giles Mead, mustered out with companj-. Thomas Mills, dischargeil May 30, 1865. James Newman, mustered out with company. John Paxton. nmstered out with company. John E Patterson, appointed Corporal December 26, 1864; mustered out with company. George B. Powers, appointed Corporal April 2(t, 1865; mustered out with company. Newton Parsons, nmstered out with company. Barney Pratt, mustered out with company. Robert Rice, discharged May 3, 18fl5. Nelson Roby, nmstered out with company. John Reddisseller, not mustered out with company. Henry Shartzer, mustered out with company, Charles L. Shorts, nmstered out witli company. Pencil S. Shorts, died January 18. 1865. Brobus Sterger, appointed Corporal December 26. 1864; mustered out with company. Jacob Surge.ssou, mustered out in hospital. John T, Slackford. discharged May 3, 1865. John Snyder, pronioled Sergeant March 30. 18<>'»; mustered out with company Ezra Sturdevant, mustered out with company. : John Salt, nmstered out with company. Gabriel Spltzer, mustered out with company. Addrew Shaffer, nmstered out with coiuimuy. William J . Scott, mustered out with compan3'. James Smith, mustered out with company. HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. 101 Charles Talbert. mustereil out with company. Thomas O Taylor, mustfred out with company. Franklin Vantlerpool, mustered out with company. Thomas White, died February 3. 1 SliS. David E Wells, died .Tanuary J6. IMB.i. Louis D Woolsey, mustered i>ul with company. Jackson Warnick, died February 10. 1H6.">. Thomas Wilson, mustered out with comimny. John Will, mustered out with company. Barney H. Weigle, mustered out with company. Isaiah Wilson, mustered out with company - William L. Wallace, mustereil out with company. Frank V. Young, mustered out in hospital. Theodore J. Youngs, promoted to Corporal October •^, IHtU; died at Nashville, Tennessee, December 14, 1864. RECRr ITS— PRIVATES. John M Byron, not mustei-ed out with company. ■William H. Fletcher, not mustered out with company. Charles H. Fletcher, not nmstered out with company. James Grey, not mustered out with company Jameson Jameson, not mustered out with company ONE-HIXDKEIi .V.VII sr.\"EXT V-X 1 XTIl UElilMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER IXI-AXTliY, COMP.VNY E. Mustered into service September ati, l.sii4, for one year. Mustered out June 17, 1865. XOS-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Sergeant Henry Ritz, died March IM. I.'itiS. Corporal Henry Martin, mustered out with company. Corporal HurIn.^n Callman, mustered out in hospital (no date). John Bichley, mustered out with company. Ferdinand Eccard. mustered out with company. Josiah .M Elder, mustered out with company. Thomas Eagon, died, January 1, 18C.5. Alvis Haren died, February i. 186.5. John Hurbel, mustered out in hospital, (no date). Alexander Kiefer, mustered out with company George Jlclntire, mustered tput with company, Antey Meier, mustered out with company. George W. Osborn, mustered ()Ut with company, William Oachs, mustered out with company. Otis Olney. mustered out with company. Ashlev Quayle. died April i. iS'io. Adam Schneider, mustered out with company. Columba Z. Squires, mustered out with company. Lucas Sickinger. mustered out with company. Englebert Zimmerman, mustered out with company. OXE HrXDKEl) .\N"Ii EIG IITY-TH 1 H U REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, COMPANY A. Mustered into service August. September and October, 18G1, for one year. Mustered out of sei-vice .Tuly 17, 1865, at Salisbury, North Carolina. COMMISIOSED OFFICER. Second Lieutenant .Sanmel C Heiiiphill. discharged, March 27, 1865. PRIVATES James M. Bennett, mustered out in hospital, (no date). John H. Carden, discharged, June 7, ]H65, Eli Decker mustered out in hosijital, mo date). John F. Foster, appointed Sergeant, April 36, 1865, George W. Earick, appointed Corporal, October l.'l 1864, mustered out with company. Charles R. Ford, missing in action, November .30, Wj4. Jacob Feels mustered out with company. James Gassard, ilischarged. May i"). 1865. Philip Gossart, missing in action, November W, 1864. Francis I. Gossard, missing in action, November 30, 18tJ4, William H. Gossard, iiuistered out in hospital, (no date). John A. Hemphill, mustered out with company. Isaac Holt, died January iii*, 1865. Benjamin Holt, promoted Sergeant October IS, 18*4, noustered out with company Benjamin M. Hites, mustered out with company David Mahon, mustered out in hospital mo date). Joseph Reed, died February 10, 1H(W William Riley, discharged May ii). 1865 John Richards, discharged at Camp Dennison, Ohio (no date). 13 A Joseph K. Russell, mustered out in hospital (no date). George Stimmell, mustered out with comjiany. George D. Stevenson, mustered out with company. Thomas T. Sessler, died February ,5, 1865. William Sheldon, died of wounds, December 17, 1864, Peter A. Thomas, mustered out with company, Samuel P. Tidd, mustered out with company. George W. Williams, discharge< ISM."). James S. Wilson, discharged May i'i, IH(l."i. Philip Zupp, mustered out in hospital. ONE HUNDRED .AND EKJHTY-SIXTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, COMPANY E. Mustered into service February 27, 1865, for one year. Mustered out of service September 18, 1865, at Nashville. Tennessee. PRIVATES. Oliver T. .\mes, mustered out with company. Jeremiah .\ndretts, mustered out with company .lames Bowe, mustered out with company. Dyer Drake, promoted to Sergeant July 8, 1865. Lewis Eoy, mustered out in hospital (no date). Stephen Gibson, mustered out with company. Alexander Harnden, promoted to Corporal August l'.l, 1865; mustered out w'ith company. James S. Kinman, mustered out with ci^Mnpany Galen D. Long, mustered out with company . Theodore Ludwig, retained under General Order 101. Giles 3Iore,y, retained under General Order 101 3Iatthias Arendorf, Jr., discharged August -i, 1S65. Henry M. Smith, promoted to Corporal August 19, 1865; mustered out with companv. Robert \. St. John, mustered out in hospital (no date). George Shuler, retained under General Order 101 . Frederick C. Wise, retained under CJeneral Order 101 Leo Long, mustered out with comtJany. ONE HUXDREIi AND EIGHTY-EIGHTH REIilMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, COMPANY G. Mustered into service March .3, 1865. for one year. Mustered out of ser- vice September 21, 1865, at Nashville, Tennessee, PRIVATES Philip Buigle, mustered out with compan.y. John S. Duncan, nmstered out with company Samuel L. Eggleston, di-scharged May 25, 1865. Joseph Eckhart, mustered out in hospital (no date) Gabriel Gearhart, mustered out in hospital (no date). Joseph Gearhart, mustered out in hospital (no date). Sylvester Grover, mustered out with company. Jacob Hartman, mustered out in h'jspital (no date). Christ. Klepper, discharged 5Iay 3, 1865. William H Jlyers, retained under General Order 101 William H. Owen, retained uiiiler General Order 101 Fidill Saile, retained umler General Order 101 Samuel W. Thomas, retained under General Order 101 Frederick Warren, promoted Corporal; mustered out with company. ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-FIRST REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, COMPANY G. Mustered into service March 8, 1864, for one year. Mustered out of ser- vice August 37, 1805, at Winchester, Virginia. PRIVATES. John Akers, mustered out with company Nathaniel Bracy, mustered out with company. Conrad Bauinan. pronn)ted to Cori)oral; mustered out with company. Thomas liiznett, mustered out with company. Bartholomew Biznett, mustered out with company Eleader Barrett, mustered out with company Sumner E. Barnes, mustered out with company. Joseph Cavalier, discharged May 30, 1865. John Couts, mustered out with company. Norman Curtiss, mustered out with company. James A. Conell, mustered out with company. Sumner Converse, mustered out with company Joel Cooley, mustered out with company James Converse, mustered out with company. Albert B. Cavelier, mustered out with company Amos B. Derby, mustered out with company. James S. Darby, mustered out with company . I 102 HISTOKY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. Austin H. Ellsworth, mustered out with company. David Fatzenger, mustered out wiih company Samuel P. Foreman, mustered out with ct'mpany. Philip Felder, mustered out with company. John B. Fisher, mustered out with company John Gensert, mustered out with company Frank Grill, mustered out with company. Joseph Hadd, mustered out with company Leri H. Harris, mustered out with company. Hewitt Harding, mustered out with company Anthony Huber, mustered out wiih company John C Houghtlen, mustered out with company. Robert H Johnston, mustered out with company. George Jenkins, promoted to Corporal : mustered out with company. Hiram Miner, mustered out with company. John W, Morse, discharged May ia. 186.i Silas B. Mann, mustered out with company. Cabin McNutt, mustered out with company. Franklin McLticas, mustered out with company William B. McConuell, mustered out with company Asahel A. Pond, piomoted to Corporal: mustered out with company. Emmet Porter, mustered out with company. John W Page, mustered out with company Alva Richmau. mustered out with company Isaac W. Richards, mustered out with company Samuel W Reed, promoted to Sergeant: mustered out with company. Frank E. Smith, mustered out with company Jared W, Stocking, mustered out witli company John Sencrant. mustered out with company Isaac Scisinger. mustered out with company. Reuben Shelden. mustered out with company Alanson E. Sheldon, mustered out with company Nathan Tanner, promoted to Con^oral: mustered out with company. Sidney Wheeler, discharged Jutie 9. 18ti5. William 31. Wade, mustered out with companj' Almond B. Wood, mustered out with company Eli Wolf, proiuoted to Cori)oral: mustered out with company. Sebastian Williocker: mustered out with company. ONE HIXDKED AXD XlXET'i -SECOXD KEGIilEXT OHIO VOLUXTEER IXFAXTRY, COMPAXY A. Mustered into service March 9, 1865. for one year. Mustered out of ser- vice September 1. 1.86.5, at Winchester. Virginia . COMMISSIONED OFFICER. Captain Frank E Pray, mustered out with company. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Sergeant Amasa Heath mustered out with company. " Sergeant Henry C. Nickerson. mustered out with company. Sergeant Lewis S. Rouse, mustered out with company. Sergeant Richard H. Reid. nmstered out with company. Corporal Michael Beady, mustered out with company Corpora! Sylvanus F. Bishop, mustered out with company. Corporal Buel P. Barnum luustered out with company . Corporal Frank Eagle, mustered out with company. Corporal Charles B Halsey, mustered out with company. Coq>oral John W. Lee, mustered out with company Corporal William Selleger, mustered out with company- Corporal Judson H Snyder, nmstered out with company. PRIVATES. Halsey D. Atherton Frederick Aves. , Virgil Brooks, died April 13 Garit Bowman, mustered out with company. John G Brunner, mustered out with company . Calvin Chattee, mustered out with company William D Crawford, nmstered out with company Frank J. Casper, mustered out with companj' Joseph Casper, mustered out with company. Alexander Cbapin, mustered out with company. Henry Dewitl, mustered out with company Martin Diggins. mustered out with company. David Dalbee, mustered out with corapany. 'Andrew Dufner, mustered out with company. Jacob Darenback, mustered out with company. William H. Eichert, mustered out with company, Sanuiel Edwards, mustered out with company. Phillip Feller, mustered out with company. James Finch, mustered out \viih company. Peter Fuhr, mustered out with company. Eiza Ferguson, discharged Ma,v l.'i. 18G.i. James Fiser. mustered out with company Jai>heth Galagher, nmstered out with company. Horace D. Hill, mustered out with company . Thaddeus Hirbe, mustered out with company . William Holmes, mustered out with company. William H.yter, mustered out with company. Daniel Houts mustered out with company. Ambros Hubbell, discharged May l.>. 1865. Edgar Johnson, discharged May 1:3, 1865 . Lewis Johnson, discharged July 19, 1865. William F. Kellogg, mustered out with company. Sears Ketchum. mustered out with company Michael Kramer. luustered out with company Joseph Keljble. mustered out with company-. John Kreps, mustered out with company. James C Lutts, promoted Commissary Sergeant June 11. McCurdj' LeBean, mustered out with company. Herman Longyear, mustered out with company Frank Meyer, mustered out with company. Nicholas Mole, di-charged June IT, 186.5. John Mcsier, mustered out withcompany. Cain Mahony, mustered out with company Robert Jlarch m v.stered out with company John Morrison, mustered out with company. Michael Myers, mustered out with coiupany. Philip Maibadger. mustered out with company. Herman Jlichel, mustered out with company. Anthony Michel, mustered out with company Charles Moore, luustered out with company. Robert Mountain, nmstered out with company William D. Moor, mustered out with company. Patrick Mackin, mustered out with company Charles McCoy, mustered out with company William Norton, mustered out with company. Joseph D. Nash, mustered out with company. George S. Perry, mustered out with company, Partine Philli|)S, mustered out with company. Charles Richardson, mustered out with company. Edward Ritter, mustered out with company. Jacob Reimel. mustered out with company Edward Ricke.v. mustered out with company Charles Sallebauk, mustered out with company. Marcus Suydam, mustered out with coiupany Myron B. Seyn^onr, mustered out with coiupany. Emil Schick, mustered out with company Charles Siller, mustered out with company Samuel S. Smith, mustered out with company Philip Sowers, mustered out withcompany George Sohn, mustered out with company. Robert M Shaw, mustered out with company Rupert Stoker, mustered out with company Antony Steakley. mustered out with company . William M. Sanders, mustered out withcompany, Frank Tylor, mustered out with company Solomon Weckert, mustered out with company. Franklin Wilcox, discharged May 15. 1865. William Walker, mustered out with company. Jacob Wessert, mustered out w.th company. William Wheeler, name not on muster out roll. ONE HUXDRED AXD XIXETY-THIKD REGIMENT OHIO VOLIXTEER IXFAXTRY, COMPAXY E. Mustered into service March 11, 1863, for one year. Mustered out of service August 4, 1865, at Winchester, Virginia. NOX-COMMISSIONED OFFICER. Corporal Emanuel Sanders, mustered out with company. PRIVATES. Amos Baubecker, died July 30, 1865 Levi Crawford, discharged June 6, 18ri5 Henry Carson, mustered out with company. Joseph Cory, mustered out with company. Jackson Cory, mustered out with company. John J. Close, mustered out with company. George Carnuel, mustered out with company. John J. Craig, mustered out with company Benjamin Guire. mustered imt with company Jacob Glove, mustered out with company Joseph W. H. Gill, mustered out with company. Peter Heners, mustered out with company. William Haimah, ilischarged June 19, 1805 Jacob Huntington, mustered out withcompany. Hervey Hunting, mustered out with company. Jacob Heneline. mustered out with company. Lewis C. Holloway. mustered out with company. John Hanan. mustered out with company. ■I ^bir HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. 103 iram G. John^sou, mustered out with company. Nelsou Johnson, mustered out with company. Lester Kuapp, mustered out with companj'. Marqui Knowles. mustered out with company Joseph Mackey, mustered out with companj'. Moses F. Maues, mustered out with company. John Mockermau, mustered out with company. Thomas O'Harra. mustered out with company, Philip M. Riker. mustered out with company Charles Reno, mustered out with company Alfred Stevens, mustered out with company. Alfred Slocum, mustered out with company. Henry Thomas, mustered out with company Samuel W. Vanpelt. discharged Juue 13, 1865. George Vanpelt, mustered out with company OUver Williams, mustered out with company Jacob Minzener. mustered out with company - |OXE Ht'XDKEI) AXD NIXETY-8IXTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLIXTEER IXFANTRY, COMPANY C. Ifustered into service March 21, lB6o, for one j'ear. Mustered out of service September 11. 1865, at Baltimore, Maryland. N0N-CO5IMISS1ONED OFFICERS. Sergeant Alexander Cavilee, mustered out with company . ergeant George S. Supner, mustered out withcompany. ergeant Gates Scobej'. mustered out with company, ergeant Joseph Shepard, mustered out witli company. Corporal Alexander Collie, mustered out with company. Corporal Zeriah D. Ells, mustered out with company. Corpora! Mason Green, mustered out with company Corporal William E. Geer. mustered out with company. Corporal Washburn Uuderhill, mustered out with company. Corporal Simeon O. Whaley. mustered out with company. Musician. Oliver O. Burgess, mustered out with company Charles E. Arnold, died April 17. 1865. Benjaniin?Auspa\rgh, mustered out with company. Albert Barl»er, mustered out with company. Richard Boulton, mustered out witli company, John Boyer. discharged March 29, 1865. James Borden, discharged June 2, 1865 Edwin W. Chapman, mustered out with company Joseph Criver. mustered out with company. Watson D. Ciiase. mustered out with company. i^amuel Chrysler, mustered out with company. Josiah Coats, promoted to Second Lieutenant of Company C. John M. Chrysler, mustered out with company. David J. Collier, mustered out with company Peter Deel, discharged June 13. 1865. George Deel, mustered out with company Jacob Darr. mustered out with company. Sylvester Daniels, mustered out with company. Henry C. Dwight, mustered out with company, William Darr, mustered out with company. Henry M. Easterly, nmstered out with company Sylvester A. Filkiu, mustered out with company. John Ferguson. musterediOut with company. John R. Frank, mustered out with company. Walter Grigs, mustered out with company. Samuel E, Hartman, mustered out with company. Ferdinand Hanlenbrook, mustered out with company. William W. Hutchinson, promoted Second Lieutenant. Charles Higghis, died April 4. 1865. Henry Hatfield, mustered out with company John Harle}". mustered out with company, George Isahart, mustered out with company.. Charles L. Jones, mustered ojt with company, Josiah D. Johnson, mustered out with company. Jacol) Kollar. mustered out with company. John Lowery, mustered out with company, George Miller, mustered out with company. Edward S. McCioe, mustered out with company. James McCvUluugh, mustered out with eonipauy. Jo'in G. McCanaise. mistered out with company. William Ogle, discharged June 2, 1865. Natnatiiel R ib'n '>on, mustereJ ojt with company. Albert E. Re.*d. mustered out with company. Henry Joae.s Rin>u, mustered out with company. John S. Snurr, mustered out with company. William A. Tiiompson, mustered out with company. Edwin Thompson, died March 29, 1865. WilliiimTarris, mustered out with company. Alfred Vansickles, mustered out with company. Gottleib F. Winter, mustered out with company. Jefferson Wanzer, mustered out with company. Francis Wells, mustered out with company. Leonard Weis, mustered out with company. Robert Wilson, mustered out with company. Samuel A. Young, mustered out with company. Joseph Zimmenuan, mustered out with company. Jeremiah Zimmerman, mustered out with company ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOU'XTEKK INFANTRY, COMPANY B. Mustered into service Jlarcb 28. 1865, for one year. Mustered out of service July 31, 1865, at Camp Bradford, Maryland. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Sergeant Benjamin Ferris, mustered out with company. Serg^eant Rineheard Sickinger. mustered out with^company. Sergeant James Turner, mustered out with company. Sergeant George A. Trumble, mustered out with company. Sergeant Daniel Wood, nmstered out with company. Sergeant Roland Vale, mustered out with company. Corporal Eugene Emmons, mustered out with company. Corporal Jacob Klapfer. mustered out with company. Corporal Arthur L Osborn. mustered out with company. Corporal James E. Palmer, mustered out with company. Henry Butts mustered out with company FerryCurtiss. mustered out with company. Lewis A. Darling, mustered out with company. Helor Dewit, uiustered out with company. Clmrles R. Elwood, mustered out with company, Arnold B. Fuller, mustered out with company. John C. Hill, mustered out with compan.f, Benjamin F. Howe, mustered out with company. Hugh Slenagh, mustered out with comi)an>' John McEwen, mustered out with company. Oscar Pease, mustered out with company John G. Park, died April 18. 1865. Eli A. Roseo, mustered out with company. Tinas S. Rickard, mustered out with company. John Reeves, mustered out with company* , Peter Saeman, mustered out with company. Franklin E. Shupe, promoted to Commissary Sergeant, April 13, 1865; m,ustered out withcompan}- David W, Soper, mustered out with company. William L. Shupe, mustered out with company. Lewis Slyker, discharged in hospital; no date. William H. Speare, discharged in hospital; no date. David Whiddon. mustered out with company. COMPANY C. Mustered into service April 1, 18!55. Mustered out with Regiment. NOS-COMMISSIONED OFFICER. Corporal William E, Sherwood, nmstered out with company. PRIVATES. Perry B. Arnold mustered out with company. Seth Baxter, mustered out with company Byron H. Colveu, muster 'd out with company , George W. Cushman, mustered out \\ith company. Nicholas Deag. mustered out with company. John Fiarity. mustered out with company. William Flickiuger, mustered out with company. George Gunn. died April 7, 1865. Lester Gregory, mustered out with comi)aay. Jacob Gibbons, mustered out with company. Joseph Kritzer, mustered out with company. Flavins Kilburn, mustered out with company. Gilbert W, Lindsey. mustereJ out with company, Harrison McCouneU. mustered out with company. Richard Pryce. mustered out with company. Alvin E, Piiillips, mustered out with company. Bramir S. Smith, promoted to Hospital Steward, April 18, 1805. Haver Schenble, mustered out with company. Stephen Schualey. mustered out with company. JohnSpaulding, mustered out with company. Jesse Woodruff, mustered out with company, George W. Young, discharged fro:n hospital; no date. i 104 HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. COMPANY F. Mustered into service. April 8, 1865, for one year. Mustered out with regiment. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Sergeant George Beatty. mustered out with company. Sergeant Tninian L. Blakman. mustered out with company. Sergeant Alva Bartlett. mustered oat with company. Sergeant Thomas Banning, mustered out with company. Sergeant Isaac S. Gibson, mustered out with company, Sergeant David H. Lewis, mustered out with company. Corporal Aaron J, Bretz. mustered out with company. Corporal George J. Downing, mustered out with company. Corporal Edward P. Fisher, mustered out with company. Corporal Homer Millions, mustered out with company. Corporal William Shechy, mustered out with company. PRIVATES . Samuel Aulger, mustered out with company Learkin Partlett. mustered out with company. George Borer, mustered out with compmy. Freiloiin Borer, mustered out with company. William Bohl. mustered out with company- Cornelius Cniinor. mustered out with company. David Darr. mustered out with company. Richard C. Diraock. mustered out with company. George Egerer. mustered out with company Andrew Fell, mustered out with company. Edwin A. Gibson, mustered out with company. Blake W Griffin, mustered out with company. Frederick Holchour. died May rt, isiio Barthold Hartman mustered out with company Cornelius Heath, mustered out with company. tVancis Howe, mustered ont with company- George M. Jeffrey, mustered out with company. Peter J Kuhn, mustered out with company. Jacob Klarrh. mustered out with company ^ Conrad Kiefer, mustered out with company. Perry W Kuntz, mustered out^-ith company. Edward B. Lincoln, mustered out with company. Ichabod Lasey, mustered out with company. William C. Luff, discharged July 8, 186.5. John Merrills, mustered out with company. Oliver Martin, mustered out with company. John C. Pauley, mustered out with company. Charles Rider, mustered out with company. Henry C. Ransom, nmstered out witli company. Nathan Shinn, nmstered out with company. Isadore Shell, mustered out with company. Herbert W. Shaft, mustered out with company. Charles Wilson, mustered out with company. John Wilkinson, discharged .June 8, 1865. ONE HUNDRED AND XIXETY-EIGHTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, COMPANY B. Mustered into service April 2i. ih65, for one year. Mustered out of service May S, 1865, at Camp Chase, Ohio. PRIVATES . John Blair, mustered out with company Harrison Barber, mustered out with company. JudsoD D. Burns, mustered out with company. William Bagent, mustered out with company. Thomas Conner, mustered out with company. William H. Endsley. mustered out with company. James Endsley, mustered out with company. Hiram Fowler, mustered out with company Charles R. Gardner, mustered out with company Julius Hammel, mustered out with company. James Hanvill, mustered out with company. Alzeii Hale, mustered out with company. John S. Jennings, mustered out with company. Adelbert Jeffei^on, iiuistered out with company John Lichtey, mustered out with company William C. Tingley, mustered out with company Thomas Thompson, mustered out with company. George S. Walter, mustered out with company. Edward Ward, mustered out with company. Edwin J. Williams, mustered out with company. COMPANY F. Mustered into service April 22, 1S65, for one year. ^Regiment. PRIVATES. James E. Heater, mustered out with company. Frank ^^litchell, mustered out with company. Jacob Osterlin, mustered out with company. Mustered out with SHARP-SHOOTERS. Rial Phelps, enlisted March 1, 1863. TWENTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT UNITED STATP:S COL- ORED TROOPS, COMPANY C. Mustered into service February 26. 1864. Mustered out of service September 21, 1865. PRIVATES - James Ashland, mustered out with company. Simeon Banks, transferred to Twenty-Third Regiment United States Colored Troops. Isan Clay, discharged in hospital. George Stanley, mustered out with company. rOMPAXY D. Mustered into service February 26. 1864. Clustered out of service with Regiment. PRIVATE. George Bailey, mustered out with company COMPANY E. Mustered into service March 7 and 8. 18'>l. Mustered out of service with Regiment. Allen Bobson. mustered out with company. Bonrey Hidard. mustered out with company, COMPANY F. Mustered into service April 16, 1864. Mustered out of service with Regi ment. PRIVATE. Franklin Treadwell, mustered out with company. COMPANY H. Mustered into service in 1864. Mustered out of service with Regiment. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER. Corporal William J. Thompson, mustered out with company. PRrVATES. John Farley, mustered out with company , Alexander Johnson, mustered out with company. Cornelius Johnson, mustered out with company- William Jones, mustered out with company. James H. Quails, mustered out with company FIRST REGIMENT OHIO HEAVY ARTILLERY. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS Sergeant Major Alvin M. Woolson. mustered into service August 5. 1863; mustered out of service July 25, 1865. Hospital Steward. Wesley J. Andrews, mustered into service August 5, 1863: mustered out of service July 25. 1865 COMPANY M. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS Captain Henry J. BIy. appointed Second Lieutenant June 23. 1803; pro- moted to Captain July 16. 1863; mustered out with company. First Lieutenant James H. Ainsley. enlisted as private June ^JO, 1863; appointed First Lieutenant August 13. 18*1;^: mustered out with com- pany First Lieutenant Nelson E. Prentice, enlisted June 24, 186;J; appointed Second Lieutenant August 13. 1S63; appointed First Lieutenant Sep- tember 5, 1863; mustered out with company. Second Lieutenant James G. Fish, enlisted June 25, 1863; promoted to Second Lieutenant November 26, 1864. Second Lieutenant Wallace E. Bratton. enlisted June 1, 1863; promoted to Second Lieutenant January SO, 1865, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. First Sergeant John B. Colby, enlisted June 28, 1863, veteran volunteer; mustered out with company . Quartermaster Sergeant William H. Hallenbeck. enlisted June 21. 1863. veteran volunteer: nmstered out with company Sergeant George W. Mears, enlisted June 28. 1863. veteran volunteer; mustered out with company. ■ Sergeant Thomas W. Hicks, enlisted July 13. 1863. veteran voluDteer; mustered out with company I HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES. OHIO. 1(15 Sergeant Romanas Shepherd, enliNted June 33, 1863; mustered out with company Sergeant Simeon Yetter. enlisted June 32. 1?63; mustered out with com- pany Sergeant John Matt, enlisted July li. 11*3, veteran volunteer; mustered out with company. Sergeant James Hutchinson, enlisted July It, 1863; mustered out with company , Corporal Charles R. Logan, enlisted June &. 1863; mustered out with company . Corpora! Daniel Corvele, enlisted July 4, 1K(>3; mustere, 186;J. Jones W. Rosco, enlisted June 30, 1863. Fred W. Rosco, enlisted June 30, 1863. Alsiha Schollield, enlisted January «l, 1864. Frank Stempson, "enlisted August 16, 1863. Adam Smith, enlisted July 26, 1863. Samuel J. Spangbourn. enlisted July 22, 1863. Henry Series, enlistei, 1863 John Carney, enlisted July it, 1863. John Cole, enlisted July 23, 1863; veteran volunteer James Cole, enlisted July 22, 1863. James Cartwright, enlisted May 2.5, 1864. Freeman Cables, enlisted .\ugust 17, 1863; veteran volunteer. Charles H. Ders. enlisted June 2«, 1803 Isaac Dewitt, enlisted June 2a, 1863 14 Hubbard E. Dwelle, enlisted June 20 1863. Charles Dennison, enlisted July 11, 1863. Reuben G. Dickerson, enlisted .June 39, 1863. Peter Epp, enlisted June 25, 1863; veteran volunteer. Franklin Fry, enlisted July 14, 1863. Alpha B. Fally, enlisted June 27, 1.'63. John Gorham, enlisted July 14, 1863. William Grifflth. enlisted July 14, 1863. Charles Grauel, enlisted July 6, 1863. Wilson S. Gordon, enlisted June 3,5, 1863. Youngs Gregory, enlisted July 13, 1863. James N. Haines, enlisted July i;J, 1863. George Hotchkiss, enlisted July 4, 186;j. Lewis V. Hackett, enlisted July 6, 1863. John Hire, enlisted July 4, 1863. George Hess, enlisted July 16, 1863; veteran volunteer. Francis M. Halsey. enlisted July 18, 1863; veteran volunteer. Lewis Hutton. enlisted June 22, 1F63. William G. Henson. enlisted July 6. 1863. John Henderson, enlisted August 12, 1863. John R. Jewett. Jr., enlisted June 32, 1863. Frank Stible, enlisted July is. 1863 Sanford Selvey. enlisted July 4, 1863 Martin L. Shanks, enlisted July 31, 1863. Marlyn Sweatland, enlisted July 4, 1863. .lay C. Smith, enlisted July 14, 1863. Aaron Thewecter. enlisted July 7. 1863. John Tomkins, enlisted July 4. 1863. Claudius V. Turner, enlisted July 32, 1863. Theodore B. Tucker, enlisted July 9, 1863. William H. Wilson, enlisted July 11, lS6;j. Alexander Wiley, enlisted July 1, 1863. William Ward, enlisted July 23. 186:i. Allen White, enlisted July 19. 1863. John Y'etter, enlisted June 33, 1863. George C. Yowell, enlisted July 15, 1863. George Yetter. enlisted June 32. 1863. Corporal David W. Gibbs, discharged June 1, 1865. Corporal.Lafayette Billings, discharged June 1, 1864. Artificer, Chelon H. Young, discharged October 25, 1864- Milton L. Andrews, discharged May 30, 1865. Samuel L. Armstrong, discharged March 5, 1864. Alfred F. Bly, discharged November, 1, 1864. William H. Blair, discharged June 20, 1865. George W. Coit, discharged .June 20. 1865. James E. Heuron. disehargeil May 21, 1865. James Harding, discharged June 37, 1,%5. William M. Knowlton, discharged March 20, 1864. George Lamkins, discharged June 20. 1865. George B. Nickle, discharged June 18, 1865. Henry O. Place, discharged June 36, 1865. William Perry, discharge 1 :May 18. 1865. Preston Palmer, discharged May 30, 1865. Barnett Rowe, Jr., discharged June 30, 1865. Peter Ryan, discharged November 31, 1864. James Ryan, discharged May 37, 1865. Edwin F. Smith, discharged June 20, 1865. Joiin N. Simmons, discharge 1 ,Tuiie 30, 1865. Simeon Snyder, discharged May 34, 1865. George H. Sharp, discharged Jlay 18, 1865. Thomas Tildoii, discharged .May 13, 1865. William H. Van Horn, discharged May 22, 1865 . Isaac H. West, discharged June 20, 1865 Lafayette Whittinger, discharged November 14, 1803. Evans P. Williams discharged November 14, 1863. Lucius A. West, discharged July 10, 1863. Philander S. Abbott, transferred to Company C. Hulbert L. Williams, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. Francis Taylor, transferred to Nou-Commissioned Staff. Wesley J. Andrews, transferred to Non-Commissioned Staff, Jackson Ryan, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. Thomas Williams, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. Edward C. Wiles, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps .Mvin M. Woolson, transferred to Non-Commissioned Staff. Corporal Charles Bailey, died at Covington, Kentucky, November 17, 1 Artificer, James Murflt, died at Madison. Indiana, Decembers, 18(M. Thomas Germon, died at Kno.wille, Tennessee, .luly PI. 186* Thomas Harding, ilied March 17, 1864 Christian Marsh, died February 18, 1864. Malcom G. Niles, died July 21, 1864. Stillman S. Nichols, died .\ugiist 5, 1864, Miner Powell, died ,Iuly 28, 1H64 James Peterson, died November 17, 1863 Henry A. Smith, died April 7, 1864, Virgil Stevens, died May 7, 1864. Leslie E. Sparks, died June 3, 1864 William Waterman, died April 4, 1864 lOG HISTORY OF HUKON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. FIRST REGIMENT OHIO LIGHT ARTILLERY, BATTERY I!. FIRST BAIT ALIOS. Clustered into service October 8, 1661. This battery re-enlisted and was dually mustered out of service July Ji. l.Stio. at Camp Cleveland Ohio. NON-COMMISSIOSED OFFICERS. Sergeant Elislia D. Parker, discharged for disability . (Date not known). Corporal Silas H Judsou. promoted Sergeant: commanded the battery as Second Lieutenant; assigned to Battel y F. Artificer, William C. Hodge, died December 7, ISil PRIVATES. Jeremiah Arndt. veteran volunteer; mustered out with company. Jo.seph Binehower, discharged June 15. 1%.5 David K. Baile.v. died December IT, isiil John L. Barnes, veteran volunteer; mustered out with company. Jerome Boice, transferred to Battery K .lames Baker, died in hospital at Nashville. Tennessee (No date). Williara B. Carey, died at Nashville, Tennessee, November 6, 1802. John David, promoted to Corporal March 1. ISK; wounded at Chieka- mauga; died from same October 9. 1863. John Elliott, killed in battle of Stone River Decembers], 1.S63 Samuel Earl, veteran volunteer; promoted Corporal: mustered out with company James H Fash, veteran volunteer: promoted Corporal: musteied out with company. Slartin P. Findley discharged May IT, 186J. Thomas M Hunter, discharged March 34. 1SK4. Rodman Harb discharged .June 16, 18ti5. Joshua R Krebs, veteran volunteer: mustered out with company John Lepper, veteran volunteer: mustered out with company William Leary, transferred to Battery K. Charles H. Millis, discharged Januaiy 9, 18ti;j Andrew J McLaughlin, dischargeil June 16, 1865. Thomas C. Potter, had both arms shot off in battle of Chickamauga October 20: died October SI. 1863 Emanuel M. Peet, wounded at Chickamauga; veteran volunteer; mus- tered out with company A. B Peet, died April 10, 1S6.5 Alexander Stratton, discharged March 23, 1863. John A. Shukers, promoted Coiporal; mustered out with company. Adam Sprinkle, veteran volunteer: nu;stered out with company William H. Singer, veteran volunteer; promoted Corporal; mustered out with company. Sherwood W. Shankland. Benjamin H. Searls, veteran volunteer; promoted Corporal; mustered out with company. William Twerrell, veteran volunteer; mustered out with company Jacob Wolf, transferred to Battery K, April 6, 1864 Daniel White, veteran volunteer: mustered out with company. Frank M Yeckley, veteran volunteer; promoted Sergeant March 11 186.5. KECON-1) REGIMENT IXITED STATES ARTILLERY. Brevet Major Frank B Hamilton, graduated at West Point June 14, 1863, as Second Lieutenant; breveted First Lieutenaiu in Third United States Artillery, September 17, 1S63, for --gallantry and meritorious service at the battle of .\ntietam, Maryland :" appointed First Lieuten- ant June 1, 1865; breveteil Captain August -311, 1866, "for gallantry at the 1. attic of Gettysburgh, Pennsylvania. July .3, 1S63;" appointed Captain in the Fourteenth Regiment United States Infantry March 15, 186T; breveted Majoi- and now serving as Captain in the Second Reg- iment United States Artillery, at Fort Ontario, Oswego, New York, This offlcer is the second son of James Hamilton, at present and for some years past postmaster at Monroeville Tin HI. REGIMENT OHIO UOLINTEER CAVALRY. Musteied into service December II, IS61, for three yeai-s, at the expira- tion of which the Regiment t-eenlisted, and was finally mustered out August 4, 1805, FIELD AND STAFF. Colonel Lewis Zahm, mustered September ST, 1861; resigned January 5 1863 ■ Chaplain, Reverend E. Y, Warner, mustered September ST, 1861; re- signed .\ugust 1, 186S. Adjutont Lewis R Zahm. mustered September ST, 18BI; resigned De- cember it, 1863. Chief Bugler, William Hinmaii, promoted from Company H, Chief Bugler, Jei-ome R, Graham, mustered December 11, 1881. Major John H. Foster, mustered September 13, 1861; resigned Febmaiy 14, 18<». Adjutant William S Foster, mustered December 9, 1861; mustered out as supernumerary. Quartermaster George C. Probert. mustered .December 9. I8iil; mustered out as supernnm-rary, March 30, 1864. Sergeant Major J. Ransom Hall, promoted to Second Lieutenant May 21, 1862; resigned March 31. 1.S63 Quartermaster Sergeant, Robert H. Bliven Commissary Sergeant, ,lesse N. Squires, mustered out with company. Saddler.v Sergeant, Andrew J, Nogle Veteriiiarj- Sergeant, Levi Cook . SECOND BATTALION. Major James W. Paramore mustered September ST, 1861; promoted to Colonel January 5, 1863: dismissed July, 1863. Quartermaster, William R. Jackson, mustered November 4. 1861; pro- moted to Captain November 1, 1861. Commissary Sergeant, James H. Johnson Hospital Steward, .John C Grafton. Saddlery Sergeant. James M. Burg, mustered at expiration of term of enlistment. October 3, 1864, Veterinary Sergeant, Artemas Richards. THIRD BATTALLtON. Quartermaster Sergeant, Frank William, Commissary Sergeant, C. R. Hipkins Hospital Steward, Horace B. White. Veterinary Sergeant, James B. Page This regiment re-enlisted January 4, 1861. The muster out rolls of this date are not on file in the office of the Adjutant General of Ohio • thus !-endei-ing it impossible to give a perfect record of the enlisted men prior to that date COMPANY A. Mustered September 4, 1861 . COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Captain Dewitt C, Doane, resigned November 12, 1863. Captain William B. Gates, musteied out with company. First Lieutenant Thomas D. ;McClelland, promoted to Captain, Septem-| ber 4, 1861 Second Lieutenant Harrison Terry, promoted to Captain, February 14,1 1863: resigned July 3, 1864, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Quartermaster Sergeant George Millimaii First Sergeant James Ransom Hail, promoted Second, Lieutenant, 21, 1.363; resigned March 31, 186:1 Sergeant Edwin Clark Sergeant Edward S Hiirlburt. Sergeant John W. Ward Sergeant Charles B Bennett, Corporal Jacob Bauiuan. Conioral William E. Akei*s. Corporal Anson E. Ritter, promoted to First Sergeant, Corporal Siberia Keis Corporal William McMaster, Corporal J ohii T. Woodford . Coq^oral Henr,v M. IMeacham, Corjjoral ^lartin V. McCrillis. Bugler, Ralph N H. Osborn, Bugler, Eugene A. Osborn. Farriei:, Joel F. Smith, dischai^ed October 3, 1864, Farrier, John B. McFadden. Sadler, Edward Morton Wagoner, George Carlisle, PRIVATES, Harrison Ames, * Silas M, Adams. Ira Blackmail Daily Beiiuet Joseph Ball. Homer W Brooks, discharged October 3, 1864. John N. Burch. Alfred C. Broughton. Hiram C. Burch William Conley. discharged June 34, 186.5, Samuel C. Cunie, promoted Second Lieutenant, John Carpenter. David H. Crlp|)eii, William Crouse. Joseph Dolph, Henry Drage, Silas Engles. May ■ HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. 107 Curtis Frost, discharged October 3, 1864. Norman T. Foster. Steplien French, discharged October 3, 1864. Isaac W. Ford, discharged October 3, 1864. Henry Glenn. Harrison Green, promoted Quartermater Sergeant Enos Gri.ss. Franklin Hart Silas H Hoplvins, discliarged October 3, 1SC4 Thomas W. Hicks. Erwin Hewit William Himberger. William H Horton. Michael Hushes Isaac Hunt. Lewis Johnson Charles C. Jewell, discharged October 3. I8(>4. Joseph S. Keeler. George Letherer Samuel Lingo, promoted to Cor])oral Boston Lidurf. John W Large, discharged Octobers, 1864. Allen .McPherson, discharged October:!. 1864. Levi Miller- John Jlonaghan , Robert E Morton Richard Meredith Albert McMaster George W, Noggle. John G. Oats. John Parkason, discharged October 3. 1864 Jay A . Polley, discharged October 3. 1864. Charles Payne, promoted to Coqwral. Patrick Purcel . Horace Reynolds Ezra H Root, discharged Octobers, 1864 Theodore Riekey,discharged October 3, 1864. George Smith Isaac Skillman Joseph Sekinger. Pitt Simons, promoted Commissar}- Sergeant. Jasper Strong, died March 10, 1865 Lewis B. Tooker. Thomas Tulley . Marshall M. Turner. George N. Veader. John W Willoughby. James Weldon. George W Wright Thomas C Wright, discharged October 3, 1864. Charles A Waite Benjamin F Welch Richard Wilson James O. Williams. Henry Young, This company served three years, re-enlisted, and was Anally mustered out of service at Edgefield, Tennessee, August 4, 1865. COMPANY B, Mnstereil into service September 4, 1861. Mustered out August 4, 1865 COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Captain Leonard B. Chapin, resigned March 5, 1863. First Lieutenant Elisha M. Calver. promoted Captain June 10, 1862- resigned .September -in, 1864. Second Lieutenant Alonzo B. Ennis, promoted First Lieutenant June 16 1863; mustered out July 2, 1862. NO.N.C0MMISSIONED OFFICERS. Quartermaster Sergeant Martin E EUis. First Sergeant Addison H. Pearl, promoted Captain November 30, 1864; mustered out with company. .Sergeant .lesse A. Squires, iiromoted Commissary Sergeant First Bat- tallion. Sergeant Judson Willard. Sergeant John Bartlett. Sergeant Henry N. Porter Corporal Charles P. Johnson Corporal Horace B Porter Corporal Geoige W. Surges. Corporal John J. Cowles, Cori'orjl Morgan J. Carpenter. Bugler, Ran-iom CoUonwood. Bugler. O'crge B. Squires, veteran volunteer; mustered out with com- Pivny. Farrier, William D. Chaffer. Blacksmith, Elihu Jenkins. Cornelius Ellis, promoted Sergeant; mustered out Octobers, 18M. Hiram C. Reed. Byron L. Wiite. Orrin Adams, promoted Corporal. Samuel B. Bassett, promoted Serjeant; mustered out October 3, 1864. Philip Bangle, promoted First Sergeant . Theodore Barber, veteran volunteer; mustered out with company. Simeon Blaekman. James Brooks Isaac Brown, mustered out on expiration of original enlistment. Charles Brown Henry Brown Frank Buckley George W. Cole, mustered out of service Octobers, 1864. Jerred Calvin. Anson Clinger. Jude Corbon. Luther Camfleld, discharged in hospital (no date). Benjamin F. Drake. Avery Edwards, veteran volunteer; mustered out with company. William Eastman. Franklin Fay. mustered out at e.i;piration of original enlistment. James W. Fay William Fisar. James Fairfax. Eli S. Hardy Heman Hickok. veteran volunteer; mustered out withcompany. Jesse Hollister. veteran volunteer; mustered out with company. Edwin Hollister, veteran volunteer; mustered out with company. Ambrose Haws, promoted Seconed Lieutenant and transferred, Decem- ber 2. 1864. to company H Garrett Hawley. William Hayse Lewis Harding. Benjamin B Hillman. Mendile Henry. Lorenzo Ingles. William Jenkins, mustered out June 17, 1865. Conrad Keim. Flavius Kilburn. Henry E Kress. John H. Lawrence. Mortimer Lawrence. Henry C. G Lane. David C. Lipke. Amos A . Morris . Charles M. McGloan . James Malki Almon Mason. Jeremiah JIason Norman Mason. Thomas McKim . John G. McFale. James C Ronk. Simon Roberts Arthur Rog^ers. Rodney Rice, mustered out October 3, 18li4. Myron Rice. Orlando Starr. Hiram Se.\-ton, promoted Sergeant; mustered out October 3, 1861. Willard Spurrier, mustered out April 20. 1865 Myron Sweet Albert C. Smith Conrad Shillenburger, veteran volunteer; mustered out with company. Garner .Stimpson John H. Smith, veteran volunteer-; discharged from hospital. (,No date. Henry H. Scott. Edmond Tripp Parmer Tracy. David E Tyler. Edwin D. Tyler. Robert Welch, discharged in hospital (No date). George S Wilson, died of guo-sbot wound August 16, 1864. Peter Wets. David C. Fields, died from wounds Jidy 4, 1864. Lester Case. COMPANY C. Mustered October 8, 1861. Mustered out with Regiment. PRIVATES William Crompton, veteran volunteer; mustered out with (-ompauy. William H. Foster, mustered out June 17, 1865. Albeit L Williams, not on muster out roll. 108 HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. COMPANY D. Mustered September 10, 1861 . Mustered out with Regiment. C'OUUIBSIONED OFFICER. First Lieutenant Richard B. Wood, promoted Captain June 20,1862; killed in action Fehniarj' 33. 1864. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER. Corporal Michael Farmer. PBIVATES. Edward W. Ausden. mustered out September 10, 1864 Robert Benfer. mustered out September 10, 1864 Jobn Britzer. Christopher Deleware Phihp Ebman. mustered out September 10, it6i. John Holland. Edward P Lehi. Edward Morse. Abraham Moyer Obed C. Russell, discharged November 23. 1864. Isaiah Stout. Alexander Tittle. Thomas Warren COMPANY E. Mustered November 4. 1861. Mustered out with regiment. PRIVATES. John Griffin Thomas Grant. Levi Hipoug, William B. Kerr, promoted First Sergeant: mustered out with company. COMPANY F. Mustered December 11. 1861. Mustered out with regiment. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Captain Oliver G. Smith, honorably discharged, September 11, 1862. First Lieutenant George C. Roberts, promoted to Captain, September II, 1802; resigned April IT, 1863. Second Lieutenant Elihu Isbel, promoted Captain, August 12, 1663; mustered out with company. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS Quartermaster Sergeant James Johnson First Sergeat Thomas Nunan, promoted Second Lieutenant; mustered out as Atljutant of regiment Sergeant L. La Charles. Corporal Samuel S. Hoyt. Corporal George G. Holliday. promoted Sergeant; mustered out No- vember 4. 18t;4 Corporal Richard H. Reed. Corporal Alfred Washburn. Corporal Dudley W. Post. Corporal AsherW. Coon. Corporal Albert Fox. First Bugler. James Hanley. Second Bugler. I. A. Locher Farrier. A. Richards- Saddler, Thumas S. Cromwell, died April 18. 1863. Wagoner, Frank Rogers . PRIVATES . Barkdall Amott James .Amott. James H. Bailey. David Beardsley Malon J. Bassett, promoted Second Lieutenant of Company A; veteran volunteer; muatereil out with company Jacob Beckerstock. Lawrence Blily I ra Crow Jobn Duiberry, mustered out November 4. 1864. Llewellyn French. Albin Farley. L. D. Fisher, mustered out January 1, 1865 Charles Hayne Isaac P Haskins. Nicholas Houghton. Alexander Houghton. E^Iward R. Holliday. Araasa Heath. Jchn King. Hayburn King. George Kedwell. Hiram Lynn, prnmote^l Corporal; killed August 20, lt"64. MelvinS. Lynn, mustered out November 4» 1864. William P. Lee. Lyman G. Lloyd, mustered out November 23, 1864. Daniel Le Clear. John Myers, mustered out November 4, 1864. Thomas Martin, promoted to Sergeant, and Second Lieutenant Com- pany K: veteran volunteer: mustered out with company William Morrison. James H. Mann. Albert F.Noble. Theodore L Prosser. Edwin S. Prosser. Jobn Peacock Samuel Riggs Martin Rowe, Lewis A. Rounds. William Sheldon. Richard Sheldon Royal Sikes. William Setchel. Abraham Sinfieid. George F. Sherwood . Louis Shreck. Byron Spencer. William Tappin. William Vauscoy. mustered out November 4. 1864, Almond Vincent. James Watson . John B. Young, promoted to Sergeant: veteran volunteer; drowned at Macon, Georgia. July 18, 1865. 31 COMPANY G. Mustered into service December 11, 1861. Mustered out of service with Regiment. PRrVATES. Philo St. John. Frank J. bniith, discharged December i, 1864 Jobn J. Watterman, veteran volunteer; mustered out with company. Frederick Warren COMPANY I. Mustered into service December 11, 1861. Regiment. Mustered out of service with COUHISSIONBD OFFICERS. Captain Henry B. Gay lord, resigned May 2, 1864 . First Lieutenant Clark Center, honorably discharged January 21. 1863. Second Lieutenant William Goodnow, died May 30, 1862'. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS Sergeant James Merroe, promoted to Second Lieutenant April 8, 1865. Sergeant Daniel C. Lewis, promoted to First Lieutenant and transferred to Company M Sergeant C'hauncey B. Wheeler. Sergeant Robert H. Spaulding. discharged October 3. 1864 . CoriJoral Thomas Hoffmire. Corporal James B. Page. Corporal Roswell Robbins . Corporal Albert Sweatland. Corporal .\mos S. Wallermire. Corporal Cyrus K. Livermore, discharged October 3, 1804 Corporal Thomas Saltzgaber, discharged .June 5, 1865. First Bugler. Henry L. Bingham. Blacksmith. Jacob Howk. Blacksmith. .\dam M. Rock, discharged October 3, 1864. Saddler, Thomas D Stevenson . Wagoner, Frederick F. Drake, transferred to Company B, April 17, PRIVATES Henry H.Allen. William F .Allen John W Blacknian. Lewis M. Brightenstine Solomon Baker. Charles B. Benham, promoted Quartermaster Sergeant: discharged iu hospital James D. Benham, promoted Sergeant July 1, 1865; mustered out with company Harmon L Breneman, killed in action at Kenesaw Mountain, Qeorgia, June 15, 1864 William Bolster, died March IK, 1865 John S. Banks, discharged May 34, 1865. Frederick Bloom . Heary Broadman Seymour B Coe. HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. 10!) Frank t'obban. ilied February 4, 1865. Napolt-oii B. Downing Adam Fetter Henry B. Gayloid. ' William L. Ooodnow. Clark Center, AD2»on P. Green. Lewis Heniniinger. .Jacob Haninial. Marline Johnston Ednion Kiser. Vernon Kellogg Cieorge Kreider. Henry Libe William D. Leak. Pat Limber. Charles Me'Master. Charles Jlasijn. James Mitchell. James H Mann Dexter .^IcMaster. Christian Na^iann. Edwin Niver. captured Nov. 15, 1803; starved to death in .\ndersonville Prison June 19, 1S&4. Warren W. Parsons. Burr P Parks Otto N. Rogers. Henry Rogers, discharged October 3, 18(i4. David T Selance. Charles .\. Sanders, discharged October -3, 18(i4 Henry Sweatland . Gaylord Saltzgaber. veteran volunteer; mustered out witli coriipany William Saltzgaber. mustered out at Macon, Georgia, (no date). Joseph Stephens, captured at Frog Springs September 20, 1863; in prison when company was mustered out. William Spencer, mustertd out at Macon. Georgia, (no date). Samuel Stuke. veteran viilunteer; mustered out with company Christian Summers. Henry Thomas. Curou Thomas. Hyatt Travis, veteran volunteer; mustered out with company Francella VanHorn. Wilson VanHorn, veteran volunteer; mustered out with company. Joseph M. Wileoi", mustere;! out at Macon, Georgia, (no date). George Watson, promoted to First Lieutenant and transferred to com- pany M. Richard Waggoner. COMPANY K. Mustered into service December 11. 18U1. Mustered out with regiment COMMISSIONED OFFICER. First Lieutenant Darius E. Livermore. promoted to Lieutenant Colonel April s. isn.);. mustered out with regiment. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Sergeant B Walter Burr, discharged December 30, 1864. Sergeant John Maloney, discharged December 30, 1864 Corporal Hiram Barnes. Bugler, Henry Ti-ott. Blacksmith, William G. Swartr, discharged May 30, 1865. Saddler, Robert Dutchman, transferred to company M; veteran volun- teer; mustered out with company. Wagoner, Charles Yance, discharged December 30, 1864. PRIVATES. Howard Bowman. George Cummings Peter M. Chilson , James Druery. Benjamin Grow. William Gowiize William Grow. Samuel tirow. tieorge Heslet. William Heslet. William Jones. Robert O Kennedy, promoted Corporal; veteran volunteer; mustered ctut with company. John Kelley. James Morrison James McCormick, promoted Corporal; veteran volunteer; nuistered <>ut with company .Jonathan R. Reed, .lohn Reynolds. William Rose 14 A Francis Shares. Jacob Trott. John Toomy Cornelius Vandenburgh, discharged December 80, 1864 Lew is Wright, discharged December :W, ISISJ L W Wilson ,James Wildon. George Leitherer. Robert E. Morion, promoted Corporal December 31. 1864. veteral volun teer; mustered out with company roMl'AXV L. Mustered into and out of service with the Regiment NON-COMMISSIONKD OFFICERS. Sergeaut John T. Woodford, transferred tr) Company A, September 18, 1864. Corporal Michael Hughes. Saddler, Michael .\mend. PRIVATES. William T Guion. Ezra Guinn . Jacob Rush discharged .Hay 18, 1863. Jacob Snider. William E. Thitcher, veteran vol intec-r; mustered out with ccmipany John W. Willoughby. COMPANY M. Musteied with the Regiment. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER. Farrier, Andrew Maxwell PRIVATES. Napoleon B. Benedict, died of disease at home in Ohio. Daniel Clinger, promoted Coi-poral; mustered out October 13, 1864. Michael Moulet, mustered out November 23, 1864. James Maxwell. Francis Ora. Samuel Simons. John B. Viele. FIFTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLLNTEER CAVALRY. COMPANY K. Mustered into service November 14, 1861. Mustered out of service Oc- tober HO. 1865, at Charlotte. North Carolina. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER. Veterinary Sergeant, George W. Dimick, transferred to Third Ohio Vol- unteer Cavalry. PRIVATE. Franklin Palladay. SIXTH UEGIMENT OHIO Vol.lNTEER CAVALUY. CO.VPANY li. Mustered into service in October, November and December, 1861 Mus- tered out of service August 7, 1865 at Petersburg, Virginia. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Quartermaster Sergeant Isaac W Kirk, i)rornoted to First Sergeant; veteran volunteer; wounded April 6, 1865. Sergeant Jacob B. Templiu, promoted to Second Lieutenant October 16, 1864. Corporal William P. Cox, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, .lanu ary 1, 1865. Corporal Madison Ti ad, discharged October '.'5, 1862. Corporal David A. Musser, discharged October 30, 1862. Farrier, Selson R Gunder, discharged November 4, 1864. Farrier, John G. Carson, promoteil to Quartermaster Sergeant October 1, 1862. PRIVATES Bazil Brooks, transterretl to Veteran Reserve Corps, March 31, 18tH, Jeremiah Culler, discharged November 4. 1864 Daniel Crist, died September 8, 1862. David B. Cox. discharged tor disability .\ugust22, 18t;2. David Elliott, proinoteil to Corporal; veteran volunteer; mustered out with compi.ny. Thomas E. French, promoted U> Commissary Sergeant, February 10, 1K65, veteran volunteer; mustered out with company . Henry J. Heisler, veteran volunteer; mustered out with company. Thomas P Hillman, discharged August 17, 1862 110 HISTOKY OF HLROJS AKD ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. James A. Hughes, veteran volunteer; mustered out with company; pro- moted to Corporal. Jeremiah Hileman, veteran volunteer; mustered out in hospital. David Harmau, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, May l."i. IStiJ. Jacob Ipes, promoted Corporal; veteran volunteer; discharged June 10. 1865, by reason of wounds . James P. Jenkins, discharged June 28, 18ti5. George K. Mead, discharged November 4, 1864. Harmon Minard, discharged August 18. 1862. George Miiiard, veteran volunteer: mustered out with company. William D. Oswald, discharged December 11, 1804. John Pyle, died August 16, 1H62. John S. Regal, discharged February 23, ma. John Ripley, discharged June 7, 1862. John White, discharged February 2.3, 186:J. KINTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER CAVALRY, COMPANY H. Mustered into service October 30, 186;i Mustered out of service July 30, 1865, at Lexington, North Carolina Clark E. Caligan, veteran volunteer; mustered out with company. W'illiam H. Hurlburt, mustered ovit with company. Gregory K Winegardner, discharged from hospital COMPANY' I. Mustered into service December 4, 1863. Mustered out of service July 20, 186.5, at Lexington, North Carolina PRIVATES. Harrison .\mes, promoted First Sergeant; veteran volunteei-; mustered out with company . ■William A. Blandon discharged May 23, 1865 Joseph Jopp, promoted Corporal; captured July 16, 1864. Julius Shruch, discharged in hospital ; veteran. TENTH REGIMENT OHIO VoLlNTEER CAVALRY, COMPANY D. Clustered into service March :^. 1864 , Mustered out of service July 24, 1865, at Lexington, North Carolina PRIVATES John Battey, died August 18, 1863. Martin Golden, paroled prisoner, at Annnpolis, Maryland. Henry Hewitt, prisoner; surrendered January 3. 1865. WiUiam Nash, promoted Corporal; mustered out with company. Benjamin E. Parker, discharged from hospital, (no date) William E. Ring, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, April 26, 18f>4. William C. Siegling, bugler; transferred to Compan}' E. George Slackford. killed September lu, 1864 Cook Smith, paroled prisoner when company was mustered out. Frank Smith, promoted Sergeant; mustered out with company. i\ l! il HISTORY OF Towns and Villages in Huron County, NORWALK. ORIGIN OF THE NAME. In 1040, the ludiau title to the knd upon which Norwalk, Connecticut, now stands, was purchased of the natives in two tracts. The bounds of the east tract purchased by Roger Ludlow, as described in the ancient records, were "From Norwalk river to Sawhatuc (Saugatuck) river, from sea, Indian one day walk into the coun- try." For this tract the following articles were given, to wit: Eight fathum wampum, six coats, ten hatchets, ten hoes, ten knives, ten scizers. ten juse- harps, ten fathom tobacco, three kettles, three hands- about. ten looking-glasses. The tract on the west side of the river, sold to one Captain Patrick, is described as follows: "From Nor- walk river to Five Mile river, from sea, Indian one day in country."' For this the following articles were given: " ten fathom wampum, three hatchets, three hoes, when ship comes: six glasses, twelve tobacco pipes, three knives, ten drillers, ten needles." The northern bounds of the lands purchased were to be from the sea one day's north walk into the country, hence the name Norwalk. The above explanation of the origiti of the name is, in substance, given in Barber's Historical Collec- tions, Hall's Historical Records of Norwalk, and Lossing's Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution, and, perhaps, should be accepted as conclusive; but it has always been a query with the writer, what the name of "Norwalk river'' was at the time of the pur- chase? If it was then Norwalk river, the name Nor- walk could not have been derived from terms used in desci'ibing that i)urchase; if it bore some other name, it would appear singular that the "ancient records" should describe the boundaries as beginning " From Norwalk river." THE TOVVXSHIP N.VMED. On tjic Dth day of November, 1808, I'hilip 13. Bradley, of Kidgefield; Taylor Sherman, of Nor- walk; Isaac Mills, of New Haven; William Eldridge, of New London; Jabez Fitch, of Greenwich: Ebenezer Jessup, Jr., of Fairfield; Guy Richards, of New London; Ebenezer Avery, Jr., of Groton, all of the State of Connecticut, met as the Board of Directors of " The proprietors of the half million acres of land lying south of Lake Erie, called the Sufferers' Land," at the court house, in New Haven, Connecticut, and among other business transacted that day, passed a resolution naming all the townships in tlie "Fire Lands;" in and ))y that resolution, township num- Ijer four in the twenty-second range was named Nor- walk. Taylor Sherman was the only member of that board from Norwalk, Connecticut, and probably stood sponsor at the christening. He was the grandfather of Gen. W. T. Sherman who led that magnificent column of American veterans on its memorable nuirch from "Atlanta to the sea," and of John Sherman, secretary of the treasury, who, to-day, staiuls Ijefore the nations, as first of financiers. ORIGIN OF L.\ND TITLES. July n, ITDT, Norwalk, Connecticut, was buriu'd by the British and tories under Governor Tryon. A committee of the general assembly estimated the losses by the inhabitants at one hundred and sixteen thousand two hundred and thirty-eight dollars and sixty-six cents. Half a million acres of land in "New Connecticut" was appropriated for the l)enefit of those sufferers, and those of other towns wliicii had sufl:ered a like calamity. The left hand column in the following table shows the name and amount of losses, in pounds, shillings and pence, of eacli Norwalk sufferer. The right hand column shows the names of the persons, to whom their claims were paid in land. For a more full and l)articular account of the classification and |)aynient of those claims, sec tlic general county history. (Ill) \ 112 HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. NORWALK, TOWN NUMBER FOUR, IN THE TWENTY- SECOND RANfiE. Classification No. 1. Section 1. £ s. d. *; s. P- Hannah Hooker an 13 9 Haynes Fitch 21 13 9 James Fitch il9 9 5 219 9 5 Haynes Fitch, two losses 89 11 3 " " 89 11 3 Jacob Jennlnjfs ■TO 5 a Jacob Jennings Stephen Wood 22 5 6 Edward Wentworth ill 13 4 SO 13 4 Ebeuezei- u hitnev 108 13 9 Sam'l Middlebrook 14 2 llj^ Benj. Belts. Jr. 3 10 3 10 Michael Moiehouse Jr. 7 7 4 " " 7 7 4 Michael Morehouse 4 3 '. " 4 3 A!idre^\- Morehouse 1 16 t. t. 1 16 Elizabetli liaylcjrd 5 8 .. .« 5 8 Samuel Bunal .30 1.S 6 .. «i 30 18 6 Nehemiah St. John 8» 9 6 " "" 89 15 4 Samuel Comstoek ■2 •' '* 2 Ephraim Stewart Thaddeus Keeler r, 4 4 " " 5 4 ■t •} 5 10 ■' " 8 5 10 Elizabeth Dunning 7 1 4 " •' 7 1 4 Silas Hiokoek .3 12 6 " " 3 12 6 Nathan Hickuck o 5 3 " " 2 5 3 Nathaniel Street 33 12 9 " *' 33 12 9 Jesse Burehard 7 12 " •' 7 12 John Benedict 172 12 8 •' " 172 12 8 David Jackson 53 2 S 53 3 5 Samuel Keeler 30 14 .. t. 30 14 Benjamin Peck as 16 '9 *• " 23 16 9 James Brown 15 5 m *' " 15 5 5K Anna Reynulds •>> 2 9 .« 22 2 9 John Dovey iT 4 Sam'l Middlebrook 11 4 Deborah Dickinson 17 a 'fi Deborah Dickinson 17 o 6 Moses Dickinson's heirs as!) 16 10 Sarah Diekins-u 86 12 3 Moses Dickinson's heirs a59 16 10 Deborah Dickinson 173 4 7 Hannah Dickinson :33 19 9 Hannah Dickinson * 23 19 9 Piatt lownseud 2 17 7 Eliza LillibridKe 2 17 Daniel Thatcher's Daniel Thatcher's heirs ai5 17 heirs 143 10 James Smith 21 13 .. Committee 5 18 6 Fo otiug of 01 assiflcation No. 1, t'1,344 ; Classification No. a, Section a. £ s. d. « .s. [(. Stephen Lockwoot 18 12 Stephen Lockwood 18 12 Thaddeus Betts, two losses ■272 17 9 " " 272 17 9 James Ciowley 3 14 3 14 7 Gershorn Hyatt .32 5 32 5 Simeon Raymond 442 7 m Thomas Comstoek 442 7 "m Thomas Benedict 779 1 10 Thomas Benedict 502 U 5 John Rich 72 6 John Rich's heirs 71 18 iiH Fc oting of C assiflcation No 3, £\,U\ 7 Classification No. 3, Section 3. « .S-. d. a s. d. Nathan Jarvis 279 7 6 Stephen Lockwood 219 16 3 Daniel Hantord's two losses 323 16 4 32:j IB 4 Gold Hoyt .fames Hoyt's heir 195 H Thomas Comstoek 195 8 s 26 2 26 2 Thomas Benedict 779 1 10 Thomas Benedict 216 10 5 Matthew Keeler 165 10 Isaac Keeler 32 15 5 Jesse Ben.-dict 144 7 6 Jesse Benedict 114 7 6 Matthew Keeler 165 10 10 Jonathan Kiggs 32 15 5 .losiah Marvin l.'jS 10 1 68 10 1 Obediah Siscat 3 .. 3 Rebecca Smith 3 ',> 9 " 3 a 9 Isaac Waring 3 10 ■ t 3 10 James Hitchcock 19 H 6 .. •. 4 2 10 Thomas Haves IH .. t. 16 14 8 Deboraii Ricket 22 " " 9 2 Samuel Kitcliam t 1 6 .. .. o 2 4 Joshua Ki gers II 15 3 .• 1. 12 1 Mary Avery 11 2 6 10 10 Footing of Classification No 3, Cl*A8SlFlCATION No. 4, SECTION 4 .t:i,344 7 X. a. d. f K. rf Capt. Joslah Starr 13 5 8 Josiah Starr 13 5 8 Joshua Starr 1 IB 4 16 Josiah Starr 9 3 N 9 3 8 Ezra Siarr 40O 4 8 Fjjra Starr .214 11 4 Comfort S. Mygatt 400 8 Dr. John Wood 262 15 11 His heirs 262 Wm.Taylor in right 13 11 Ezra Starr .214 II 4 of wife 184 John McLean .528 7 1 69 13 1 Footing of CI assiflcation No 4, tl,344 7 OKUANIZATHIX. At. tlif coiiiiiieiicciiu'iit of tlioyuiir 181?, Norwalk foniHMl |i:irt of the territory of the Mien extensive towiLsliip of Unroll. Early in that year, a petition for a separate organization was drawn up and signed by a number of citizens, but how many, or whom, cannot now be ascertained, the writer iiaving made a diligent search for the original pajier, among tlie puldic files, without successs. In pursuance of that petition, at a meeting of the Commissioners of Huron county held on on the 18th day of February, 1817, the following order was made: On the petition of David Gibbs and others, we set off the townships of Bronson and Norwalk (being numbers three and four in the twenty- second range of townships in Huron county) from the township of Huron, to be organized into a separate township by the name of Nor. walk. By order of the Commissioners, .\ttest : Frederick Fallv. P. 1. Frederick Fally, Ebenezer Merry and Bildad Adams were then, the county commissioners, and Frederick Fally was acting as clerk for the commis- sioners "P. T,'" {pro fern.) The two townships remained in tiiat state of or- ganization until on tlie Stli of March, I8'20, when at a meeting of the county commissioners,— present. Joseph Strong and Lyman Farwell, — it was Ordered, That towns numbers one and two, in th'e twenty-second range, be and the same is hereby annexed to the township of Norwalk, And tliat state of organization continued until at a meeting of the commissioners of Huron county, held on the -Itli day of Maroli, 18'.i2: present, Eli S. Barnum, Robert S, Southgate and Amos Woodward, commissioners, it was Ordered, That township number one, in the twenty-second range (called Ripley, be and same is hereby annexed to township number one, in the twenty-third range (called New Haven), fo. township pur- poses. Ordered, On the petition of Edward L. Cole and others, that townships numbers two and three, in Jhe twenty-second range (the first Bronson, the second Fairfield.) be organized with township privileges, and that the same be known by the name of Bronson. And notice of township meeting on the first Monday of .\pril next, given according to law. Attest : Moses Kimball, Clerk (ind Auditor, Huron County. Of the townships here named in parenthesis, the first should have been Fairfield, and tlie second, Bron- son, but the record stands as cited. Thus it will be seen that from February 18, 1817, to March 8, 1820, Norwalk embraced a territory five miles wide and ten miles long, and from March 8, lS".iO to Marcii 4, 1822, its territory was five miles wide and twenty miles long; forming an election pre- cinct which polled sixty-two votes at the first elec- tion, as appears by the certificate attached to the tally sheet of that election, now on file in the county clerk's ottice, wiiicli is as follows: .\t a regular election of the electors in the ti»wnship of Norwalk, at the house of D.%niel Tilden, in said Norwalk, on the third day of April, 18i0, for two justices of the peace: We do h?i'e!)y certify, that Eao3 Gilbert h.id sixty-one votes: Samuel B. Lewis, forty. five; Luke Keeler, one; .Vbljah Comstoek, seven; .\sher Cole, one; and Joseph Pierce, three, for the offices of justices of the peace. Platt Benedict, Attest : W.M. Gardner, Eliphalet W. Day, Engs Gilbert, Robert S. Socthgate, Clerks. ./ndyes of Election. .\t an fiertioii for slieritf oi^ Decemher (!, 1820, (at wliieh Enos (Jiihert, of Norwalk, was elected) .seventy-two votes were jiojjcd. HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. 113 At an election for justice on tlie 2d day of April, 18-.il, (at wliicii Tiniotliy Taylor was elected) seventy- six votes were polled. At the election for county oHjcer.s. October 'J, 1831, ninety-two votes were polled. At tlie State election in 1877, the same territory jMiJled for governor: Fairfield, o03: Bronson, 220; Ripley, 212; Norwalk, 1,344. Total, 2,(i84. After Ripley, Fairfield and Rronson were detached from Xorwalk, and at the State election of Octobt'r S, 1821, onlv fiftv-one votes were polled in Xoi walk. I'EliSilNAI. PKOPEKTV T.\X lOl! ISl."). (Abstract showing Norwalk. • Duplicate of taxes laid in Huron county for the year IM.i, by the county coniinissions of said county. Eli S Barnum, Caleb Palmer and Charles Parker, Commissioners. Tax bill for the county of Huron in the year 1815: WHEATSBOROUGH. HURON. Dillingham John . Reed, Hanson.. , Wilson. .lames. Total for Norwalk $3 MO 550 280 . iK .30 Coinstock, Abijah Lewis. Samuel B . . . Newcomb, Benjamin . Total forWheatsborough Total for Huron Vermillion Total tor Huron County, S192.40 The townships of Wheatsborongli, Huron and Vermillion apjiear to have constituted the whole county, for purposes of taxation, at that time. This duplicate was probably made out in the early part of the year 181.5. In August, of that year, there was an entirely different arrangement of town- ship lines established, as appears by the following extract; from Volume I, page 1, of the Commissioners' Journal of Huron county: Commissioners' oflice, at county seat, August 1. 1815. First meet- ing held at David .\bbntt. Esq. Caleb Palmer. Charles Parker and Eli S. Bamum, Coniniissioners. Ichabod Marshall. Clerk, appointed pro tern. Abijah Comstock, appointed Ccjunty Treasurer. The new townships following are set off, viz: 1. Wayne's Reserve, at Lower Sandusky, to be known by the name of Lower Sandusky. 3. Vermillion— comprising the following tract, viz: The whole of the twentieth range of the Connecticut W^estern Reserve, together with all the tract of country belonging to the county of Huron, east of said twentieth range. •i. Greenfield— comjjrising townships numbers two and three, in the twenty -first, twenty-second, twenty-third and twenty-fourth ranges of the Connecticut 'VN'estern Reserve. 4. New Haven— comprising number one in the twenty-first, twenty- second, twenty-third and twenty-fourth ranges. By order of the Commissioners, Ichabod Marshall, Commissioners' Clerk, pro ^e»i. PEUSONAL PROPERTY TAX FOR 18T.». (Extract showing Norwalk.) County ta.x assessed on the residents of Huron county for the year 1,«I9: Nor}rfilk Towiu^ihip. Horses. Cattle. Houses. Abbot, Ezi-a 450 $8 35 •Ammerman, Simeon 3 30 Benedict Piatt 2 8 ... 140 Boalt, Eben 4 ... 40 Boalt, John '2 .... SO Branson Hosea 1 10 Cole, Levi 2 9 ... 150 Comstock, Abijah 3 5 .... 140 •Clark, Lestor 1 10 •Clark, Jabez 1 4 . . 70 •Cole. David 1 . 40 IS Norwalk Tonmahip. Horses. •Clark, Halsey 1 "Crawford, Joseph Cole, Thomas ♦Deming, Jabez Forsythe. Frederick 1 Fay, Lucius Oibbs. David 1 Gibbs. Samuel R 1 Gilbert Enos •Guthri.Eben I •Herrick, Ezra 1 •Herrick. Ezra Jr 1 *Hoskins. John *Hagerman, Thomas Houk, Henry 'J •Herrick, Lott Isham, Epaphroditus Isham, Seldon Innian, Malvara •Kellogg. .Martin I Kepler. Luke I Keeler, John 'i tLockwood, George '- Lockwood. Henry I Laylin, John I Laylin, Charles Lewis. Samuel B 1 Marshall. Ichabod 1 Mason, Cornelius Myre^, Adam '- Odway, Neheiniah 1 •Pixley Reuben 'i Powers, Abraham '. •Rundle. Abijah. ./ 1 Reed. Hanson. Vf 1 •Reynolds. Job T •Sutliff. Nathan •Southgate, Robert S 1 •S.ypher, Peter 1 Strong. Silas G Tice, Peter 1 Tice & Forsythe •Taylor, Benjamin •Terry, Henry •Tanner, Nathan tUnderhill, Jasper Wheeler, Edward 1 Wells. Ezekiel 1 •Welch, John White, John. 1^ . 1 Wilson, James 1 Todd. Manning S 1 David Underhill. Levi Cole, Piatt Benedict, Peter Tice, Frederick Forsythe and Daniel Tilden, own all the town of Nor- walk, assessed at SI, 400 Cattle. Houaen. 4 TO 'J 20 2 30 3 :W 1 1 :i li I :«0 3 .15 40 tlfl <«! 10 s 1 10 :( :J0 :iO 5 .'iO •i 80 4 40 4 1 40 U) 3 :W 4 ;o 4 r() .* 80 i'.0 1 1 40 H) 4 1 1 III 70 30 1 70 ■.; 31) 4 70 4 ri> :i :J0 3 m 5 80 4 1 TO 10 1 .300 1 911 300 1 (Kl 2 1 •30 10 4 40 ■ > 1 30 40 4 ;o .T M 3 I'lO 4 70 :iO '00 Total for Norwalk 43 174 .... $43 10 Total amount of the tax 81,31T 75 Note— Total names on this duplicate — 63 •Lived in Bronson. then attached to Norwalk 19 tLived in Milan 1 tLived in Ridgefield 1 — 21 Residents of Norwalk 42 To Hallet GALLfp— Sjr .'- The taxes herein contained, assessed on the residents of Huron county for the year 1819; you are by the Com- missioners of Huron count.v. authorized to collect, you will, therefore, proceed to collect the said taxes, ami pay the amount to the Treasurer of Huron count}- as the law directs By order of the Commissioners, Benj Abbott, Clerfc. PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX FOR 1820. (Extract showing Norwalk.) List of Taxable Property is Norwalk Tow.nship Proprietors' yavies. Hor.^es. Cattls. •Ammermon, Simeon 1 5 80 80 Bronker.John 3 1 70 Brunson, Hosea 2 30 Bangs. James 3 30 Benton, William 1 10 Baker, Timothy ... 2 3 80 •Beckwith. William 'f 30 Bangs. Theodore -' fit* 114 HISTORY OF HUEOX AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. Proprietors' Names. Benedict, Piatt *Baker, Spencer *Baker. William ♦Browuell. Abel Boalt. John Boalt. Eheu '. ♦Clark, Daniel L ♦Crawford, Joseph *Clark. Lester *CIa rk. Jabez Cole. Darid *Conger. David Cole. Thomas Case. Samuel Carver, Aid rich Cole, Asher Comstook. Abijah Dewir. Zurich W *Day, Eliphalet Decker. Elick Dimick. .John Dilliugham. John ^Demming-. Jabez Dillingham. Henry , *Ervin. Thomas Forsythe. Frederick Finney. Erastus Foster, Seth Fay. John Fay , Lucius Gallup. Hallett Gardner, William Gibbs. David Gibl)s, Samuel R *Gnthrie. Ebeu Gilbert. Euos Huyck. Henry , Hutchins, Elias *Herrick. Lott *Hoskins. John *Hagarinan, Thomas *Herrick. Ezra *Herriuk, Ezra. Jr Ininan. Mulvery Isham, Epaphioditus Isham, Seiden *Johnson, Bryant Jerolomon, Thomas ♦Kellogg, Martin Keeler, Lewis Kteler, John Lewis. Samuel B , Layhn. Charles Laylin, .Tohn , Lockwood, Henry Lane. Ebenezer Mu'On. Cornelia Marshall. Ichabod *Mofflt, Philip *Pixley, Reuben C Pratt. John Pierce, Joseph Pin-ter, William , ♦Bundle, Abijah Raynmnd. Lenxuel , ♦Reynolds, Job T ♦Rusco, Armon.y Reed. Hanson../. ♦Sutlitr, Nathan *S< lul hgate. Robert S ♦Sample. John Sifort. Peter Sifurt, Peter, Jr •Tanner. Nathan TIce. Peter Tilden, Daniel Tt)dd. Manning S , ♦Terry. Henry ♦Taylor, Benjamin F ♦Warren, Daniel Welch, John Wilson. James y White, John../ Wheeler, Levi Western, Jonathan Wells, Roswell.. Hor 'ses. Cattle. o a 1.20 I 3 60 4 40 3 30 I 3 60 4 40 1 4 70 4 40 1 4 40 m 2 20 1 10 3 30 3 1 30 40 6 90 7 1.60 1 10 4 40 5 50 : 10 15 1.50 3 30 3 30 1 a 50 1 1 40 1 1 10 10 1 30 5 50 1 1 30 30 2 4 1.00 6 60 1 8 1.10 1 10 2 2 80 1 3 10 30 1 10 1 4 70 2 2 80 2 20 3 1 30 10 2 I 70 5 50 3 30 5 50 6 1.80 2 80 7 1.00 4 40 3 30 3 60 1 40 1 10 3 30 4 1 I 1 1 40 40 40 10 10 5 50 4 70 5 50 1 10 5 80 5 50 7 1.00 2 50 4 70 10 6 ao 3 1 30 .30 30 10 5 1 50 :J0 10 4 70 4 40 3 60 4 40 5 80 Proprietors^ Names. Wilson. Thomas C Ordway, Nehemiah Amount of Ti-wn Plat. TOW\ PLAT OF NORWALK. proprietors' kames. Benedict, Piatt Benton. William Bangs. James Bangs, Theodore : tButmau, John S Cole Levi Finney Erastus : Fay, John Fors.vtlie Frederick Gallup. William Henry, Samuel Lane, Ebenezer Blason, Cornelia Tice, Peter Tilden, Daniel '. tUnderhill. David Williams, James . - Whittlesey and Benedict Horses. Cattle 1 10 1 10 54 2S3 +4.50 47 60 Total amount of page footings of this duplicate. $l,Ui 892,10 T(u-. 5.72!^ 35 35 30 30 4.50 1.35 1.62!4 2 25 1.50 50 1.50 a 00 5.75 8.00 3.75 1 25 6.60 147, (iO 14 To David W. Hinman, Esq., Sir: — The county levies herein contained, assessed on the inliabitants of Huron County, for the year 1S20, you are, by the Commissioners of Huron county, authorized to collect, j'tiu will therefore proceed to col- lect the same and pay to the Treasurer of Huron county as the law directs By order of the Commissicuers. For Lyman Farwell, Clerk. Ichabod Marshall. Note. Total names on this duplicate, including lot owners. . - 101 * Lived in Bronson, then attached to Norwalk 3^1 tLived in IHilan I JLived in Ridgefleld 1-35 Residents of Norwalk 60 PERSONAL PUOPEKTY, ETr. — TAX FOR (Extract showing Norwalk.) l&i-Z. Duplicate of the county tax levied on the personal anil town property of Huron county for the year 1822. Norwalk. Horses. Arnold. Alfred Bangs, Theodore S., lot 60, 1820, 30c; 1821, $1,25: 1822, Butmaii, Jno. S., lot 58, 1820, 41c; 1821, 79Hc; 1822,37^0; . . Boalt. Ebeu Boukee, John 1 Baker, Timotliy, 1 house 8400 3 Benedict, Piatt, 1 house S400, half No. 1 2 lot 14, 1821, 8714c; 1822, 50c lot 15, 1821, $4.40; 1S22, .50c • lot 18, 1821, 62!4c; 1822, 50c lot 33, 1821, 02Hc; 1822, 50c Benton, William Boalt, John 1 Comstock, Abijah 1 Cole, Asher, 1 house S250 2 Norwaiklots 4. 11, 19, 21, 87, 29 Cole, Asa, lot 22, 50c lot 30, 1820, {2,18; 1821, S0,81H; 1832, 50c Drake, Benjamin F 1 Drake, William, lot 26, half 1820, J1.09J4; 1821, tO.SlH; 1S22, 80.25 Doimce, John . Dillingham, John, 1 house 12,50 Forsythe, Frederick, 1 house 82.50 1 4s lot 9, 1821 and 1822 .. Finny, Erastus, 1 house •. 200, 14 lot 24 Fay, Lucius Fay, John, delinquent, 1820, 1 house, lot 16 same same for 1822 Gardner, William 1 Gallup, Hallet, lot 61 1 Gilbert, Enos 1 Gibbs, David ... 1 Cattle Ta.r. 1 $0.10 2.30 1.50 5 50 1 40 11 4,00 5 3.25 1.37)4 4.90 1.1214 1.12)4 1 10 1 40 11 1.40 7 2.55 3.00 4 90 3.4I1H 30 2.16 1 111 12 2.45 1 1.65 3.67 1.25 5 SO 1.62H 1 00 2 .50 1.42^ 2 ,50 4 70 HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. 115 Horses. Cattle 3 19 1 Tax. 30 10 2.45 50 1 (HI 10 40 an 75 1)0 40 60 30 40 30 1.50 2 20 TO 50 80 80 2.00 40 yortvalk. (ialhiii. William, 10162,1820, '21, '22 -... .. Ciiblis, .Samuel R .. llurnnirt, Henry Henrv, Samuel lot ir, 1S20, '21. -22 Hnskins, Thomas 1 Huyck.Heury 3 IshaMi, Eiiaphroditus Ishain, Selden ' Innian. .Malvery Kiiiihall, Moses, halt 28. Keeler. .John ; 1 Keeler, Luke 1 Keeler. Lewis — .. Latimer. Pickets ^ Lockwood Henry Laylin. Charles Lane. Ehenezer, 1 house :200 1 Lewis. Samuel B 1 Laylin. John — 2 Merrynian, Enoch B 1 Marshall, Ichabod 1 " lots 36 and 37 ,f Mason. Cornelia, lot 34 Marvin, Zachariah, lot 35 Odway. Nehemiah, delinquent of 1821 Pratt, John I'earce. Joseph, delinquent of 1820 Reed, Hanson ..r. 1 Richmond Everett, lot 66, 1821, "22 Stratten. Daniel Tice, Peter, ig lot 9 2 lots lots6, 8, 1821, "22 lots 25, 38, 1821, '22 Tilden, Daniel half lots 12. 26, 1820, 'Jl, '22 .. UnderhiU, David, lots 23, 28 Underhill. Benedict ct Cole, lots 2, 3, 10, 20 Williams. James, lot 64, 1820, '21, '22 1 Wells, Ezekiel Wells, Roswell Woodward. William Wilson, James . „ 1 White. John ./ Wheeler, Samuel Wood, Andrew Wheeler, Edward 2 Whittlesey. Elisha, lots 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 54, 56. 56, 57, .59, 03 and 65, 1821 and 1822 Unknown, lots 7 and 31, 18-21 and 1822 Totals 47 182 $121. 52H Auditor's Office, Huron Co., Aug. 1, 1822. I, Moses Kimball, certify the foregoing to be a correct duplicate of the county tax for 1822. Moses Kimball, C. A. Note.— The total tax for the county, including Brownhelm, Black River and Elyria. is footed up Jl,'i59.36. It will be remembered that Norwalk ami Bronson were set off into a township by the name uf Norwalk on February IS, 1817, and that Bronson wa.s .set otf from Norwalk on March 4, IS'ti. This, tlien, is the first personal ])rojierty tax duplicate for Norwalk town- ship pro})er, and shows a list of sixty-si.\ taxal)le per- sons; but Butman, Underiiill and Whittlesey were not residents, leaving the actual resident tax payers only sixty-three. KESUJEyT REAL ESTATE TAX IN 1S1,5. (Extract showing Norwalk). Resident proprietors' land tax, in the year 1815. for the counties of Cuy- ah< ga and Huron. State of Ohio. 1 10 10 3 60 1 31H 4 40 9 2.6694 50 6.75 2.99)^ 2 20 ■i'V^ 1 CO J. 00 2 4.65 4 40 1 10 1 10 4 70 4 40 1 10 6 60. 2 SO 14.4594 2.63 Proprietors" Names. Conistook.Aliijah Frink. William ^ Wood. Standish i2 5 5 B ^ -^ . 5 ... 145022 4 .200.... 22 4 . 200 ... . 22 4 2* 8 Huron 2 1 do 4 I do .-^mimnt ot Taxes 8 cts. mills20(i — TT^un — Amiiimt L)ue I have compared this duplicate with the original, and find it coi-rect. Oeor<;e Pease. The charge for drawing off Ibe within duplicate is cne dollar and fifty cents. Received payment of Charles Parker.t Ueohoe Pease. •There is one name on this duplicate for Portage ( ounty. and one for Cuyahoga, with forty-seven other mimes for Huron county, the three above given being all there are for Norwalk. ; Charles Parker was one of the county commissioners in*IM.5. S William Frink was a resident of Ridgefield in 1S12 and 1S13. anil ot Sherman in 1820. and probably never resi I -Amount of Tax $ cts 4'31H 5-32 7501^ 7 75 " 2-25 4 50 B09H 870 1339 87^ Commissioners* Office. Huron County, Ohio, Aprils. 1817. We hereby certify that the within aod foregoing is a duplicate of the State tax, tor the county of Hin'on. for the year 1817. Frederick Fally, t , JoBN S. Reede, ■ CnmmiKsioutrs. § There are in this duplicate one name from Portage county, two names from Medina county, two names from Cuyahoga county, one hundred and twenty-thiee names from Huron county.— seven l}eing from Norwalk. ♦ These figures are the total for the county. The total for Norwalk is 878.23J^. TAX IN 1818. (Extract showing Norwalk), Resident uroprietors' land tax. for the year 181H. for Huron roniity. Proprietoi-s' Names. 8 cts. mills20O 25 81 5 37 5 37 00 5 5 00 Trumbvd Beattv. John do Comstock. Abijab.. Fay. Aaron Frink. William Gibbs, David Lockwood. Henry.. Lewis, Samuel B. . . Reed, Ilansi'n &.S. IS c S s e ...22 4 4 381-22 4 1 282. ...,22 4 1 185()-22 42*3 100. aoo. 360. 200 20O. 311 . .'22 44 , . . 22 4 2 ,. . •2-21 42 >80'2-2l 4 2 . . . -22 4 1 ...'^4 4 4 .\mouut of Tax 8 cts. 1167 2 HI .■i4S 18 50 IM SkX) 5 40 .',80 J7H L 11(5 HISTOKY OF HURON AND EEIE COUNTIES, OHIO. There are in thi.'s duplicate one name from Portage county, one name from Medina county, une humlred and eighty -eight names from Huron county.— nine being from Norwalk. There is no certificate attached to this paijer. but it is authentic, and forms part of tlie official record in the Auditors' office of Huron county. T.W IS ISl'.). • (Extract showing Nonvalki The following Collector'.* duplicate, for the ta.x of the year 1819, found anioung the papers of the late Hallet Gallup, is the earliest one that the most thorough search litis hroaght to light. None are on file in the Auditor's office. Land tax of the residents of Huron county. for 1S19, rt's 22 4! 1 22 4! 1 22 42,3 22 4' 4 22 4 2 32 4 2 22 4 3 22 4' 1 22 4 2 22 4 4 r ■/ Beatv. John 281 Huron 281 4 1.II1 i; TO 175 350 630 6:l.s 520 140 544 Returned R do i12 .^. 100.... SCO . . . SCO .... ■iM 288 ■m... 80 ... . 311.... Comstock, Abijah Fay, Aaron Frink. William . . . Paid Returned 12H, Paid Paid Paid Paid Returned 20 Gibbs. David .. . Lockwood, Henry. Lewis, Samuel B. . Marvin. Zachariab part;4 Total am't of tax (for eounty), Sl.605.90 Attest: Benjahi.s- Adams, Clerk. Joseph Strong, i ^_,.,„ BiLDAD Adams, i '-'""" TAX IN' 18-.2tl. lExti-act sUriwing Norwalk). Non-Resident Proprietors. Resident Propi ietors. RT S $!cts. Burrill. Jnn. Ellas. Burtiss. Samuel. . Bene'lict. Thomas. do Benedict, Elijah. .. 250 i 65 Beatty, John 51:3 497 bickerson, Hannah Dickerson, Sarah 97 127 100 .22 Baker Timothy., do do Benedict Pljtt, for Salley and Mary Pettit ) Boalt. Eben aOO Benedict. William :J00 Comstock, Abijah. 1160 do . .543 Curtiss. Ira 262^ Cole,Asa& Thomas, 20t) Crawford, Joseph. Sfli^ Cole, Levi, heirs of 200 " 347 22 do do Fitch. Grant. . . Filch. Zaiinon. Dillineham. John. Fay, Lucins Jessup, James . Frink, WUliamt. Gibbs, SamuelR . Gibbs, David .... Huyck, Hemy . Ininan, Slelverj*. Jennings. Seth . . 100 140 193 263 168H 100^ 80 550 360 60 87H Keeler.Isaac, heirs of . Lockwood, Stephen. . do Keeler, Samuel. iKeeler. Luke . . . do do 95 317 50 1 873 Lewis Samuel B .. . | 200 Lockwood. Henry. 4S0 Lane. E Meei-s. Moody I 50 Man'in, Zachariah! 80 4 4 .22 4 .22 4 .22 4 22 4 ' 22 4 .22 4 ■22, 4, .22, 4 .^ 4l iiSSi 4 .22 4 .as 4| 200 4 4 4 4 22| 4 22 4 22 4 22, 4 22 4 22 4 '221 4 22 4 1199K>22 4 .22 4 .■22 4 22 4 .22, 4 .2* 4 103 I fl37H 1 1:13?^ 2 870 3 203 3 304W 4: iWi * 175 I, 1204?i 4 350 3 535 3 ItoG 20:J0 3 950U 4 59U i 350 4 6.3?i 2 350 4| 175 1 245 1, 302« 1, 4S0M l! 291 4! I 175 4 1,40 2, 172)1 2 6.30 " 4 ! 105 4 1 1.53 i; 1 108 3 200 li 166M 1 1 551M 4 |..|87f 3 ..015 3, 103 a ;1527M 3 ill99>| 1 350 3 840 . out lot; . . 1)4 3! \.:»7i4 2' I 140 I John S. Reed says, the tax against Cornelius Reed was paid for last year. To Hallet Galliij,: You are. by the commissioners o' Huron county appointed collector of the foregoing taxes, of the residents, on land iu the county of Huron. You are. therefore, bereb)- authoi ized to collect the same, and make returns as the law directs. Tax in 1820— coxtinced. Non-Resident Proprietors. Middlebrook.Sam'l heirs of Russ. Isaac Riggs. Jonah. heirs of Towusend. Jacob. Tousey, Hannah F White, Moss. I. E. Tweedy. & otliers ( Whitlock. Thadeous, Whittlesey. Elisha Wood. Stephen (S cts. 722% 24»H 4:« 297H 113 105 07?i 2:J73 249 I3iy 1532 4-30^ 262U ..'43 - Total for Norwalk 8267 49^1 I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a correct duplicate of I the land ta.v in the county of Huron, for the year 1820. Asa Sanford, Auditor of Huron Conn ti/. tWilliaui Frink appears as a resident of Sherman, this year. TAX DIPLICATE FOR 1878. The present County Auditor, H. W. Owen. Esfj. has kindly furnished the writer with a statement of the several footings of vtiluations and taxes for the township and corporation of Norwalk in tne yea^' 1878: Township— total valuation 5748,736 00 Township— total tax 8,834 79 btate proportion , 2.171 :i3 County proportion 2,545 70 Township proportion. Norwalk township 4,117 40 Corporation— total valuation ?2,294,783 00 Total amount of tax 52.261 88 State proportion 6,654 87 , County proportion 7,802 26 i Corporation proportion ' 37,804 75 Total for township and corporation $61,096 67 FIRST ELECTION. Of the tirst election ever held within the limits of the present township of Norwalk, Samuel B. Lewis says (see Fire-londs Pioneer of June, 18-58, page 33): "During the summer and autumn of 1815, I built a house on the farm I have so long dwelt upon, and in that house, in the spring of 181G. was formed a town- ship organization, just after which was held, iu my house, the first Norwalk township election. I do not, at this distant day, recollect all who were present at that election, but can only name, timong others, pre- sent: Judge Southgate, David Gibbs, Esq., Henry Loekwood, James AVilsou, Hanson Reed, Abijiih Comstock, Esq., myself and some fifteen or twenty others. Judge Southgate, Abijah Comstock, Es(|., and Samuel B. Lewis, Es(|,. ctuistituted the board at this election. Miirtiu Kellogg .says (see Fire-laiuls Pioneer of March, 1S59, page 41): "Thetirst election in Norwalk township was held at the house of Hanson Reed in Ajiril, 1817. Norwtilk and Bronson were tit this time organized as an election distrii-t. There was no jus- tice of the iieacc or other officer who could lawfully II I HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES. OHIO. iir qualify the election Ijoard before entering upon the duties for which they were chosen. ''Aliijah Comstock had been justice of the peace, but his commission had expired previous to this elec- tion. After the electors had met and the board was formed, they had to send to Ridgeficld for Esquire Littletield to come and qualify the Iward." "On the 6tli of April, 1818, (Norwalk and Bronson l)eiug together as an election district,) R. S. South- gate was elected justice of the peace. Xumljer of votes at said election, twenty-two, of which Mr. Southgatc had twenty-one votes. On the 28th of May, he was (jualitied liy James Williams, Esq., county clerk. On the 13th of April, 1818, an elec- tion was held at the liouse of Samuel B. Lewis, in Xorwalk township, (Bronson and Xorwalk together.) At this election fifty-six votes were given. S. B. Lewis, Lott Herrick and Martin Kellogg were judges, and Reuben Pixley and Dr. Joseph Pearce were clerks of election."' "Norwalk and Bronson were together as an election district from 1817 (the time of their first organiza- tion) to 182"^. For a part of this time Fairfield was included in the same organization, making an election district five miles wide and fifteen miles long, the same being called Norwalk; and while so together, all the elections were held in the part called Norwalk proper. " Mrs. Elizabeth Minn, formerly Reed, says (see Fire-lands Pioneer of March, 1859. page 48): "The first town meeting was held at our house, as near as I can remember, in 1818. The officers I do not re- meniVier except Reuben Pixley. He was town clerk." The foregoing statements are all in conflict with each other, and leave the question as to date, in doubt. Mr. Lewis is undoulitedly mistaken in fixing the date in 1810. for Norwalk was not set off from the township of Huron until February 18, 1817. Mr. Kellogg evidently speaks from memory in fix- ing the date as April. 1817, and does not give the names of any of the officers officiating at the election he describes, nor the names of any of the officers elected. He speaks by the record in his account of the election of April C, 1818, but puts them in a little thick when he gives us another election (ju April 13. 1818. only seven days after that of the 0th. In the number of votes and names of officers officiating, he exactly descriljes the election for governor and other officers held on Octo))er 13, 1818. There is no official record in any of the county offices, from which an inference e. 3tl(i, for I hat year, reads: I do hereby certif.v th It Samuel B Lewis nmde a return of the poll- book of the election of a justice of the peace, in and for the township of Norwalk, whereby it appeals that Robert S Southgate was elected a justice. ;Jas. Wiu.iams, C Plean. i 118 HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. The foregoing certificates and commissioners' entry form the only ofKcial recognition of the election of April 6, 1818. They fully corroborate Mr. Kellogg as to his statement of that election. It i.s probable that Samuel B. Lewis, Lott Herrick and Martin Kel- logg, were the judges, as .stated by Mr. Kellogg, and Reuben Pixley one of the clerks, as stahd hy both Mr. Kellogg and Mrs. Minn. The pii!l-biiok of the State election of ()ctoi)er 13, 1818, (which Mr. Kellogg so exactly describes as hav- ing been held April 13.) is the first and oldest one found (jn the files in the county clerk's office. This is probably the election referred to by Mr. Lewis and Mr. Kellogg as the one held at tlic house of the former. The following is a copy: I'OLL ROOK, OCTOBER 13, 1818. Poll Book of the election held in the township of Norwalk. in the county of Huron, on the thirteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. Martin Kellogg, Sam- uel B. Lewis, and Lot Herrick. juilges; and Reuben Pixley and Joseph Pearce, clerks of this election, were severally sworn as the law directs, previous to their entering on the duties of their offices. Xo. Xo. . of Names of Electors. of Names of Electors. Votes Votes. 1. Levi Cole. 89. Peter Tice. 2. 'Eben Guthrie. 30. Simon Timermon. 3. Mulvery Inman. 31. Reuben C. Pixley. 4. Ezra Abbott. 32 James Wilson. 5 Burwell Whitlock. 33. 'Lester Clark, li. 'Stewart Southgate. 34. 'Nathan Sutlift. 7, Asher Cole. 35. Thomas Cole. K. Edward Wbeele;'. 36 Truman Rusco, 9. Hanson Read. ^ 37. John White, y 10. Joseph Pearce. 38. Eben Boalt. H. John Laylin. -39 Asa W. Ruggles. 12 Charles Laylin 40. 'Nathan Tanner. 13. 'William W. Beckwith 41. Seth Jeimings. 14. 'Joseph Crawford. 42. David Cole. 15. 'Job T Reynolds. 43 Abraham Powers. 16. Carlton Hoskins 44. 'Abijnh Rundell. IT. Piatt Benedict. 45. John Boalt. 18. 'Lot Herrick 40. Jabez Newcomb 19. 'Martin Kellogg. 47. Luke Keeler 20. 'Daniel Warren. 4S. John Keeler. 21. Lucius Fay. 49. Henry Lockwood. 22. Samuel B. Lewis. 50. Louis Keeler. 23. 'Robert S. Southgate. 51. 'Daniel Clark. 24. 'Jabez Deinming. 52. Seth Keeler. 25. Jasper Vnderhill. 53 'Halsey Clark 26 John Welch. 54. James Mead 27. 'Reuben Pi.^ley, 55 Abijah Comstock. 28. David Underbill. .'lO Charles Taylor. It is hereby cerlifleil that the number of electors at this election amounts to fifty-si.'c Samuel B. Lewis Attest: Martin Kellobb, Rei'ben Pixley, Lott Herrick, Joseph Pearce, Jiirlges of Election. Clerks. On the reverse side of the half sjicct of unruled foolscap paper nptm which tiie foregoing "Poll Book " is written, an abstract and certificate of the votes east at tiiat election are entered, as follows: KAHE8 OF PERSO.VS VOTED FOR, AND FOR WHAT OFFICES. CONTAININO THE NlllBER OF VOTES FOR EACH PERSON. Governor— Thomas Worthington, number of votes 2 Ethan A. Brown, number of votes r>3 Representatives in the State Legislatvre— Senate— John Campbell, number of votes 49 Representative- Alf red Kelley. number of votes 49 Representative in Cosoress— Peter Hitchcock, number of votes t> John Sloane, number of votes 49 County Commissio.ners— Erastus Smith, number of votes 5 Bildad .\dams, number of votes ^. . . , 50 We hereby certify that Ethan A. Brown had fifty -three votes for Gov- ernor, and Thi^mas Worthington had two votes for Governor: John Campbell had forty-nine votes for Senator in the State Legislature; Alfred Kelley had forty-nine votes tor Representative in the State Legis- lature: John Sloane had foiny-nine votes for Representative in Con- gress, and Peter Hitchcock had six vctes for representative in Congress; Bildad Adams had fifty votes for County Commissioner, and Erastus Smith had five votes for Coimty Commissioner Samtel B. Lewis. .Attest: Martin Kellogg. Recbes Pixley. Lo^t Herrick, Joseph Pearce. Judges of Election. Clerks. PULL BOOK. APRIL 0. 1824. Poll-book of the election held in the township of Norwalk. in the coimty of Huron, and State of Ohio, this fifth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. Piatt Bene- dict, Ebeu Boal!' and Asher Cole, judges; and John Tice and Abel Trac}'. clerks, were severally sworn, as the law directs, previous ta their entering upon the duties of their respective offices. NAMES OF ELECTORS. Cyrus Butler Matthew W. Junkins. Perry G Beckwith. Piatt Benedict, Isaac Herrick. John White,*/ E an act regulat- ing the mode of taking the enumeration of the white male inhabitants above the age of twenty -one years, passed January lu, 1S37. \ 2d NORWALK 1.31. Ichabod Marshall. Zaehariah Marvin, Benjamiu F. Harman. Daniel Tilden M'ises Kimball. Timothy Baker. Theodore Baker. Picket Latimer David Gibbs Enos Gilbert Augustus P. Tower. Gilbert Brigbtman Saitiuel Preston John P. McArdle. William F. Kitterage. Daniel G. Raitt John G. Tailor. Nelson Haughlon. Horace Howard. Asahel W. Howe Isaac Wilson. William Benton Samuel Henry. James Springstead Leverett Bradley. John Tice. Lewis Curtiss. Joseph C. Curtiss. Thomas Holmes. James Wilson. Malavara Inmau. Thomas Buehaunan John White ^ Union White. ^ John W Haughton Asa Cole William Haughton. Edward Wheeler. Samuel Wheeler. John Laylin. John Dounce. John Dillingham. Jesse C. Brayman Henry Huyck, Michael F. Cisco Seth Jennings. Levi Wilson. Samuel R. Gibbs. Oliver Day Seldon Isham . David Sutton . Epaphroditus Isham Roswell Wells Josiah Wells. Ezekiel Wells Ezekiel Wells, Jr, Lewis Keeler. Jacob Tetter. Andrew Woods. Thonias Philips. Obadiah Jenuej-. John V Buskark John V. Buskark, Richard Numsin Joseph Wilson. Thaddeus B. Sturgis Thomas Adams. Jacob Wilson H G. Morse. Aurelius Mason . Benj. Carman. Ebeuezer Lane C. P Brouson. Josiah Botstord Samuel Barnes. Samuel Sherman . Luke Keeler. Ami Keeler Jonathan Jennings. Andrew Millburn. Thomas iMillburn. Lucius Fay. Asher Cole. Levi Cole. Miner Cole. Abel Brownell John Keeler. Dr. Joseph Pearce. Abrahahi Powers. Jacob Morton Piatt Benedict . Jonas B Benedict. I, George ShefBeld, Assessor of Huron Couuty, certify that the fore- going is a correct list of the white male inhabitants above the age of twenty one years, taken by me agreeable to an act of the Legislature of the State of Ohio, passed January 10, 1847. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and official signature this 4th day of June, 1837. George Sheffield, Ax.tessor. The '•poll-book" of an eleution held in Norwalk on the 2d of April, 1827, shows that the following per- sons voted at that election, whose names do not ap- pear in the foregoing •'enumeration:" Benjamin Junkins. Matthew W. Junkins. Frederick Forsyth . Oliver Woodhouse . Read. Caleb Gallup. Barnet CarkhiifT. Asa H Beard. Abraham Emmitt. Ery Keeler Henry Hurlbut. John Miller. Cyrus Butler. William H Hunter. William W, Nugent. JohuV. Vredenburgh. Mathew Callaway Hallett Gallup. James Williams. Esq. Joseph Wilson, Jr. Charles L. Curtis. William Gallup John V. Sharp Henry Buckingham. Henry Rider. J^ies Minshel. Carlton B. Gane. Lewis M. Howard. John Ebert, Jr. Jabez^A B. Calkins. Daniel Stratton. Charles Laylin. Perry G. Beckwith. Samuel B. Lewis. George Powers, Nathan Parks. Jonathan Brown. Ruluf Andrus. John T. Hilton. Norwalk 131. [The returns of other towns omitted as not connected with Norwalk history ] Stephen V. R. Bogert. Eben Boalt. AliJheus Buchannau. Nelson Horton, William Buck. Burrell Keeler. David H. Sutton. William Miller. John Huyck. Robert Morton. Daviil Lawrence Sylvester Pomeroy. Isaac M. >Iarvin. Seth Keeler. NATHAN S. COMSTOCK. At the time Norwalk. Connecticut, was burned (July 11, 1T9;) l)y (u'licral Tryon. in the ••Revolu- tionary War." Thomas Comstock, of New Canaan, ex- tended shelter, and such assistance as his means per- mitted, to many of the Norwalk sufferers. Not iiaving the means of repaying hi.> kindness, Simeon Iiaymond and Colli Iloyt proposed to, and did release to him 120 HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. any claims they might have against the government on account of their lossc.-;. As a result, he afterwards became the owner of a large tract of land in sections two and three of Norwalk, Ohio. 1806. — In this year, his son, Nathan S. Comstock, in coni|)any with several others, started on an ex])lor- ing expedition to "spy out the country" wlierc tlieir new possessions lay. They spent . HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. refugees from Huron. Together they kept ou to Ver- million river, where a halt was made, and Mr. Xew- comb returned to reeonnoiter, and reacheil his place, two or three days after leaving it, in time to see. from a safe cover, his house burned by the Indians, and he supposed they must have Ijeen led there by the one he had so severely punisiied some time before, as it was the only house burned so far away from tlie lake. After crossing the Vermillion river, they directed their course to the "portage" of Cuyahoga river, from there to Charlestown, and from there to Vernon, and from there Mr. Newcoml) entered the army as a teamster. In preparing for flight, Mr. Newcomb hid his log-chains and some other projierty in a hole he dug in the ground, but upon his return after the war, could not find where he had made his deposit, and the articles have never been found. Towards night of the next day after Newcomb and family had left their house, several persons from the township of Wheatsborough, now Lyme, fleeing from the dreaded Indian incursion, reaehed the deserted house, and determined to camp there over night. They "lioi)pled"" their horses by tieing their front feet so near together that they could not step more than about a foot at a time, and let them loose to feed; then commenced to pre[i!n'e their supper, which they soon had ready, and were about commencing to eat when they were startled by the much tlreaded and unearthly Indian war-whoop. Stricken with iiorvor, they stood not upon the order of their going, but preci- pitately sought safety in the darkness of the unbroken forest: their horses, goods and tempting supper were left Ijehind; even their guns were abandoned, so com- plete and bewildering was their surprise; life, or torture and death hung upon the action of moments; property, resistance, the means of protection were unthought of, in the dire necessity for immediate escape and shelter from the merciless foe who tortured for pleasure, and murdered for revenge. They all escaped successfully, and hour after hour, all night long, hurried southward through the swamps, thickets, and over the fallen logs of the trackless wilderness; at day-break, they were near the south line of the county, some of them so nearly exhausted that they wanted to halt and rest, but others of the party insisted the Indians could follow their track like a puck of wolves, and so the weary, famishing flight, kept on during the long, long hours of the day, until the weaker ones were ready to fall out of line, abandon the escape, and submit to their fate. But there were warm hearts and strong hands in that party. A long light pole was secured, each person took firm hold of it, and thus, the strong supjjorting the weak, the weary march dragged on, and did not stop until Mansfield and safety were reached. The day this party passed through the township of Ridgeficld on their way to Newcomb's house. Reuben Pixley, Sr., then living in Ridgefield township, heard in some way that there was no danger to be appre- hended fnim the Indians, and started after the party 'II to induce them to return. On his way he met Seth Brown who lived in the fourth section of Ridgefield, and consented to accompany Pixley in search of the refugees. They arrived near Newcomb's place, just as the party were about to commence eating their supper,, and thinking to havesmne sport, tried their ability to* counterfeit the hideous war-whoop of the savages. The success of their jiowers of imitation was greater than they had anticipated, and although they made strenuous efforts to overtake the frightened people, and explain their little joke, were totally unable to do so. They remained at Newcomb's house that night, fared sumptuously, and in the morning re- turned with the abandoned property, and soon sent word on to Mansfield explaining their miseral)le i)rac- tical joke. This story was recently related to the writer by Miner Cole, Esq., of this township, who says he has heard it many times from the lips of Reuben Pixley, Sr., one of the practical jokers. The Newcomb house, burned by the Indians in 1812, stood on the east side of the creek, close under the hill, and l)ut a few rods from the town line between Norwalk and Bronson. There are now standing near its site a stately poplar and an olil descrepit apple tree planted there by that early settler nearly seventy years ago. A military road or trail then existed upon the town line, just south of his house, which Mr. New- comb had assisted in opening, and it was while at work on that road that he was attracted by the beauty of that particular location which afterwards he settled upon as related. At the close of the war, he returned to his i)lace, and erected another log house on the west side of the creek, on a gravel blutf overlooking the valley. From that bluff the gravel was taken that filters the water used by the citizens of Norwalk from the water works, and West Main street was graveled partly from the same source. Yesterday, May 2, 18T0, the writer and his little daughter, in company with Miner Cole, visited the spot; the old house is gone; its site is marked by an indentation where the cellar used to be, and the old hearthstones yet remain in place. Standing upon that memento of the first steps of civilization, and looking forth in the bright sunlight of the ))aln)y May afternoon, over the beautiful valley at his feet, upon which a fiock of shee]) and lambs were grazing, busy fancies l)rought to him echoes of the scream of the panther and howl of the wolf, followed by the .inging sound of the woodman's axe. and the voices of children playing at the creek, then by screams and shouts of terror-stricken fugitives, soon followed by the dim vision of a stealthy band of half-naked, painted savages, quickly made distinct in all their wild orgie- l»y the lurid light of a burning home: then another sound broke in. gentle, sweet and pleading — "Pai)a. l)lease buy me a little baa-baa-lamb?" The contrast was too great: the fancies took to I Among the pioneers of the Fire-Lands, whose long residence and active labors have made them conspicuous, none occupy a more prominent position, and deservedly so, tlian Ashbel G. Post. Coming here at a time wlien the then infant settlement was devoid of all those improvements that now add to the convenience and comfort of the people; when the present county of Huron was almost without roads and bridges ; when it required bard and jiersistent labor, toil, and care to malioneer. After visiting his father and looking around some, with the inten- tion of coming out to settle, he returned East and soon received the melanchol}- intelligence of his father's death. In Novem- ber following he returned to the Fire-Lands, and obtaining his share of his father's estate he went to work, paid off the re- maining incumbrance, and from that time all through his active business life succeeded well. In 1830 he removed to Berlin township (now Erie County), where he purchased four hundred acres of land, of whicli he made the best farm in what now constitutes the two counties of Huron and Erie, and for several years he took the first premium for the most highly cultivated, the best improved, and the neatest farm, thus de- monstrating his ability as a good, practical farmer. Mr. Post has been three times married. His first wife was Tamia Palmer, with whom he was united Nov. 15, 1824. She died April 1, 1836. They had five children, namely: Sanford G., now resides in Nevada; Fanny P , married and lives in Michigan ; Eleanor, married and resides in Vermil- ion ; Wesley (deceased) ; William 11., now resides at home. For his second wife, Mr. Post married Ellen S. Parmenter, who died March 28, 1855, leaving one daughter, Louisa P., who now resides in Wood Co., Ohio. They had also one son, James A., who died young. For his third partner in life, Mr. Post married Mrs. Fannj- AI. Piatt, of Connecticut, Sept. 24, 185.5. In 1829, Mr. Post was elected to the office of justice of the peace, and re-elected in 1832. He is a Democrat in politics, and in religion liberal. In 18.')5, Mr. Post sold his six hundred acres in Erie County, and after traveling and visiting his Eastern home, in 1859, he settled in his present residence in Norwalk. The main characteristics of his long and eminently useful life are his industrious habits, his indomitable energy, and his uncompromising persimal integrity. These good qualities he will leave as a worthy example for future generations to fol- low, and as an imperishable legacy to his children. < ' Residence: of AG. POST ,]Vo. 77 West |i«AiN St., |\Iorwau, 0. HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. l-.'3 fliglit, t'l.se the writer to this iiour miglit luive stood on tliat ancient hearth, listening to echoes from the i-einote past. SAMUEL K. LEWIS lbl4. — .Mr. Lewis was born in South Salcni, West- chester county. New York, in ITOO, and died at Xorwalk, July 14, ISTd, in tiie eighty-first yeaj- of his age. In 1814, he jiurchased two hundred acres of land about one and a half miles south of the present loca- tion of the village of Norwalk, paying for it two dol- lars per acre, and in the spring of that year came on to make preparation for a permanent settlement. He made some clearing, and jmt in a small piece of wheat, then returning to New York. 1815.— On the fifteenth of February, 1815, he started with his family, then consisting of his wife and a little daughter, named Angeline, (who died at Norwalk, September 1, 1817), for the new home in the West. The journey was made in a covered wagon drawn by a span of horses, and required forfy-^'i.c (Ifii/s to complete. They arrived at Norwalk, April 2, 1815, or rather, they arrived at their new home on that day, for Norwalk was yet to be; only an " Indian trail" marked the crest of the "sand ridge" where Main street now is. Soon after arriving with his family, lie sold the land upon which he had commenced his improve- ments the year before, to Hanson Reed, for five dol- lars per acre, and purchased another tract of two hundred acres, in section one, for one dollar and fifty cents per acre. During the summer and autumn of 1815, he built a house on his new purchase, anhe opening of the New York and Erie canal, the ost that I could get offered for a fine i|uality of rheat, was twelce and a half rents per huahel. and liaul it a distance of six miles to market, whidi was then at Milan." In those eai'Iy days, wild tiii'koys were vi'r\' plenty. and did great damage to wheat and corn erojis. Mr. Lewis relates that in 1827, they were so numerous as to endanger his wheat crop. He built a rail pen about eleven feet square, with rails laid near together on top. A trap-door was provided, and grain freely scattered around and within the pen. Tlie turkeys came, entered the traji, and his first catch was nine fat birds, but one got away. Two or three days after- wards, twelve more fell victims to the trap, and this put an end to their depredations, for no others came around that season. During the infancy of the settlement of Norwalk, Mr. Lewis' house was always ojien, free of charge, to the new comers, wiio sought his hospitality, and on one occasion, from the frequency of such calls upon him, his stock of breadstuffs ran very short. There were no mills in the country, and no flonr market nearer than Mansfield, and no road practicable for a wagon to that place; so he went there on horseback, and constructing a rude rack to fit the back of his horse, loaded a barrel of flour on that, and in that manner transported it himie. On another occasion he was called back to the east, and performed the whole journey from Norwalk to Jersey City, on foot. Mr. Lewis, with another pioneer, named William Marshall, a surveyor, traveled over and surveyed many of the lands in Huron county. These two went days and sometimes weeks together through the wilderness, camping out nights, while they were sur- veying farms, and running out public roads. He held at different times the office of justice of the peace, townshiji trustee, assessor, and lister. The maiden name of iiis wife was Amy Ferris. She was born at Newtown, Fairfield county, Con- necticut, and until her death, in October. 1850, bore her share of the privations of ]iioncer life cheerfully, and with courage. In those early days, they were surrounded by the dense wilderness, the home of thousands of savage men, bears, wolves and panthers. On one occasion, when there was no one at home but Mrs. Lewis and her little daughter, there came on horseback to the house two Indian women, or squaws, who wanted flour, which was kept in the house up stairs. ]\Irs. Lewis went up, and was get- ting the flour, when the two squaws followed, and commenced impudently lifting the lids of boxes and barrels, to see what they contained. Mrs. Lewis shook her head at them, and they shook theii- heads at her. When the floor was put up, they all descended, and one of the squaws seized the little girl, then nearly two years old. and the two hastened to their horses, mounted and galloped away witli the child before Mrs. Lewis fully realized what they were at. But the mother's heart (|iiickly took the alarm, and desperation nerved her to an almost sui)erhuman effort for the recovery of lier little one. The route taken by the squaws Avould comjiel them, at the cWs- tance of about l^lt^ Stickney was nominated on the Democratic ticket for the new ofiice of judge of said court, and was elected over his competitor, Hon. F. Wickham, by thirty-one majority, having run ahead of his ticket about five hundred votes. He performed the duties of his office faithfully and satis- factorily to all for the term of three years, and was again nominated in 1854. The newly-formed Republican and Know-Nothing parties swept the field, the general majority of the party in Huron County being about sixteen hundred, but the majority for his competitor, Hon. F. Sears, was cut down to about eight hundred. He has served several terms as a member of the com- mon council, and in April, 1874, was elected mayor of Norwalk, and served two years, being an acceptable and popular officer. He was for several years school examiner for Huron County, and a member of the Board of Education of the Union School for four years, during which time he was clerk of the Board. He has at all times taken a deep interest in educational matters. He is also a member of the Whittlesey Academy of Arts and Sci- ences, of whicli he has been president. He became a member, by initiation, April 30, 1845, of Huron Lodge, No. 37, I. 0. 0. F., and has been a prominent and respected member of the order, hold- ing many of its important ofiiccs. On Feb. 20, 1856, he was elected Most Worthy Grand INIaster of the Grand Lodge of Ohio, serving one term with distinguished ability. For his faithful and efficient services in this office he received from the Grand Lodge its beautiful and costly medal. Li 1858, Judge Stickney was appointed assistant ad- jutant-general, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, on the staff of Maj.-Gen. James A Jones, 17th Division Ohio Volunteer Militia, and was commissioned by Gov. Chase. He also acted as in- spector-general of division. Judge Stickney, on coming to Norwalk, became a boarder at the Blansion House, then kept by Obadiah Jenney, Esq., and, to the surprise of all, has remained unmarried, and a constant boarder at one liotel, now over thirty-.seven years. Though not a communicant he has long been an attend- ant at St. l^iul's Episco])al Church at Norwalk, and has served several years as vestryman and clerk of the vestry, yet charitable and liberal in his religit>us views toward all church organizations. Judge Stickuey has always had an exten.sive law practice, and been especially suceessful ;is a collection lawyer, and, in the .settlement of estates and matters of guardianship, he has been, througli his professional life, regarded as an upright man. He is a gontlenian of taste and culture, kind and benevolent, esteemed by all who know him, and is an eminently popular member of society. .^^ ^ HISTORY OF HURON AND ERIE COUNTIES, OHIO. 127 stock of skins of the fur-bearing animals, tlien numer- ous iu that wild, unsettled region. At that time tliere was a camp of Ottawa Indians on the iwnk of the " Miami of the Lakes," (now Mau- niee River). About the middle of April, three mem- bers of that tribe, named Negosheek, (Xe-go-sheek), Negoneba, (Xe-gon-e-ba), and Xegossum, (Xe-gos- 8um), the last a boy of about seventeen years of age, started on an expedition to the mouth of the Portage river, and while passing down tlie river in tlieir canoes, discovered the trapper's camj), and, no doulit, with their usual cunning, became fully posted as to its valuable contents. They stayed around tlie mouth of the river a day or two, "loiiiing," and the two old- estdrinking whisky, the boy doing what he could to prevent their getting drunk. On their return up the river, Xegosheek plotted the murder of Wood and Bishop, and the plunder of their camp. X'egoneba consented and agreed to assist; the boy, Xegossum, remaining passive from fear of X'egosheek, who was a ''bad Indian" when drunk. On the morning of Wednesday, April 21, about two hours before daylight, they reached the cabin of the trappers, and, stealthily approaching, X'egosheek and X'egoneba drew aside the blanket which hung as a curtain over the door- way, entered, and finding the trappers asleep, each singled out his victim, and with their ever present tomahawks, quickly sent the two white men to a hap- pier hunting ground. Then calling in X'egossum, the Ijoy, who had remained outside, Xegosheek com- pelled him to strike the legs of one of the dead men with the handle of his tomahawk, so that he should feel that he too was a party to the crime, and from fear of the consequences as to himself, keep it a secret. They now plundered the camj) of its contents, con- sisting of a gun, tea-kettle, spider, some flour, a blanket, tow-shirt, a handkerchief, two powder horns and powder, nine traps, three dozen muskrat skins, some pork, and from one of the men three dollars in silver money. They hid the kettle, spider, flour, traps and gun on the west side of a small stream culled Crane Creek, and selling the skins to a French trader, named Ouy, who was stationed a few miles awav, then immediately started for their camp on the Maumee. The testimony taken at the subsequent trial shows that they soon very indi.screetly divulged their secret to a half-breed Indian, named Chazee, (Cha-zee), who on going down the river, found the murdered men still lying in their cabin where slain. He went on to the mouth of tiie river, and informed one Charles C. Tupper, a constable, of the facts, who at