Seneca County, Ohio - Chapter 17: Clinton Township and Tiffin City, 1886 (part 1 of 3)

Chapter 17: Clinton Township and Tiffin City

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, as established by the commissioners of Sandusky County in June, 1820, embraced the territoi-y within the following named boundaries: Commencing where the line between Townships 2 and 3 strikes the river on the east bank; thence along such line to the northeast corner of Township 2, in Ranges 15 and 16 east, to the southeast corner of Township 2; thence west to the line between Townships 1 and 2; thence north, with the meanders of the river to the place of beginning. The name was suggested by the Bowes, Butlers, Vances and other settlers, in honor of DeWitt Clinton, then governor of New York State. In December. 1824, the commissioners of Seneca County established Clinton Township within the boimdaries of the original surveyed Township 2 north. Range 15 east. Since that time the sections east of the river have been governed ' 'variously, ' ' sometimes by Hopewell and sometimes by Clinton; but, as related in the organic history, such mutations were stopped, and the township is now Clinton throughout its length and breadth.

The Sandusky River enters the township in Section 30, just at the southwest corner of what is known as Springdale addition to TiffiLn, flows northeast, and thence northwest to the great bend where it turns east, and thence flows north by east through the city and township, leaving Clinton in the northwest quarter of Section 5. The terrace is high above the water level, generally lying some distance back on each side, giving a large strip of valley or bottom lands, and presenting a hundred beautiful scenes well worth the labor of a painter.

Honey Creek, that old stream, sweetened by the name of pioneer memories, looks into the township in its extreme southwestern corner, while Rock Creek and its tributaries, the ancient mill-drivers, water the central southern sections, and, flowing in a tortuous coui-se northwest, enters the Sanduskj' just east of Washington Street bridge. The name given to it i^ well deserved. During a great part of the year there are more rocks than water visible; but when water does appear it comes in toiTents, as the historj' of many an old time bridge can tell.

There are two other large streams flowing east through the center of the township, which enter the river in Section 17, just below Tiffin. The northeastern sections are watered by a nameless creek, while a number of short spring creeks are found meandering almost everywhere throughout the thirtysix sections. In the centre of the northeast quarter of Section 33 is a spring lake, another near the river on Section 5, and another on Section 8.

In the neighborhood of the river and creeks the land is much broken, and throughout the township "rolling heavily. " ' It is as fertile as land may be, and shows the result of years of labor in the number of flne farms, orchards and gardens.

The geological features of the township, particularly in the neighborhood of Tiffin, are interesting, as here the line between the Niagara and Helderberg crronps of rock occiirs. In tho (Tcologioal Report (Vol. V, p. 028) it is said that the quarries of the city, although producing only Helilerberg rock, show, at some times at their bases, exjjosures of the underlying Niagara limestone. These quaiTies are located on the eastern side of the ridge known as the Cincinnati axis, and the characteristics of the rocks are much the same as those in the quan-ies on the western side of the anticlinal in the Helderberg formation; but the stones at Tiffin are more massive and are therefore more suitable for heavy construction. The courses are often twenty-six inches in thickness, and the stones produced are used largely for foundations and bridge work. The product of (luick-lime fi-om these quarries is also large. The stone is light drab in color: it is bituminous and gives forth a strong odor when hammered, but this characteristic is not so marked as in the dark colored varieties. The principal market for all three of the quarries at Tiffin is fm-nished by the immediate neighborhood. Besides the quarries in the table there are several smaller ones which are worked in the vicinity of the town and which produce the same kind of material in less amount.

Fire clay is found even within the boundaries of the city, and brick-yards have been carried on from the close of the third decade of this centmy. Tile works and the now much prized ten-a cotta find a place in the economical geology of this town.ship.

St'ttlcnu-nt hji I'ioHfcrs and Ohl Residents. - The first direct reference made to that part of Ohio known as Clinton Township. Seneca County, was in 1812. Long years before that, however, the district was known to the trappers, hunters and traders of the Sandusky, who took particular pains to picture the country at once inhospitable and dangerous to life and limb. In 1812 Surveyor Meeker and some laborers opened a road fi'om Upper to Lower Sandusky, over a route planned by (ien. Bell, as told in the military chapter; subsequently a stockade was constructed, and a few log-houses built on the site of the camp of Col. James V. Ball's Pennsylvania Regiment, which camp was named Camp Ball, prior to the building of the fort in 1813. Here, November 18, 1817, the tirst white American came to settle, and with him came two wanderers, who never hitherto settled in any place, and who may be wandering still - William Murphy, of Oxford Township, Delaware County, who wandered Westward, and died of hardships, and Lyman IMain, of Troy Township, Delawai-e County, a great hunter. The first place the wTiter sees the name of Erastus Bowe is in the History of Delaware County,"' page 318. where he is entered as a voter in 1801 1, and an emigrant fi-om Vermont. There also the names of Paul D. Butler, who came fi-om JIassachusetts in 1808, and Thomas Butler, his son, both old settlers of Fort Ball, appear as residents of Delaware Township, and whose gi-eat-grand and grandchikb-en, respectively, are now residents of Delaware. Erastus Bowe built a log-house just north of Washington Street bridge in 1817, and in .Time. 1818, brought his family from Delaware, Ohio, making the first permanent settlement that year. His son, Erastus G. Bowe, is now in Tiffin, linking the present with the very beginnings of the township and city. Then came the Spencers, Butlers, Abner Pike (the old sentry of Oakley), Joseph Vance. David Risdon. Josiah H(>dges and all those pioneers and old settlers who raised the township fi-om a wilderness to be the fairest part of a whole State. In the following notice of pioneers a full effort has lieen made to give the names of them all and a brief notice to each. In view of the fact that the great number of them find mention in the general and township histories, as well as in the chapters of personal history, this review is published, so that no one whom it is possible to identify with the progress of this division of the county may escape honorable mention. Doubtless many names of good men and women do

Moses and Sarah P. (Snow) Abbott, natives of Massachusetts, parents of Francis Abbott, came from Huron County, Ohio, in 181^2. They are both deceased .... Andrew Albrecht, father of Philip, came from Baden, Germany, in 1832, and settled at Tiffin .... MaiT J. Albrecht, born in Tiffin, Ohio, October 2, 1832, died at her home in Bowling Green October 24, 1884. July 12, 1866, she was mamed to Martin Albrecht .... Gideon W. Allen died July 26,

1883, after many years residence iu Seneca County .... John Andes settled at Tiffin in 1852, moved thence to Fostoria, and has taken a full jsart in building ujJ that city .... John Anway, who entered the west half of southwest quarter of Section 23, Clinton, was the first person to patent I'nited States lauds in the county. He settled here in 1821 ... .John Ai-dner died at Tiffin, in his seventy-fifth year, August 9. 1885. . . .Robert Armsti'ong (see Indian and pioneer histories). . . .W. W. Armstrong, son of John Armstrong, of New Lisbon, Ohio, was born March IS, 1833. He entered the office of the Seneca Advertiser iu 1847, and remained there until 1852, when he received an appointment in the State treasm'er's office. In 1854 he purchased the Aclrertiser office; was postmaster at Tiffin from 1857 to 1861; was elected Secretary of State in 1862, and was re-elected. In 1865 he sold the Advertiser to the Myers Brothei-s, purchased the Cleveland Plaindealer. and has since, as before, held a very high place in the Ohio political world. He mairied Miss Sarah V. , daughter of Josiah Hedges, November 10, 1857 .'.. .Anthony H. Ai-nold, born at Lancaster, Ohio, August 11, 1826, came to Tiffin in l847, married Miss Maiy R. Fanning in 1855, served as constable of Clinton Township fi-om 1861 to 1879, and also was deputy sheriff for about seventeen years; he died in July, 1885.

Ezra Baker, who settled in Seneca County in 1833, died in April, 1873, aged seventy-four years. He built one of the first mills in the county now staniiing in Clinton Township. . . .William Baker died December 9, 1874. . . .Frederick A. Baker, born in Frederick County. Md. . May 31, 1818, came to Seneca County in 1845, and in 1847 settled on the Portland Road near Tiffin; died June 5, 1885

.... Col. James V. Ball, (see Military History) .... Lewis Baltzell, who died September 11, 1874, was born in Frederick Coimty. Md., November 29, 1800, came to Clinton Township in July, 1829, and made his home here imtil his death

.... John Baugher, who built the fii-st court house, was a native of Maryland (see Martin of Martin & Megley) ... .Ferdinand Baumgartner, who died September 24, 1872, was one of the old residents of the township .... John Beard settled in the southern part of Clinton, about 1824, where he competed with Levi Cressy as blacksmith; born in Pennsylvania in 1794. died in 1832. His wife, Hannah (Doane) Beard is also dead .... George Beck, born iu 1800, died December 5, 1875 .... John Beck, another old resident, died December 18,

1884, aged over eighty-two years .... Rev. J. J. Beilharz, was one of the early preachers, coming here in 1841.... John Bell, born in 1811, died August 24, 1880, was one of the pioneers, so also was Vincent Bell .... Rev. R. R. Bement, the fii-st superintendent of the Tiffin Union School in 1850-51, must be classed among the old residents .... F. Don and Charlotte (Piatt) Benham, natives of Connecticut, parents of ilrs. Benjamin F. Tomb, of Pleasant Townshij) (who wfis born in 1845). came to Scipio Township in 1838, and in 1840 moved to Tiffin, where Mr. Benliam was express agent for many years. He was born in 1804, died in 1882; Mrs. Benham was born in 1808, died in 1877. . . .Jacob and Rosanna (Clink) Bender, natives of the old conn-' try, father and stepmother, respectively, of Lewis F. Bender, of Clinton Township (who was born near Red River, Canada, in 1823,) anived in this county in IH'H'S and in 1847, and moved to Williams County, where Jacob Bender di{>d. His widow resides in Missouri .... Francis Bernard resided at Tiffin, built the pionocn- brick house at Tiffin (Dr. Dresbaeh"s office); died hero . . . ,An(bvw Brehler died April 'lit. bSTG. . . .Joseph Biggs settled in Clinton Township about 1S25 ... .Benjamin Biggs died July 5, 1800, in his eightyfirst year . . . . ]Mi-s. Priscilla Biggs died March W. 183'.t . . . . Rev. Joseph L. Bihn. 1S5<). the cluu'ch builder and founder of the Orphan Asylum, is credited with the name of being one of the most useful old residents /. . .Sardis Birchard (.\nse(iuago|. though connected in early years with McNeal's store as assistant, cannot be claimed as a pioneer of the county .... David Bishop, of Tiffin, was crier at the sale of lots in Upper Sandusky August 20. 1X4."), for which (bity he received §43. Chester R. Mott was clerk. Bisho]) died December 5, 1850. . . .Jacob and Sarah Black were natives of Maryland, married and settled in the East, and in 1827 came to Tiffin; moved to Wyandot County, where JIi's. Black cUed in 18():-5. Mr. Black lived among his childi-en until his death in 1S77. . . .Jacob Black, born in Clinton Township in 1828, now resides in Big Sjiring Township .... George AV. Black, kept the first successful lunch counter at Tiffin .... Frederick Blassius was di'owned in Rock Creek near the gas factory in Februaiy, 1803. He was seventy-seven years old. . . .Hemy G. Blassius died March 31, 1877, aged sixty years. . . .Andi'ew Blum born in Hesse, Germany, August 28, ISlO. immigrated to America in 1832, and two years later located in Tiffin, where he followeil the tailor's trade. His death took place in February, 1885.... John Bloom, Sr. , an old resident of th(> countv. died in February, 1885. .. .Jacob Boner, who settled of the old German citizens of Tiffin, died September 10, 1882. . . .Peter A. B( rmuth was born at Tiffin, January 5, 1854; worked in M. J. Kerchner's store eight years, and opened a store for himself in March 1884; he died July 20, 1884 . . . .Erastus Bowe. the first American settler of the county in 1817, and his son, Erastus G. Bowe. Jr., born in Delaware County, Ohio, April 5. 1818, are referred to in the ])ioneer chapter. . . .John C. Bowland, died July 18, 1874, aged fifty-eight and one-half years. . . .John and Magdalena Bowser, natives of Marylan<l, parents of Col. Jacob Bowser, of Clinton Township, came here in 182V) and here died.... Col. Jacob Bowser, born in Maryland, in 1800, come to this comity in 1827, remaining a few weeks; then retm'ned to Maryland, and in 1820 again visited Ohio and bought the farm where he now lives In 1830 he brought his wife fi-om Maryland. She was Miss Anna Startzman, born in Maryland in 1809, and died in 1870. . . .Thomas W. Boyce, now residing in Sandusky City, was one of the first settlers at Tiffin .... Susannah Boyer, relict of the late Jacob Boyer. and the mother of H. A. and \\'illiam Boyer, died August 3 1 . 1885. aged eighty-seven years. She was one of the pioneers of Tiffin, having resided her(> since 1834. . . .Col. Bradley, who built the Central Hotel and opened it as a tavern, was an imj)ortant figure in pioneer days. At his house, militia, railroad projectors, politicians and even preachers assembled to discuss ways and means for caiTving out their various enterprises. In 1.S32 the name of his hotel was changed to the Washington House, and in 1830 he built the Western Exchange. . . .Henry Brass, died April 14, 1855. He was an unassuming, usehil old settler. . . .John G. Breslin, of whom r(>fer(>nce is made in the political and press chapters, took up a large space in the history of Seneca and indeed in that of Ohio, in earlier days. In April. 1842. he purchased the office of the defunct Vati Burcnite: in May issued the Seneca Adivrtisor and conducted it until 1.S54. He was elected member of the Legislature in 1848 and re-elected. He was also elected State treasurer, and took part in many, if not all tboso stirring events, which marked the period of his residence at Tiffin. He married a daughter of ^Vidow Creeger, Miss Louisa Creeger. . . .John Britt settled at Tiffin in 1842, and is still a resident of the city. . . .Nelson L. Briinner, born in Maryland, September 18, 1832, settled in Ohio in 1853, graduated fi-om Heidelberg College in 1855, and was admitted to the bar in 1858. He was a partner of John C. Lee, at Tiffin, for some years, and is still a resident lawyer .... Henry C. Brish, born in Frederick County, Md. , in 1799, married Miss Eleanor S. Carey, of the same county, in 1824, came to Seneca County in 1828, succeeded James Montgomery as Indian agent, and was the last agent of the Senecas in Ohio. His home near Tiffin was called Rosewood, and there he died in February, 18f)(5. . . .Mrs. Eleanor C. Brish, one of the pioneers of the county, died March 14, 1885, aged seventy nine years, seven months and fom-teen days. "When this lady aiTived in 1828 she brought a jnuno with her, which is supposed to be the pioneer piano of the county .... John Michael Bruennert was born in Behringen, Thiu-ingia, in 1807. At the age of forty-five he immigrated with his family to America, and lived for many years on a farm a few miles west of Fort Seneca. His last years he spent with his childi-en in Tiffin, until his death September 11, 1885. . . . .Dominick BiU'khart, a pioneer, died September 5, 1881, aged eighty- four years. . . .William \V. Burnee, died September 1 1, 1848. . . .Robert Biu-ns, an early settler near Fort Ball, was di-owned in 1 N>51 ) while attempting to cross the river to Tiffin .... Joseph Burnside located in Bloom Township about 1821; moved to Clinton Township about 1824, settled just west of the city cemetery; died May 3, 1875, aged seventy-one years. . . . Aaron Builscher, a former resident of this county, died in April, 1885, at his home in South Toledo, at the age of eighty-nine years. He was the father of Street Commissioner Biuischer, of Tiffin. He came to Seneca Cou.nty in 1839.... Paul D. Butler, one of the bitilders of the Spencer Mill, located in one of the block-houses at Fort Ball; .... Jacob Buskirk, who died December 1. 1837, and was buried at Tiffin, was a pioneer of the county .... John and Magdalena Buehmau. natives of Switzerland, came to America, settling in this county in about 184(1. Here Mrs. Buchman died in 18(58. Mi'. Buchman resides with his children. . . .Grafton and Rebecca Bernard were early settlers .... Jacob Black, of Big Spring Township, was born in Clinton Township in 1828.

James Cahill, County Cavan. Ireland, died July 18, 1870, aged ninetytwo.... Rev. Jacob P. Cahill, son of James Cahill, and an old settler, died September 29, 18(52, aged forty seven years. . . .Alexander Campbell, who died November 22, 18(35, aged fifty nine yeai's, was one of the pioneers of Tiffin. . . . .Mi-s. Margaret Camplx'll, born in Frederick County, Md., July 12, 1798, may be considered one of the pioneers of the case in this county .... Hiram Carney died October, 18(51, after several years' residence in Tiffin. . . .George Chaney, named as a jiioneer of Hopewell Township, was one of the early settlers of Tiffin, and still resides in the city. He has been held up as an example of those old settlers who have "held their own.". . . .Scudder Chamberlain's name appears in early records, and is referred to in Chapter IV .... James M. Chamberlain, born in Columbiana Covmty, Penn., August 2(5, 1806, settled at Tiffin in 1832. . . .]\Ii's. Ann E. Clark, born in Northumberland Coiinty. Penn., in 1797, settled at Tiffin in 1S30. . . .Sylvester B. Clark, who died in September, 1885, settled at Tiffin in August, 1833. He was born in Mom-oe County, Va. , February 2, 1802. . . .Thomas Coe, seventy years old, died May 24, 1858. He was one of the i)ioneers of Clinton Township. . . .jMichael Collins was one of the old settlers of Clinton Township .... John. Jerry and Thomas Connor were early settlers at Tiffin. . . .John Cookerly died November 23, 1839, having resided here for some years prior to his death .... Uriah P. Coourad, one of the pioneers of Tiflin. moved the tirst old jail to the site of the woolen-mill, and made his home there for many years. In 1864 he removed to Hopewell Township, and died there in 187'J. This old settler's name occurs often in the organic and political chapters, and in the history of Tiffin and Hopewell Townships. S. A. Cooni'ad, his sou, has served as clerk of Hopewell Township, and is now a resident of Tiffin .... Frederick and Catharine (Barrick) Cramer, natives of Maryland, settled on Section 16, Clinton Township, in 1830. . . .D. F, Cramer, now of Tiffin, their sou, was horn in Maryland iu 1811, and came here with his ])areuts .... Frederick Cramer died in August, 1842.... Enos Cramer, who died August '24. 187'.t, was born in Frederick County, Md, February 24, 1S04, and settled at Tiffin in 1831 .. . .Uriah Creeger, aged foi-ty-one years, died August 17, 1851 .... John H. Creeger died May 25, 1872. Both were pioneers of the county .... Levi Cressey, the blacksmith of Fort Ball, resided near Milton McNeal' s house, and must be called the first blacksmith of pioneer times. Many references are made to him in this history .... Benjamin Crockett was employed to teach the Tiffin district school in October, 1832. . . . Heniy Cronise, one of the early settlers, whose daughters are lawyers of Tiffin, filled a large place in the history of the city. . . . J. Crouse, D.D., came in 1844, and has since been closely identified with the church history of the county .... John and Mary Ann Cromer came fi'om the East to Tiffin in 1826, bringing with them their son, Thomas H. . now a retired farmer residing in Tiffin, born in Maryland in 1821 . . . .Frederick and Susan Crum, parents of IMi's. Deroy C. Dunn, of Hopewell Township, were early settlers of Clinton Township .... John Crum settled north of Tiffin iu 1824; died in February, 1873. . . .Robert Crum, formerly a resident of Tiffin, di-opped dead on the street in Toledo, September 27, 1881, of apoplexy. Mr. Crum was engaged in the grocery business in this city, in partnership with Henry Brohl, from 1857 to 1 8(54, and shortly after their dissolution of partnership he moved to Saginaw, Mich. , and from there to Toledo, where he has resided ever since .... Rev. Isaac Culler, Lutheran preacher for many years, died March 28, 1882. . . .George A\'. Cunningham, born in West Virginia in 1823, came, in 1844, to this county, and became one of the most prominent mill-owners in these parts.

Rock Creek, in 1 824, died September 27, 1872 .... Margaret, wife of Dan. Dildine. died March 10, 1862 .... ISIrs. Jane Dildine, born in Columbia County, Penn. , November 29, 1806, settled at Tiffin with her i)arents in May, 1 829 .... Mrs. Jane DeA\'alt, born in Northumberland County, Penn., April 15, 1815, settled at Tiffin, with family in April, 1824. . . .William McEwen Dildine was a native of Fairfield County, Ohio, came with his parents to this county, in 1823, and settled u{)on the land now occupied as Greenlawu Cemeteiy; Christina Ann (Berger) Dildine, his wife, was a native of Maryland, and came with her uncle, Levi Davis to this county about 1830 .... John W. and Elizabeth Ditto, former born in Pennsylvania, in 1785, and the latter on the Atlantic Ocean in 1795, parents of INIi-s. Henr}' Sheats, and of Mrs. James Patterson, married in 1814. and settled in this coimtv, where Mr. Ditto died April 7, 1853, and Mrs. Ditto in 1885. John Ditto" settled in Clinton, early in 1822. .... Peter and JNIargaret De\\itt, former a native of New Jersey, latter of Pennsylvania, parents of Samuel H. De A\itt, of Clinton Township, who was born in 1822, in Pennsylvania, came to this county from Marion County, Ohio,

Joseph Doerle, bom in 1807, came to Seneca County at an early date, and died in 1868. . . .James Dornan, who settled at Tiffin, May 21, 1828, was born in Washington County, Penn. , July 4, 1796 .... Stephen Dorsey, an old settler, died April 5, 1867. . . .Mrs. Elizabeth Dorsey, born in Fayette County, Penn., November 16, 1799, settled at Tiifin in 1856 .... Eli Downing resided on the plateau above Fort Ball in 1818-21. He was charged with participating in the robbery of Spicer, but escaped from prison at Fremont, leaving one of the gang to suffer imprisonment. Owing to the action of good citizens of Tiffin and Fort Seneca, almost all Spicer' s money was recovered and retm-ned to him. . . . John Drake, who was married to Mrs. Eliza Goetchius Aiigust 16, ]S32, by Squire Reuben Williams, was one of the pioneers. . . .TJrich Drake, mail carrier, was murdered on the Fremont road, by one of the Spicers, a mongrel white man .... Ely Dresbach (see page 311) ... . Charles and Lucinda (Russell) Driesbach, old settlers of Tiffin, are gone with the majority. IVIi's. Driesbach, so long a widow, died November 15, 1882. . . .Ai'mstrong Drennon, to whom Mr. Hedges presented a lot on the site of Tiffin, in 1821, erected a cabin just south of the woolen-mill, on the west side of Washington Street that year, the first building erected on the east side of the river in the present city. His three children, his wife and himself died in this cabin. . . .^^"illiam N. Dunn, who settled in Hopewell Township in 1841, died in November, 1883. aged sixty-eight years. He was born in Sullivan County, N. Y. , Febmary, 1815; settled with his pai'ents in Wayne Coimty, Ohio, in 1834. . . .James Dui'bin, sui-veyor, is noticed throughout the history in connection with the survey of towns and additions . . . .Mrs. Mary H. Durham, an old resident of Tiffin, died in October. 1884 . . . .Samuel and Elizabeth (Miller) Daly, formerly of Philadelphia, parents of Mrs. Isaac Stultz, of Loudon Township, came to Tiffin in 1822.

Henrv Ebbert, born November 29. 1801, in Fayette County, Penn.. died at Tiffin March 31, 1880. He settled at Tiffin November 15, 1831, and took an active part in business and politics up to the period of his death. In the political chapter, page 270, as well as the local history, many references are made of him. . . .Jacob M. Ebbert, bom October 2, 1814. died November 23, 1881, was another old settler, while George Ebbert settled in 1831.... Mrs. Elizabeth Ebbert, born in Bucks County, Penn. , Januaiy 22, 1802, settled at Tiffin, November 15, 1831. . . .John Edar was one of the pioneers of Tiffin, and one of the first to establish a regular meat market in partnership with Bowe .... Thomas R. Ellis, a settler in the neighborhood of Tiffin in the summer of 1828, was born in Burlington County, N. J., August 8. 1795.... Jeremiah W. and Lucy A. Egbert, parents of Isaac R. Egbert, of Clinton Township (who was born in 1858 in this township), natives of Ohio, settled in this county in an early day .... Henry Einsel, bom in Pennsylvania in 1 805, came to this countv in 1828 and mari-ied, in 1835, Sarah Keller, born in Fairfield County, Ohio, in 1813 James D. Ely died Februarj- 4, 1848

Philip Emich. born in Bavaria in 1822, son of Louis Emich. at one time a hotel keeper in Tiffin, came here in 1846, and died in 1870 .... Francis and Nancy Ann (Woods) Fanning, parents of Dr. Fanning, of Tiffin, were natives of Ireland and became pioneers of Seneca County, settling here in 1834.

John Fiege, a native of the Electorate of Hesse, born in 1811, settled in Tiffin in 1833-34, and his wife Louisa (Von Blou) born in the Bavarian Palatinate, in 1813, came at the same time. John Fiege was drowned in his mill race in Tiffin March 31, ISiiO; his widow died in 1874 .... Philip Faulhaber (deceased), born in Canton, Ohio, in 183(\ came with his widowed mother, Mrs. Louisa (Munsinger) Fj,ulhaber, a native of Germany, to Tiffin in 1839, cind iu 1851 ho moved to Fostoriii. He was killed in 1862 at Chickasiiw Bayou, while serving as captain of the Fifty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. . . .Julius Feldnagel was one of the first tavern-keepers in Titlin .... George Flack, of Maiyland, father of Josiah Flaek, and Samuel Dailey, father of Sylvia Ann Dailey (Josiah and Sylvia Ann (Daily) Flack being parents of A. L. Flack, of TiflSn), were very early settlers .... ]Mrs. Flahaff resided at Tiffin for many years, until the family moved to Indianapolis. John Flahaff is now residing at Fostoria .... Jacob H. Fleming died here April 16, 1847 ... .Upton K. Fleimer, born March 12, 1811, dicul at Tiffin October 10, 1882, aged seventyone years and seven months. He settled in Clinton Township in 1885 .... David Fowler settled at Tiffin in 1821. . . .Jacob, Peter and Jefferson Freese settled in Clinton in 1828.... Mrs. Anna Freese died February iJO. 1842, in her sixty -fourth year. . . .Andi-ew Fnitchey was one of the early settlers and one of the fii'st stricken with cholera in 1834 .... INIi's. Lydia Fuller ilied at Tiffin March 27, 1848. She was the mother-in-law of R. W. Shawhan .... John Fye, Sr., born in Pennsylvania in 1816, settled in Seneca County in 1845, moved to Oak, Ind., April, 1882, and died there May 31, 1885.

George Gassman was born in Liberty Township, Augixst 24, 1837, whore his father, John Frederick Gassman. a native of Baden, Germany, settled at an early date. . . .Michael Gillis, known for years as the ''silk merchant." settled at Tiffin almost forty years ago. He is a native of Ireland James T.

near Tiffin in 1832 .... Julia Gear, mother of Philip Gear, came early.... Jacob Gedultig, aged sixty-eight years, died November 27, 1864.... Adam Gemminger died April 9, 1869. . . .Kov. Daniel Gibbons (1833) was one of the pioneer expounders of the gospel in the county .... Joseph R. Gibson, formerly of Tiffin, died before the war. Mrs. Gibson resides on North Washington Street .... Andi'ew Glenn, who died September 22, 1858, aged forty-eight and one-half years, settled at Tiffin at an early day, and was a successful merchant .... Gen. William H. (iibson, son of John Gibson, of Eden Township, born May 16, 1822, was brought by his parents to Eden Township that year, and is one of the oldest four living residents of the coimty. -Ifter receiving a common school education at Meimore. he studied at Ashland Academy; then entered Abel Rawsou's office, and with that pioneer lawyer and Robert G. Pennington read law until admitted to the bar in 1845. He was the last Whig candidate for attorney-general of Ohio, in 1853, and shared in the defeat of the party. In 1855 he was elected State treasurer by a majority over John G. Breslin of 434, and resigned in 1857. In 1861 he was one of the leading citizens in organizing troops for the defense of the Union, and, as colonel of the Forty -ninth Ohio Volunteer Infanti-y and temjjorary commander of a division, won for himself an enviable place in the heiu-ts of the people. At the close of the war he was commissioned brigadiergeneral for distinguished services, and, returning to Tiffin, resumed the practice of law. In 1872 he retired from law practice, and, turning his attention to the development of Tiffin, aided in securing additional railroad facilities. He has been an able and eloqiient advocate of Republican doctrine for a ntimber of years, and as a public speaker is known from the Atlantic Ocean to the Missouri River. The General is an ordained minister of the Methodist Episcopal ChiU'ch, and often fills the pulpit at Tiffin. Gen. Gibson married Miss Martha Creeger, daughter of the ^N'idow Creeger, an

(iittiuger, natives of Maryland, settled in this county about 1845, and here died. . . .John GiUiland, at one time superintendent of the Tiffin Woolen Mills, died at Independence, Eichland County, -June 2, 1883. . . .Nicholas Goetchius, a native of New York State and a soldier of the war of 1812, settled in Clinton Township, five miles fi-om Tiffin, in 'April. 182"); he died in 1 8W at Green Spring. James Goetchius came with his father. 'Mis. Susan Goetehius died of Tiffin, came from Pennsylvania and were jjioneers here. John Glick died August 30, 1855, in his seventy-fifth year .... John Goodin, a pioneer, is

Samuel Gross, a pioneer of Bloom Township, came fi-om Pennsylvania to Tiffin in 1831 Henry Grummel. born in Bavaria in 1838, located at Tiffin in

Marcus Y. Groff and Hezekiah Groff are names well and favorably known in the history of Tiffin. Silas W. Groff, a member of Capt. F. K. Shawhan's company of the One Hundi-ed and Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, died March 4, 1885. in his thirty-ninth year. He was a mere boy when he entered

Griffith died April 9, 1 803, aged fifty-six years .... John Gwynn, a settler of 1862, died December 20, 1884. Mr. Gwynn was well known among the older citizens, having lived here for at least a quarter of a centmy. He with his brother established the gas works in this city, and it is reported that at one time the deceased was sole owner of the same. He also studied law, and for a time practiced in .the coiu-ts here, with a degi-ee of success. Some years since he met with a reverse in fortune, which was followed by a disease that affected his brain, producing an aberration of the mind, from which he never fully recovered. His wife died a few yeare ago.

L. A. Hall was born in Onondaga Coimty, N. Y., August 30, 1813; moved West in 1833, and settled at Tiffin May 5, that year, and entered John Park's store as clerk. Here. April 7, 1835, he man-ied Miss Cynthia A., daughter of Josiah Hedges. In 1833 he was temporary clerk of covui. From 1834 to 1841 he was clerk of covu-t. and fi-om 1835 to 1837 partner of JMr. Hedges in mercantile business. In 1841 he was admitted to the bar, and served as prosecutor for Seneca Coxinty in 1856-57 ; was assessor of revenue for Ninth Congi-essioual Disti-ict from 1862 to 1865, presidential elector on the Republican ticket in 1868, and a participator in all those political battles refeiTed to in the chapter on elections. ili-. Hall was one of the projectors of the T. , T. & E. K. R. , and was president of the company fi'om its organization until the completion of the road. He took a leading part in eveiy movement conducive to the welfare of Seneca County up to his death. June 16,1880. . . . JohnHandly. a pioneer of the county, died December 20, 1 855, aged sixty-six years .... Balthasar and Jlargaret Haefling. natives of Germany, came fi'om Pennsylvania to Tiffin in 1839, and here died. Mis. Haelling in 1845, Mr. Haefling in 1864. . . .William and Elizabeth (Turner) Hams, parents of Charles W. Harris, of Liberty Township, were early settlers at Fort Ball. Mi-s. Hams is a daughter of Benjamin and Rachel (King) Tiu-ner, who came to this county in 1829 .... Josiah Hedges, born April 9, 1778, died July 15, 1858. is known as the foimder of Tiffin; he is refen-ed to often in the general historj-. again in the history of Clinton Township and Tiffin City, and in the pages devoted to personal history and biogi-aphy ....

Maryland, born in Frederick County. December 9, 1813, settled in Clinton Township, in 1833 Samuel Herrin settled in Clinton in 1828; moved to Eden, whcro he was justice of the poac-o for many years, and was elected county treasiu-er, as shown in the political chapter. He was born in Pennsylvania. Au<TUst 21, ISl'J, and married Miss Bertha Ann Olmsted, in 18:^5.

Heilman, came to this county from Hessen Darmstadt in 1839. . . .John Heilmau, a native of Hessen Darmstadt, born in 1821, came to Tifiin in 1843

Henry and Maria Barbara (Kegg) Hershiser, latter of Pennsylvania, parents of Dr. Hershiser, of Tiffin, came to Tiffin in 1833; Hemydied March 27, 1873, aged

(1834), died of cholera the same v'ear John Hoke, an old settler, died September 27,187(5, aged seventy-nine years AVilliam Holt, an ancient settler, and a half years .... Harvey Howard came to Tiffin fi-om "\\'ooster, Ohio, in 1847. and, in jiartnership with J. M. Naylor, established a hardware house in which he was interested until 1851 ... .John and Margaret (Miller) Houck, parents of Isaac M. Houck, of Tiffin, and whose ancestors were pioneers of Pennsylvania, settled in this county at an early jjeriod of its history . . . .Jacob and Susannah M. Holtz, natives of Maryland, settled in Clinton Township in 1834; Jacob died in December, 1859, and his widow in 1870. George and Dennis Holtz, their sons, also settled here in 1 834 .... Dr. A. B. Hovey was born in Orleans Covmty, Vt. , Febraary 9, 1829. Coming to Ohio whe;.i fourteen years of age, he entered Oliorlin College, where he remained six years, at the same time stiidying medicine with Dr. Homer Johnson. In 1850 he entered the office of Prof. Ackley, in Cleveland, and gi'aduated in March, 1852, and in the same year came to Tiffin, where he resided up to his death. October 2, 1884. His body was found in his barn with a wound in the top of the head. Coroner Lepper and Drs. AVilliard. Leahy and Benner were simimoned; also Mr. Fiege, the undertaker, and the body was brought into the office for examination. The decision reached was that the deceased came to his death from natural causes. . . .Horace Huber.born in Fairfield County, Ohio, in April, 1822. settled in Clinton Township in April, 1847, about six months after his man-iage with Miss Mary Eeber, of Faii-tield County. . . .Jacob and Catharine (Smith) Hunker came to Clinton Township in 1853. Mi-. Hunker is now (1885) in his eighty-first year; Mi-s. Catharine Hunker died in 1854. . . .William and Clorinda Hunter, natives of Virginia, man-ied in Tiffin. Ohio, parents of S. S. Hunter, of Clinton Township (who was born here in 1832), settled in Clinton Township, where William Hunter died December 24. 1808. His widow resides at Tiffin. . . . David and Xancy Huss, former a native of Pennsylvania, latter of Maryland, parents of ;Mi-s. Lysander Reynolds of Clinton Township (who was born in Maryland in 1823), came to this county iu 1826, and here died. . . .Jacob Huss, father of George Robinson Huss (latter born at Tiffin in 1828), came fi-om Maryland in 1824, and carried on the first saddle and harness making business in Tiffin. He died December 30. 1849. His wife, Sarah (Robinson) Huss, came from Berkeley County, Va., to Tiffin, in 1825, and died in 187(). . . . Jac(jb and Margaret Hyter, natives of Maryland, came to this county iu 1839, where they died - Jlr. Hyter in 18()0, and his widow a few years later.

Agi-eeu Ingraham, the lii'st sheriff of the county, is referred to very often in the organic and political chapters as well as in the local history .... Moses Johnson died September 9, 1804, aged eighty-two years. . . .Rebecca Johnson, relict of William Johnson (deceased), was born in Frederick. Md. , April 2, 1808, died August 23, 187U, having attained the advanced age of seventy-one years, four months and twenty-one days. The family migrated to Ohio in 1835. . . .John Julian died April 12, 1852, aged sixty-six years. For years he was a useful member of pioneer society at Tiffin .... Joseph Juneau, or Jenay, a colored man, carried on the cabinet-maker's trade at Fort Ball in olden times. Jacob Kabb died September 9, 1843, aged sixty-three years .... George Kaiill. who came fi'om Allentown. Penn. , died September 27. 1872. while visiting Mrs. Stephen Strouss, his daughter .... John and Elizabeth KeUer, natives of Pennsylvania, where they maiTied, parents of Lewis KeUer, of Clinton Township, born in ISOS in FaLrtield County. Ohio, came to Fairfield County from Pennsylvania in 1805. visited this county in 182-1. and in 1828 settled in this township, where ]\Ir. Keller died in 1857. and Mi's. Keller in 1859. . . . Josejih Keller died January 15, 1853.... Joel Keller, who died September 15, ISSl. was born in Fau'tield County in 1821; settled in Clinton in 1828. . . .In the fall of 1824 John Keller, known as "Uncle John,"' brought a number of apple trees from Fairfield County, Ohio, and jjlanted a four-acre orchard, near the KeUer Mill, in Clinton Township. This was the fii-st orchard set out (if we except the trail of "Johnny Appleseed") in this county. Some vandals came this way later in the fall of 1824. and carried away the gi-eater number of the young jDlants .... Levi and Elizabeth (Cupp) Keller, parents of Levi Keller, of Heed Township, came here in an early day. Levi Keller. Sr. , who still lives, was a son of John Keller, who built the ' 'old Keller Mill :" '

Keller family, of whom Mi-s. Eliza Seever was a member, came to Ohio in 1808, and to this county in 1835. Peter Seever, of Tiffin, her son, was born in Fail-field County, Ohio, in 1819 .... David B. King, a native of Butler County. Penn., born January 2, 1809, settled at Tiffin, in May, 1830, and is numbered among the half-century pioneers .... Joseph and Margaret Kintz. natives of Pennsylvania, where they were married (parents of Lewis, l^orn in 1818, and M. L., born in 1822, both natives of Pennsylvania, and now of Clinton Township), came here from Stark County, Ohio, in an early day, and here died .... Michael Kirchner came to this county from Bavaria in 1840, when twenty years old, and his parents. John and Maiy (Achum) Kirchner, in 1844. . . .F. D. Kishler, of Tiffin, was born here in 1831, his parents, Frederick and Elizabeth (Miller) Kishler, having come here in 1828 from PeiTy Count}', Ohio, formerly of Pennsylvania .... Richard Keating died August 14, 1827, and Rev. John Keating died September 3. 1859; both were old settlers . . . .Charles Kelly, who, in 1821. assisted in building Drennon's cabin on the site of Tiffin, was born in Pennsylvania in 1798. His daughter maiTied Dr. Samuel W. Brieker, of Tiffin. . . .Bartholomew Kenny was drowned in 1830, while crossing the river to Tiffin. . . .Samuel and Rebecca (Thompson) Kridler, natives of Pennsylvania (former born March 28, 1800, in Bedford County I, settled in Tiffin in 1823 .... Dr. Hem'v Kuhn, born in Frederick Couutv. Md. , October 28, 1802, settled at Tiffin in 1829: died October 16, 1878. He graduated from the University of Maiyland in 1825, and on coming here at once entered on the duties of his profession. The epidemic of 1834 and the numerous cases of sickness throughout the county kept him always in physician' s harness; yet he made time to share in all works which promised to advance his adopted county. His first wife, to whom he was married in Maiyland - Catherine (Baltzell) Kuhn - died in August, 1842. His second wife, nee Miss Mariii Pennington, is still a resident of Tiffin. Dr. Kuhn was the first and only president of the Seneca County Pioneer Association .... George I. Kuhn emigrated from Germany in 1829 and came to Seneca County in 1839. He died May 13, 1850, aged sixty-foiir years. . . .John Kiltscli settled at Tiffin about 1830. . . .Jacob Koruer and John G. Kennedy were all old residents. .... Anthony Kuebler, a native of the Grand Duchy of Baden, settled at Tiffin abont 183ri, where for many years he was a boot and sho(>-maker. His wife, Frances (ychal)acher) Kuebler, a native of Bavaria, came with immigi'ants to Tiffin, when a young girl.

^^'illiam Lambertson (father of Sharon and Virgil Lambei-tson), an old resident of the county, died January 15, 1882. . . .Daniel and Susanna Lambertson. natives of Pennsylvania, parents of Mrs. Hezekiah Searles, of Clinton Township (who was born in Pennsylvania in 1817) came to this township and settled on Section 24, in 1824, where they died, Mi-s. Lambertson in 1844. and Mr. Lambertson in December, 1852 .... Henry Lang, father of Judge Lang, was one of the first German settlers at Tiffin. He di(>d here in August, 1838, while his widow. Mrs. Catherine (Shuetz) Lang, died in June, 1849 .... William Lang, one of the early settlers, and certainly one of the county's most prominent and useful citizens, is still a resident of the countj'. His name is identified with almost even' chapter of the county's histoiy, and to of Wurtemburg, jjarents of Lewis LeflSer, emigi'ated from Germany in 184() and settled in Clinton Township, where the former died in 1885 and the latter and ilary (Swayzo) Love, natives of Pennsylvania and Vii-ginia respectively, parents of James A\'. Love, of Tiffin, who was born in Fairfield County in

3, 1807 Andi-ew Lugenbeel, boi"n in Frederick Coimty, Md. , died December 10, 1803, aged fifty -six years and three months. He came to Tiffin in 1833. a few months after his marriage with Miss Eliza Baltzell. of Maiyland. He was one of the early merchants, and in 1830 built the grist-mill and dam at the Tiffin AA'ater- works. This mill is still in good repair, but not running. Mi's. Lugenbeel died in 1843, and two years later 'Mi\ Lugenbeel manied a daughter of John Souder. who now resides at Tiffin, in what is known as the Lugenbeel Mansion, nearly opposite the Soldiers' Monument, and where the Fort Ball spring enters the river.

merchants of Titfin. settled in the city in 1848 .... Hugh McCandless Martin, born August 3, liS34. was killed by a land-slide at Crested Butte. Colo., August 20, 1882. He attended the academy at Republic, then entered Heidelberg College, read law with Gen. W. H. Gibson. His pai'ents, Samuel S. and Mai-y C. Martin were old residents of the comnty .... Nicholas JIai-tin, an aged old settler of Tiffin, th>i]>ped dead of heart disease, in February, 1.S85. The deceased was a retired farmer of some wealth, and was about seventy-five ye.u's old. . . .John and Barbara (Broad beck) Martin, former a native of Maiyland, latter of Pennsylvania, came to this county fi-om Maryland, in 1825. . . . Jili-s. J. AV. Mai'tin, wife of Dr. Martin, died December 17, 1884 .... Peter Marsh settled in Clinton Township, in 1823; died at Kenton, Ohio. .. .George and Elizabeth Marshall, natives of Geimany, came direct fi'om the fatherland to this county in 1834, and here died. . . .Alex. Mason ojwned a hotel called "The Eagle' ' in 1834. The old Eagle is now a portion of the Shawhan House ....

1823.... Neal McGaffey, the th-st clerk of coiu-ts, was here in 1823.... In 1825 he engaged in the search for the Brayton boy. and, with his party, camped where Fostoria now stands .... Hugh ^IcAllister died May 20, 1872, aged sixtyfive years .... John McCalmont died two years ago, aged seventy years .... Thomas J. McCleary died April 9, 1861, aged fifty-seven and a half years .... Joseph McClellan died January 7, 1860, aged seventy-fwo and a half years .... Rev. John McLain, Presbyterian, died June 24, 1862. The people of his Tiffin and McCutchenville congi-egations erected a monument to him in the new cemetery . . . .LucienD. McAi'dle, died July 18. 1850. . . . Ezekiel McFerren and Kev. Father McNamee must be numbered among the old settlers .... Austin MeNeal, Tiffin, was born at Fort Ball (now Tiffin) in 1830. His father, Milton McNeal, a native of New York State, settled here in 1823. died in 1834, and his mother, Maria (Gregory) McNeal, came in the following year from Athens County. Ohio .... Dr. John Alexander McFarland was born at Waynesboro, Franklin Co., Penn., June 10. 1811; died June 1, 1843. The Doctor, after going thi-ough the courses taught in the village schools, was sent to the academy in Chambersburg, Penn. After leaving the academy he engaged for several years in teaching school at Waynesboro. He then commenced the study of medicine, attending the iisual course of lectui-es at the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, received the degree of M. D. in 1837, and in ilay of that year settled at Tiffin. His life here was a model one. which endeared him to all classes. His widow, nee Miss Ann E. Staley, of Frederick County, Md. . was buried Jime 1, 1870 .... James Mercer was an old resident. . . .Hemy Miller settled at Tiffin in 1821. . . .Adam Miller died October 27. 1862, aged eighty-five years. . . .Daniel and Anna Miller, parents of Peter Miller (born in New York State in 1833). ilrs. Lloyd Non-is (born in New York State in 1836) and :Mi-s. Samuel H. DeWitt (born in 1839 in this county) and Mrs. Lewis H. Young (born in this county in 1846). all of Clinton Township, maiTied in New York State and came to Ohio in 1837. where Mrs. Miller died in 1849. ili'. Miller subsequently maiTied Sarah Eaber. and they now reside here .... Aaron Miller, of Clinton Towushij). born in Pennsylvania in 1811, came in 1835 to Seneca County, where he married, in 1836, Mary Merchant, who was bom in Virginia in 1813. They reside in Clinton Township ' . . . . Eben Mills died at Tiffin in 1835 .... William Montgomery, eldest son of the Indian agent, was a merchant at Tiffin. . . . J. B. Mossoney died August 16, 1871. aged eighty-foiu' years, one month and twenty-two days .... Rev. M. Molin settled at Tiffin in 1850, and was among the popular old residents of the village. . . .William and Christina (Humes, nee Plank) Montgomery, former a native of Ireland, latter of Virginia (she was mother of Samuel Y. Humes, of Pleasant Township, by former husband) came to Clinton Township in 1824, and in 1834 moved to Pleasant Township, where ili'. Montgomeiy died shortly after. His widow died in 1873. .. .John Myers, born in Germany in 1816, came to this county in 1844, , , .James Myers settled in Clinton Township in June, 1833 .... Peter P. Myers, who died August 13, 1877, in his sixtieth year, came to Tiffin in October, 1856, and for years was owner of the hotel known as the "Shawhan House." IVL-s. Agnes N. Myers, widow of P. P. Myers, came with her husband to Tiffin in October. 1856: died March 11, 1884, in her sixty-fifth year.

John M. Naylor came to Tiffin in 1847. where in company with Harvey Howard, he established a general hardware store .... W. W. Naylor, brother of J. M. Naylor, became a partndl" in the latter' s hardware business in 1857,

Bucceeding Naylor & Pittinger. . . ."William Negele who died August 7, 1859, settled at Tiffin in 1854 Michael Noikirk died May 12, 1880, aged eightythree years, seven and a half months .... Samuel Nighswander, county surveyor and engineer. Tiffin, born in Pennsylvania in 1834, came here with his parents, Joseph and Elizabeth (Bair) Nighswander. in 1847 . . . . A\arren P. Noble, whose parents. William and Rebecca (Lytic) Noble, settled near Jackson Township in 183G, located at Tiffin in 1842 (see chapter on courts and bar. page 30 1 ).... Nathaniel and Sarah Norris, natives of Maryland, parents of Lloyd Norris, of Clinton Township (who was born in 1830, in this county), came here about 1828, remaining till their death. Mr. Norris died in 1804; his widow in 18(')5. . . .Dr. Kufus and Clarissa (A\'aters) Norton, parents of Hon. Jam(>s A. Norton, of Tiffin, former a native of New York State, son of Isaiah Norton, settled here in 1835, where the doctor was a practicing physician for over thirty years.

Dr. Minard Overmiller, one of the old physicians of Tiffin, died at Toledo, September 28, 1884. aged sixty-five years. He was married to Miss ]\rary Bxu'ke, of Tiffin, May 13, 1852, who survives him. . . .Thomas Ogle was born Febniary 7, 1815 .... Joseph and Elizabeth Orner. maternal grandparents of Henry J- Weller, attorney at law. Tiffin, were early pioneers of the county. .... John G. Osteen, a settler of 1839, is still a resident of the city .... Rev. M. O'Siillivan came in 1852. and resided here for some years.

Louis Papineau was the constable for this jmrt of Sandusky County in 1 820-2 1 . He it was who aiTested the men who were sujiposed to have robbed Spicer . . . . John Park, father of Chi'istopher C. Park, of Tiffin, was born in New Jersey, in 1788, and came to Tiffin in 183(\ where he was engaged in mercantile jiui'suits for several years, removing, in 1S44, to the ' 'Pleasant Hill' ' farm, in Clinton Township, where he died August 9, 1868 ... .George Park and C. C. Park were settlers of 1830, natives of Pennsylvania, where the name is wi-itten Pearke. The late Mrs. C. C. Park, of Tiffin, while engaged in driving mosquitoes out of the house, mounted a chair, which tipped over. In falling she received such injiuies as caused her death within three hoiirs after the accident, June 13, 1865.... Col. J. W. Patterson, now of New York, was a resident of Tiffin as early as June, 1833 .... James Pelau kept a book store at Tiffin as early as 1855. It is said that he joined the Confederate Ai-my . . . . Joseph Pennington, who settled at Tiffin in 1834, died Aiigust 3, 1866.... Barclay Pennington, of Tiffin, born in New York State in 1828, came to this county in 1S31 with his parents, Joseph and Sarah (Denison) Pennington. . . . Robert G. Pennington, who?e name appears in the general historj', is a member of the old bar of Seneca County (see his biogi-aphy) .... James P. Pillars, known as Judge Pillars, is an old-time resident, whose name finds mention both in the jiolitical and law chapters .... Jacob Plane was one of the early postmasters of Tiffin, and one of the old justices of Clinton Township .... Jlrs. Theresa Pittinger. wife of Benjamin Pittinger. antl daughter of John and Eva Creeger. of Maryland, was married to Mr. Pittinger, September 10, 1825, died December 8, 1847. . . .Benjamin Pittinger, a native of Maryland, born Janiuiry 29, 1798. settled at Tiffin. December 5, 1825, and was elected associate judge of common pleas. In 1825 he mamed Miss Creeger. On her death, in 1847, he married Miss Mary A. Hunter, and in 1861 moved to his farm, where !Mrs. Pittinger died in 1877, and the jiidge in 1881. Their son, D. C. Pittinger, was born at Tiffin in 1836. . . .John Pittinger, born in 1778, died October 20, 1857.... J. H. Pittinger, one of the oldest members of the Seneca County bar, died suddenly, January 14, 1885, aged sixty-one years .... Allison Philips was another old settler, whose memory is almost lapsed into the past ....

Michael Price, born in County Carlow, Ireland. October 27. 1795. died August 7, 1850.... D. S. Price, son of Michael Price, died at Pittsbui'gh Landing, March 29, 1861 .... Eobert and Ehoda (Hendrickson) Patterson were early settlers here.

James and Mary (INIadigau) Quinn, natives of Ii'elandr parents of James W. Quinn, of Fostoria (who was liorn in Ireland in 1837), came, in 1851, to Tiffin, where James Quinn, a blacksmith hj trade, died in 1S59, aged seventy-eight

Christian and Catharine M. (Sprengle) Eansbiu-g. came to this county in 1831, settling in Clinton Township. In 1856 they moved to Indiana, where Christian Ransbiu'g died in 1864, aged seventy-nine, and Mrs. Ransburg in

1870, also aged seventy-nine Rev. Fred. Rahauser came here in 1835. . . .Joseph Ranker was also an old resident .... John Rauch, born in 1800, died December 13, 1874. . . .Abel Rawson, born in Warwick County, Mass.. May 11, 1798, located, February 15, 1826, at Fort Ball (now Tiiiin), where he was appointed prosecuting attorney and postmaster, and to other offices. He died Atigust 24,

1871. His wife. Sarah Aim (Clark) Rawson, died June 6, 1849. His second wife, to whom he was married September 25, 1856, Mrs. Maria McNeal, widow of Milton McNeal. was born at Athens, Ohio, May 16, 1808, settled at Fort Ball with her parents May 4, 1824. . . .Francis Reif, a native of Bavaria, settled in Seneca County in an early day. died November 7, 1877, aged seventy-two years . . . .Rufus W. Reid (one of the old Tiffin-merchants), who fmarried Sylvia Ann Hiint. of Fort Seneca, after her divorce from Samuel Wright, introduced the era of gi'ain warehouses bj' building one at the depot of the Mad River Railroad, Fort Ball. Owing to opposition of other mercantile houses at Tiffin, he ' "went under. ' ' and became a financial and social wi'eck long prior to his death .... "William Rex, who was born January 11, 1802, died April 4, 1872, was one of the pioneers of Tiffin .... Michael and Louisa Reinbolt, former a native of Alsace, France, latter of Byi-on, came to America about 1829, settling in Clinton Township, were married in Pleasant Township, where they lived two years, then moved into Clinton Township. Mr. Reinbolt died in 1880; his widow now lives in Sandusky, Ohio .... Ibrahim and Harriet Reynolds, former a native of Connecticut, latter of New York State, came to this county in 1836, aftei-ward moving to Hancock County, then to Wyandot County, where they died .... David Rickenbaugh settled a few miles easf of Tiffin in 1833, died April 17, 1859. aged fifty-nine years. Margaret, his wife, died August 15, 1885 .... Joseph Richards settled at Tiffin in 1827, and came from Fayette County, Penn., where he was born, April 7, 1792, to Clinton Townshiji in 1823. . . .Balthazar Ries, a barber, opened a shop at Tiffin in 1847. . . .Caleb Rice, a soldier of 1812. settled at Fort Ball in 1819; died in Illinois in 1849.

. . . .Philip L. Riehm died February 9, 1872. . . .A Eiggs and Lydia G. Eiggs moved from Frederick County, Md. , to Seneca Coimty in 1832. Miss Eiggs married Mi-. Dildine in 1841 ; moved to Eisdon in 1847, and died July 9, 1885. .... Solomon and Catharine Eobenalt, natives of Pennsylvania, parents of Mrs. Peter ]\Iiller. who was born in this county in 1832, came to Seneca County in 1829, and here died, Mr. Eobenalt in 1863. and Mi's. Eobenalt in 1881 .... Eliphalet Eogers settled in the woods, a few miles north of Tiffin, about 1823 or 1824. . . .William Eollins, one of P. D. Butler's assistants, was sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary, but was pardoned one year later .... Henry Rosenberger. a native of Virginia, came to Ohio in 1822, settling in Clinton Township, and here he lived and toiled for fifty-one years. His first wife was

Miss Jane Shaiil. In 1S70 he moved to Tiffin, having sold his farm to Jacob, his son. . . Joseph and Catharine (Ciilmoie) Robinson, natives of Irehmd, parents of J. T. Kobinson of Seipio Township (who was born, in 1844, in Tiffin), were early settlers here. J\Ir. Robinson died in 1800; his widow in 18(51. J. T. Kobinson moved to Scipio Township in 1803. . . .Mi-s. Jane (Sneath) Rummell died in March, 1 83'J .... George Rummell, a native of Ohio, settled at Tiffin in 1834 .... P. H. Ryan, a settler of 1852, and one of the most useful citizens of Tiffin, has tilled the public position credited to him in the j'olitical chapter, and in the history of Tiffin. He is the author of a work on mathe matios and algebra, which awaits publication. Mr. Ryan had for years carried on an extensive business at Tiffin.

Jacob Sager of Hopewell Township, born in 1828, in Maryland, came to Ohio in IS.")!) and settled in Clinton Township, where he remained fifteen years, then moved to Hopewell Township .... Louis C. A. Schmidt came from Germany to

Schneider, Rev. M. Schoenhenz (1835), and Rev. John L. Sanders (1833), were all old residents. . . .Robert R. Scott who was born in 1812, died in September, 1857, after many years residence at Tiffin .... Mi-s. Kate (Fitzmaiuice) Scannell, widow of John Scannell (who died in his native county in 185'J), and mother of ^Michael Scannell, of Tiffin, all natives of County Ken-y, Ii-olaud, came to New York about 185'J, where Mi's. Scannell lived until the family moved to Tiffin .... John and Catharine Senn, former a native of Switzerland, latter of Belgium, parents of Mrs. Peter Buchman,of Clinton Township (who wiis boi'ii in this county in 1843), were early settlers in Seneca County, now residing in Pulaski County, Ohio .... John Secrist settled in Clinton Townshij^ in October, 1828, died in April, 1848. . . .Mrs. Margaret Secrist died April 6, 1884, aged eighty-two years .... Mrs. Eliza (Lamberson) Searles, born in Northhampton County, Penn., July 14, 1817, settled in Clinton Township in April, 1825. . . . John Seidel, an old resident, died at Tiffin in September, 1882, in his sixtieth year. . . .Joshua Seney was born in New York City, and removed to Ohio in 1832, settling at Tiffin, where he died in 1854. George E. Seney was born in 1832, in Penn. (see page 302 and biog. ) . . . .Mrs. Ann Seney, born in Pennsylvania Sept. 13, 1803, settled at Tiffin November 15, 1831, died May 5, 187U

Rev. Isaac Seitz, born in Bloom Township in 1828, is a son of John and Magdalena (Spitler) Seitz, early settlers of the county .... Philip Seewald, an old settler, died October 30, 1878, aged seventy-nine years .... Louis Seewald, a native of Bavaria, born September 15, 1831, settled at Tiffin in 1833, and has been among its leading citizens since that time. . . . Frederick Shawhan, an old Revolutionary soldier, a natives of Maryland, came to Ohio in 1812, locating lust in Fairfield County, afterward settling in Seneca County in 1831. He died near Tiffin. August 2t). 1840. His son and only surviving child, Rezin W. Shawhan, t)orn in 181 1, in Virginia, located in Tiffin, September 10, 1833, and has identified himself with many public and private enterprises. . . . Josiah Shawhan, son of Frederick Shawhan, and a cotemporary settler, died May 20, 1880 .... William Spicer, an Indian captive, and a wealthy though filthy resident of Seneca County for years before 1817, is mentioned in the Indian treaty, as follows: "To William Spicer, who was taken prisoner by the Indians, and has ever since liv(>d among them, and has married a Seneca woman, (540 acres, begiiniing on the east bank of the Sandusky, forty poles below the lower corner of said Spicer' s corn Held, thonce up the river on the east side with the meanders thereof, one mile, thenc(* and fi-om the beginning east for quantity." This fellow was robbed by Rollins and others of Fort Ball, in 1821; but owing to the exertions of the pioneers the robbers were captured and one of them punished.

.... Mrs. John M. (Stoner) Shaul, formerly wife of Johu Staub, dierl Au^st 9, 1885, aged sixty-four years. Her former liusbaud and herself conducted the American Hotel, which stood where the National Hall block now is, at TiflSn .... George Shaver, who resided on the northwest quarter of Section 21, Town 2, Range 15, died in 1827, leaving his projjerty to his wife, Mary, and his son, George J. Shaver. In the fall of 1830 John Kish, Arthur Morrison and Charles W. Foster were appointed appraisers of the property and valued the land at $8. 37i cents per acre .... Joseph and Susan (Kain) Shafer, former a native of Virginia, latter of Pennsylvania, parents of Alfred L. Shafer, of Pleasant Township (who was born in Clinton Township in 1840), settled in this township about 1836. Mj\ Shafer died in 1849, his widow in 1881. .... Henry and Nancy Sheats. came to Seneca County, in 1839, and here Henry Sheats died. His widow afterward moved to Henry County, Ohio, where she died .... Edmond Shelt, an old settler, died March 25, 1884, in his sixtieth year. He joined the first volunteer fii'o organization of Tiflfin in 1849. old Hand Engine Company No. 1, Gen. W. H. Gibson, foreman. Since then he has been an active fireman .... Howland and Huldah Sherman, former a native of New York State, born in 1814, latter of Connecticut, born in 1823, parents of Eldi'idge Sherman, were married in 1842, and then settled in this county, where Howland Sherman died in 1865. His widow resides with her son Eldridge . . . . Mrs. Margaret Schock, born in Frederick County. Md. , December 10, 1804. settled at Tiffin, in 1833 .... Frederick W. and Catharine Shriver, natives of Pennsylvania, parents of Mi's. Lewis Keller, came, in 1833, from Columbiana County, Ohio, to Clinton Township, where they died, the former September 2, 1840 .... Capt. William D. Sherwood resided north of Tiffin, about a mile from the Crum settlement .... George Shroyer died February 25, 1875, after years of residence here .... Peter Shultz, a native of Belgium, born in 1821, came direct to Tiffin in 1843. where he worked at his trade (shoe-maker) until 1846. He made shoes for the Wyandot Indians, who were here when he came. In 1846 he went to the Mexican war, and in 1849 to California, but in 1859 returned to Seneca Countj'. and settled in Hojjewell Township .... Lewis and Esther Shubert, natives of Pennsylvania, came to Tiffin in 1847, where they afterward resided .... John Six died Mai-ch 9, 1873, aged eighty-three years .... William Alfred Six, father of James V. Six, of Tiffin, was born in Maryland, and in 1843 came to Tiffin, where he eventually took important part in the building of the place for many years .... Fred. Sinsrer. one of the old residents, is a citizen of Tiffin .... Elisha Smith was one of the early settlers of Fort Ball; was also one of its first tavern keepers; died about 1 836 .... David Smith was the violinist of the Fort Ball settlement, and the first cabinet-maker there .... John Smith died September 25, 1 839, aged fifty-four years. . . .Richard and Catharine (Baugher) Sneath, parents of Samuel B. Sneath, of Tiffin, who was born in that city in 1828, former a native of Connecticut, latter of Pennsylvania, settled in Tiffin in 1827. It is stated, however, that the Sneath family, accompanied by Jacob Huss and H. Zimmerman, arrived at Tiffin June 10, 1826. . . .Albert G. Sneath was one of the old pioneer business men, who worked hard to build up Tiffin a few years ago. His death took place at Kansas City, March 25, 1884. in his sixty-ninth year. . . . .James B. Sneath, an old resident of Tiffin, born in 1804. died November 5, 1878 .... Lewis E. Sneath was murdered at Humboldt, W. T., October bom in Pennsylvania in 1780), and mother of William Sneath, of Pleasant Township (who was born in Maryland in 1817), came with her children to Belmont County, Ohio, in 1828, and to Clinton Township, this county, in 1834, whore she died in 1840. William Snoath operated the home farm several yeans, then moved, in 1S4G, into Pleasant Township. . . .John W. and Barbara (Hammon) Snydoi% natives of Baden, and parents of Calvin Snyder, of Tiffin, settled at Tiffin in 1882 .... Clu-istopher Snyder, a native of Germany, settled at Tiffin in 1832, died March 22, 1857 ... .Michael Snyder died in June, 1879, aged seventy-nine years .... Philip Snyder, born August 17, 1782, died July 28, 180<3. .. .Philip Snyder, a native of Lancaster County, Penn. , settled at Tiffin in 1S47; died in September. 1882. aged sixty-five years. . . . David Souder, born in 1770, in Pennsylvania, died August 29, 18G2....Ecv. John Souder, came to Seneca, Juno 17, 182(5, with his family, and is still a resident of Tiffin. He was born in Lancaster County, Penn., November 26, 1799.... Jacob Souder died December 30, 1854, aged sixty-three years. He settled at Tiffin in 1848. . . .Francis Sanders died in the county June 1, 1849. . . .John Sohn, who died in July, 1859, aged eighty-two, came from Pennsylvania about 1834 .... James A. Sohn, born in Pennsylvania, November 19, 1832, was brought to Tiffin about eighteen months later by his parents .... Rev. Henry G. Spayth, born September 13, 1788, died September 9, 1873. . . .Jesse Spencer (see history of Port Ball) .... David Spielmau, father of Mrs. Montgomery Noble, of Jackson Township, an early settler here, died in Januaiy, 1857 ....Henry C'. Spindler, one of the pioneers, died at Tiffin, April 2, 1885, in his sixty-first yeai- . . . . Ruth SpiuTier, wife of John H. Clay, was born in Frederick County, Md. , January 19, 1798, and died in Seneca County, Ohio, June 9, 1879, aged eighty-one years, four months and twenty-one days. She was married in the State of Maryland. August 30, 1828, and moved to Seneca Coimty, Ohio, April 27, 1833. "Mother" Clay was a church member for a period of fifty-three years .... Isaac Startsman died in 1872 in his seventysecond year .... John J. Steiuer was a lawyer and provost-marshal during the war. Mi-s. O. B. Tunisou is his daughter .... Joel Stone died June 2, 1846 .... Jesse Strong died in March, 1876. aged seventy-five years .... John Strong settled here prior to 1830. . . .John Stoner and George Stoner settled on Section 18, Clinton Township, in 1822. The fonner wounded himself while himtinji; in the fall of 1826. and died in January, 1827. . . .Rev. Mr. Stanch was at Tiffin in 1830. . .John Staub and "Brewery-man" Sting were also old residents . . .Heniy St. John, born in Washington County, Vt., July 16, 1783, served all through the war of 1812. was at the biu'ning of Buffalo, moved to Wooster, Ohio, in 1815, and there man-ied Miss Jane Elder, December 2. 1817. In 182S he removed to Crawford County, and in 1837 settled in Seneca County, seven mUes from Tiffin, on the river, where he had a farm, a mill and a store. He. served in Congi'ess during the twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth sessions, thea

William Sullivan, who, with his brothers Edward and Michael, settled at Tiffin in 1848, died in April. 1873. He was one of the leading hardware merchanis of the county. . . . ilrs. Honor Sullivan, widow of William Sullivan, died April 5. 1885, in her sixty-fifth year. She was born in Ireland in 1825, and. immigrating to this country in 1847. settled in Cleveland, where she resided for eight years, and where, in 1S4S. she was mamed to her late husband. ^\'illiam Sullivan, and with him came to Tiffin in 1855. Her sons are Charles J. M. , of Tiffin; Dr. Emmet W., of Cleveland, and Gerald E., who resides in Des Moines, Iowa. . . .Edward Schwander settled in Clinton Township in 1840. . . John Schwander settled in Clinton Township in 1841, died June 15, 1859, aged eighty-three years .... Thomas Swander died Januaiy 4, 1879, aged seventythree years. . . .James Swander died in 1849. aged forty-five years. . . .Mary (Brobst) Swander, of Swander Station, is a member of the long-lived Brobst

Thomas Teare, who settled on land in Adams Township about forty years ago, resided in Tiffin, where he died. His brother Caesar, who came to the county in 1870. resides in Adams Township .... Lance Todd, who settled at Fort Ball in August, 1828, and moved to Scipio Township, was born in Frederick to Scipio Township in 1829 .... William Toll, bom October 11, 1801. in Augusta County, Ya. , an early official of the county, lieutenant-colonel of militia, jailer, deputy sheriff and many other things in the early histoiy of Seneca County, March 19, 1871, aged seventy years. His son seiwed in the war for the XJnion. returned home and died .... Benjamin Tomb, an old resident, died -January 17, 1883. aged ninety years. He was identified in banking, years ago, in this city, and first went into the business in 1852 with Sylvanus Ai-nold. Arnold sold out in about two years to John T. Huss, and the bank was then known as Tomb, Huss & Co. Under the above name the bank existed until 1865, when the company organized the " First National Bank of Tiffin." For eleven years the institution did a good business, until wrecked by the cashier, John T. Huss. who took his own life rather than face his shame. This closed up the

Francis Trexler died May 15, 1870 ....Valentine Trumpler died Apiil 26, 1876, aged seventy years . . . . L. Tnimpler died a few years ago .... Benjamin Tm-ner settled just west of Fort Ball in 1829, moved to Liberty Township in 1834. In 1829 he paid .§100 for nineteen acres of land to Elisha Smith.

Aaron Umsted died September 18, 1844, aged fifty-three and one-foiuih years, and Eli Umsted died May 25, 1881, aged eighty-one years. Both were old settlers of Tiffin, locating in Clinton Township in 1828.

Anton Wagner, an old settler of Seneca County, who started the fii'st market garden near Tiffin, in 1846, died September 1, 1883. Martin Wagner, of Tiffin, and F. H. ^\"agner, residing on the South Greenfield road, are his sons.

his fifty-eighth year. For years he held a foremost jilace in the commercial cuxde of Tiffin, and was one of the city' s most estimable old settlers. He married Miss Kebecca Hedges, daughter of Josiah Hedges. This lady died January 16, 1861 .... ;Mi-s. Elizabeth A\'alker, a resident of Tiffin for over half a centmy. died April 30, 1885, aged eighty-two years. She was a member of the Methodist Protestant Chiu'ch for over forty years .... Cooper K. ^^'atson is referred to in the chapter on the courts and bar (page 302) .... Dominick Welter, born in Germany, January 27, 1839, settled in Tiffin with his parents in 1850; moved to Chicago in 1853; served with the Fourth Ohio Cavalry dimng the war; retiu'ned to Chicago, and in November. 1882, was appointed secretary and inspector of the Chicago Police Department. He died -July 8, 1885, and was buried by the FoiTesters, Catholic Benevolent Association. First Illinois Cavalry and Police Department .... Jacob and Rebecca (De Laughter) ^^'ilcox came from Maryland and settled at Tiffin in 1830. Jacob was a soldier of the war of 1812, and resided in Seneca County until his death, June 5, 1875. . . . Joel W. Wilson, an old settler of Tiffin, died September 8, 1856, aged fortytwo years. . . .Thadeus Wilson was also an old resident. . . .John Williams, a pionoer of 1821, was born in Fairlield County, Oliio, April 21, 1818; moved with parents to Fort Ball in 1821 ... . Reuben Williams, who built the lirst bridge at Tiffin, was a car])enter and worked at his trade until bis death some years liefore the war. In 1824 he built a saw-mill on the Coe farm, assisted by James \\'olf. Mrs. Hospelhorn, now of Tiffin, is a daughter of his.... Eli M'illiams was ;i preacher who resided in Clinton Township, but was found guilty of an unnatiu-al crime and sent to prison for life. . . .Richard Williams, one of the early lawyers, died September 12, 1852. . . .Clu-istian Witz was a contemporary of Drennon in the first settlement of the town of Tiffin in 1821 .... AndJ-ew ^\'ooff died in March, 1872, aged seventy-one years. It is supposed that he came hero prior to 1830. . . .James Wolf was here in 1824. . . .Henry and Susanna (Heistand, nee Bretz) A\'olf, farmer of whom, born in 1787, was suffocated in a well in 1825. and latter died in 1872, in her seventy-ninth year (they were i)arents of Mrs. Jolm Free, born in 1822 (came to this county in 1823, and settled near Tiffin.

A\'illiam N. Yerk was drowned, while M. Stem, of Tiffin, and Shoemaker. of Republic, barely escaped, dm-ing the wreck of the "Chesapeake, " off Conneant, in June, 1847. . . .Tobias Yengst died August 2, 1855, aged fifty-four years .... John Young came to Tiffin at an early date.

George W. Zook, father of Mrs. Thomas Galen Brosius, was one of the early jiioneers of this township. He died in Henry County, Ohio, in 1865 .... Victor J. Zahm was born in Tolford, Ohio, March 7, 1837, and came to Tiffin with his parents in 1846. At the age of fifteen he engaged in the printing business, remaining at it until 1875, when he entered the auditor's office as deputy, and in the fall of 1876 was elected auditor, filling that place for two terms, and retiring in 1882. He died August 28, 1885. . . .Heiu'v Zimmerman arrived at Tiffin. June 10, 1820, with the Smiths. . . . John Zeigler died January 26, 1883. . . .Jacob Zimmer died January 20, 1861 . . . .Gerhart Zimmer, who entered the lands at Cromer's Station in 1832, was a centenarian.

^Villiani Childs settled at Tiffin in 1821 (coming fi-oni Auburn, N. Y. , that year), and erected a cabin on Sandusky Street, in which he died the same year. His wife died immediately after, leaving a baby, born just before her death.

Official Historii. - To describe the condition of the records of this old town- Bhip would be a task similar to that of descriliing something struck Isy a cyclone, of which the slightest traces alone remain. There is nothing left of the old records; a few of the men who had them in charge reside here to-day. but their memories cannot take the place of those ordinary-looking old books of the ])ast, and thus the loss of a few modest, humble old volumes is irreparable. * The township records, which came into possession of Mr. Dore. the present clerk, date l)ack only to 1878, and fi'om them the following list of township officers, elected annually, is taken:

1878. - Edward Sw.-mder, Henry L. Best and Jacob Young, trustees; A\'illiam O. Dildine. (^lerk; Albert Beilharz. treasiu-er; Martin Woodside. assessor; Anthony H. Arnold and John Knott, constables; Daniel Dildine, Jesse H. Leidy, justices of the jieace.

1870.- Henry L. Best. Jacob Young and Peter Miller, trustees; William O. Dildine, clerk; Albert Beilharz, treasurer; Martin Woodside, assessor; Virgil D. Lamberson and John Knott, constables: Daniel Dildine, P. H. Jayne, justices of the peace.

1881. - William Kline, Peter Miller and Henry L. Best, trustees; Hh-am C. Keppel, clerk; Sylvester J. Kintz, treasm-er; Ezra Bowser, assessor; Anthony H. Arnold and Virgil D. Lamberson, constables; Daniel Dildine and P. H. Jayne. justices of the peace.

1882. - William Kline, Peter Miller and Samuel Horn, trustees; H. C. Keppel, clerk; A. Beilharz, treasurer; James M. Bowser, assessor; Porter H. Jayne and Daniel Dildine, justices of the peace; A. H. Ai-nold and V. D. Lamberson, constables.

1883. - Jeremiah Kex, John C. Lydey and Peter Miller, ti'ustees; Louis Wagner, clerk; Albert Beilharz, treasurer; James M. Brown, assessor; John Silvers and A. Brickford, constables; Porter H. Jayne &nd Daniel Dildine, justices of the peace.

1884. - Jeremiah Rex, John C. Lydey and Peter Miller, trustees; William H.Dore, clerk; Albert Beilharz, treasurer; James Bowser, assessor; JohnGraveldinger and John Silvers, constables; Porter H. Jayne and Daniel Dildine, justices of the peace.

The elections of 1885 for township officers were carried out on party principles. The highest number of votes polled in the township was 162, and the highest number in the township and city was 1,077, so that the vote of the township is still as small as it was in pioneer days.

Assessor

Swander, or Morris Postoffice, five miles east of Tiffin, is a station on the North western Ohio Railroad; B. J. Bright is railroad agent, grocer and postmaster; James Harsh in an, blacksmith, and C. C. Crosby, shoe-maker. Mr. Bright was re-appointed to charge of the postoffice in September, 1885. The present name of the village was given in honor of J. S. Morris, superintendent of the Northwestern Ohio Railroad and owner of the Shawhan House, Tiffin. The only society organized there up to January, 1885, is the Literary and Debating Club, of which the following named are the officers : President, M. V. Kaga; vice-president, T. J. Collins; treasurer, H. R. Miley; secretary, B. W. Kuej)ple.

Viona, on the east half of the northeast cjuarter of Section 35, was siu'veyed for John H. Foulk in October, 1874. It is the center of a rich agi'ieultiu-al district, and, like all such towns, is one of gi'eat expectations. Here also a Literary and Debating Club has been organized, with the following named

General Statistics

The condition of the schools of Clinton Township in August, 1884, is set forth as follows: Local tax, $1,700.31; receipts, $4,089; expenditui-es, $3,044.- 36; schoolhouses, 8; value of property, $1,000; teachers employed, 15; average salaries, $38 and $24; male pupils, 140; female, 130.

In the foregoing pages the pioneers of Fort Ball and Tiffin are grouped with those of Clinton Township, because for years, in fact up to the close of the pioneer period, there were no social or geographical lines drawn between the counb-y sections and the settlements of Fort Ball and Tiffin. In the history of Tiffin City all names identiined with its business, social, religious and municipal interests, tind mention in direct connection with the history of the city's beginnings and progress, thus rendering the story of the township and city as replete in detail as it is possible to make it.

Tiffin is situate on Sections IS, 19, 20, 29 and 30, Town 2 north. Range 15 east, Clinton Township and Section 24, Hopewell Township, in latitude north 41 ° 7', and longitude west from Washington 0° 8'. The Sandusky River flows through the city in a general northeastern course, coirrsing almost due east ftom Washington Street bridge to the railroad l)ridges, and dividing the city at this point into the North and South sides. Washington Street, inmning north and south, divides the city into the East and West sides. Rock Creek flows northwest in a tortuous course through the northeastern parts of the city, and enters the river east of Washington Street bridge. The white population

The distinctive features of the city are its magnificent location, looking over the Sandusky, its natural ton-aces, variety of landscape and wildwood drives, all retained, by some magic power, amid the ruin of old time forests, and change in everji;hing.

Here, at the beginning of the second decade of this century, the troops of 1812 encamped and revelled in the natural beauty of the place, and here a few years later the first white settler built his home and dedicated the locality to civilization for all time. A few years more and the j)ioneer of progress came, crossed the river, and, adopting the name of the first governor of Ohio for a tovTO, bestowed it upon a tract of wildwood where Tiffin now stands. Another year, and there stood the twin settlements, lovely and romantic, (juiet and unpretentious. There the pioneer settlers or travelers passed their hajipy leisure hoiirs, listening to the mm-murs of the rippling waters of the creek, the roar of the river, or watched the mist as it curtained the groves and cabins. Ah! then it claimed but plain imagination to pictiu-e the happiness of the wairiors and beauties of the ancient tribes, when they looked upon their villages, and found plenty in the woods and in the rivers. A little thought, too, encii-cled the place with a romance, all its own, when the white man brought forth in fancy what his predecessors had lost, and what he had won. Then, for a time, admiration gave place to awe, and over the scene spread a gloom, liorn of conscience and natural superstition, which prompted the question: Oh. God! how long shall we enjoy the home of the red men ? In after j'ears. amid the din and toil of progress, the thought was forgotten, and the mind once more returned to revel in the beauty and magnificence of the place, to enjoy what the Caucasian had built up on the ruin of the Indian.

It was not until the land was opened up for entry, or purchased, that immigration became active, or the counti-y began to fill up. Then the necessity of established villages became obvious. Notwithstanding the advantages of locality and accessibility, the east bank of the river was not thought of as the site of a city for almost four years after the first settlers came in, and for two years after the first village was platt(>d on the west bank of the Sandusky at this point. Josiah Hedges first realized the importance of the spot, and decided to establish himself east of what even then was considered the frontier - the Sandusky River. Others came, and all decided to carve for themselves a home in the beautifnl wilderness, and fashion out a city among the trees, that should one day be regarded as the goal to which enterprising men would direct their footsteps, where scholars would find a home, and religion 1 0,000 followers.

Those pioneers of Fort Ball and Tiffin built well indeed. Almost all their day-dreams have been realized, and a city has sprung up out of the ancient groves, extending from plateau to plateau on each side of the old, ever running, boisterous river. Here we find the inventive, enterjjrising. fearless Yankee, the Pennsylvanian, a man of iron nerves; the children of Vermont and New Hampshire, delving low for some new rock ; the Marylander. a son of that land, "the only place in the wide, wide world where religious toleration found a home;" the shrewd Irishman, whose faults almost counter-balance his vii-tues; the ruddy, fair-haired German, always singing of his ' ' faderland, ' ' yet working onward steadily to attain a competence and hold it: the Englishman, ever English and transatlantic; the " caunie " Scot, jealously watchful of his interests; the chivalrous Pole, the polite Frenchman, the money making Jew, and even the Chinaman, all find a home here.

north of the river, in 1817, were Erastus Bowe and Paul D. Butler, both of whom came to Fort Ball that year from Delaware Township. Delaware Co., Ohio, where the former, a Vermonter, settled in 1809, and the latt(>r. fi-om Massachusetts, in 1808. The following facts relating to the settlement of Fort B;»ll are taken fi'om a bill filed, in 1824. in the com-t of chancer}' l)y Lawyers I'ettibone ami Parish in the interest of Thomas Butler i-s. Josiah Hedges and Jesse Sjjeucer. September '2U. 1S17. the treaty of the foot of the Rapids was made with the Wyandots and other tribes. Among its provisions was one reserving to Robert Armstrong 040 acres fronting on the river north and south of Camp Ball 100 poles and 1(54 poles respectivdy. September ;iO of that year Armstrong agreed to sell Paul D. Butler one-half of his section on condition that the latter woidd lay a iKirt off in town lots, build a saw-mill the following summer, and a year later build a small gi-ist-mill. Armstrong was to receive half the profits of Butler' s enterprise. In November. 1818, this agi-eement was amended in the presence of Erastus Bowe and Ii-a Carpenter. August 30. 1820, Armstrong deeded to Butler 320 acres in consideration of imjirovements and of $1 in cash. September 8, 1820. Ai-mstrong deeded to him the river fi'ont for some distance above and below the present Soldiers' Moruiment, Joseph Tiernan and Leonard H. Cowles witnessing the document, and Solomon Smith, a justice, acknowledging the same. August 24, 1821, Armstrong and Butler entered into an agreement for the di^^sion of profits arising from sales of lots in the town of Oakley, the northern part to belong to Armstrong and the southern to Butler, and the division to be governed by the plan of the town as laid out by Joseph Vance. May 29, 1822. Butler conveyed to Ai-mstrong almost all his interests in Fort Ball or Oakley in the presence of Solomon Smith. Joseph S. Hughes and Leonard H. Cowles: but on tliis day also Armstrong deeded back a large part of Oakley to Butler, in the presence of Horton'Howard and the three witnesses just named, in consideration of a payment of 11.000. October 24, 1822, Paul D. Butler and his wife, Sally, conveyed to Thomas Butler a large part of this estate. In December. 1822' Paul D. Butler died. From 1818 to the period of his death he, with Armstrong, was in possession of the reservation: he cleared 100 acres at his own expense, had the town of Oakley surveyed and platted, and Iniilt mQls and houses. Jesse Spencer was a nephew of Robert Amistrong. and resided with his uncle for some time; he was Ai-mstrong's agent, and with his uncle willingly aided Butler in his efforts to have the Presidential sanction for the conveyance of part of the reservation to Butler until the deed of conveyance was actually before the President, when Spencer went to "Washington and remonstrated against its approval. This was followed by the deed from Ai-mstrong to Spencer, dated October 9, 1823, and Armstrong, ignorant as he was, visited Washington and urged its approval. At this time also the patent of July, 1820. was found to be erroneous, having been based on the treaty of St. Miiry's instead of that made at thc^ foot of the Rapids. Subsequently. Ai-mstrong, his wife and Spencer came to Fort Ball for the jiurpose of d(>aling fairly with Thomas Butler; but on the advice of Spencer the original owner broke off all negotiations. In 182."), however. Spencer and Annstrong sold to Josiah Hedges a short time before the death of Annstrong in that year. The bill was dismissed, and the bona fide intentions and acts of Paul D. Butler and his son set at naught by this coiu-t on a legal technicality, notwithstanding the apparent fact that Butler made the first improvement, and was faithful to his contract with Armstrong.

Fort Ball, as platted originally, comprised Adams, Miami and Clay Streets, running east and west, and Madison, Sandusky, and Monroe Streets running north and south on lands patented to Robert Armstrong, October 13, 1823, by President James Monroe, west of the Sandusky River. October 23, 1823, Armstrong transferred to Jesse Spencer (with the approval of the President), for S3,00{), 404 acres of the Armstrong Reservation - an act sustained by the law in the case, but one which merited, for Armstrong and Spencer, the retribution which waited on them. The first plat or siuvey in the county was undoubtedly made by Paul D. Butler, for himself and Armstrong, in 1817 or 1818, so that Spencer, or Vance, or Hedges, cannot claim the honors of the fii-st town survey in the county. This was followed, in 181U, by the sui-vey of West Oakley or Vance" s Town by Joseph Vance, then Tiffin was surveyed by Gen. James Hedges, for his brother Josiah, and Oakley replatted imder the name of Fort Ball.

The first postoffice in Seneca County was established at Oakley or Vance' e Town, in February, 1820, with David Risdon. postmaster. The mail was carried at that time between Columbus and Lower Sandusky, through Oakley.

The McCulloch or McCullok section was another grant, the history of which is given in Chapter II. Among the heirs of William McCulloch were: Noah Z. , Tabitha. Elliott, Samviel. Sidney. and Zane McCulloch, Joseph L. Tracey and Zilla Tracy. In August, 1824, Josiah Hedges filed a petition for partition of their lands at Fort Ball, and in September of that year, the coui-t granted the petition and appointed James Gordon, Franklin Baker and Thomas Boyd, to make such partition. These men laid out the tract in seven parts. Noah McCulloch and wife sold Lots Nos. 2 and 3, to Levi Davis of Frederick County, Md. : Zane McCulloch sold Lot 5, to Andrew Luzenbeel; Lot No. 7, was sold by Sidney McCulloch to Josiah Hedges and RoUin Moller. In 1832 Samuel and Elliott McCulloch were infants, and their lots still intact. The marking of the lots, by Gordon, Baker and Boyd, was carried out so indifi'erently from the field book, that Hedges' made an effort, in

1832, to have the marks changed; but thecom-tdid not comply with his demand at that time, nor until 1837 were measures taken to make the marks correspond with the field book.

New Fort Ball extending fi-om the river to the alley in rear of Madison Sti'eet, included all the in-lots in the northern addition to Tiflin. and all on what was known as Fort Ball was surveyed by James Durbin, in November, 1837, on the east part of the tract of land resei-ved to Robert Ai-mstrong, for Josiah Hedges.

Original Survey of Tiffin, and Additions. - Town of Tiffin, fractional Section 19, Town 2 north. Range 15 east, containing 118 lots 00x180 feet each, streets sixty-six feet wide and alleys sixteen and a half feet wide, with public grounds equal to three lots at the corner of Market and Washington Streets, extending to Rose Alley (later Virgin Alley), now Court Alley or Coiu-t Street, was platted November 28. 1821, for Josiah Hedges by his brother. Gen. James Hedges. The northern addition was made May 27, 1831, and the southern addition May 27, 1831, by Josiah Hedges. At this time the Catholic Chm-ch lot was on East Market Street, adjoining the old cemetery. Norris cV Gist" s addition, lots one to twelve, fronting on Jefferson Street, was recorded June 15, 1832, by Eli Norris and George W. Gist. Keller & Gist's was made Januaiy 29, 1834, for Levi Keller and George W. Gist, on out-lota No. 2 and No. 5, known as Lots 3 to 12 Jefferson Street, in southern addition.

1833. Sneath & Graff's out- lot No. 3 and part of out-lot No. 4, known as Lots 1 to 10 on Jefferson Street, in southern addition, was made January 29, 1834. Jennings', a fi'actional part of out- lot No. 3, and a fraction south of that lot extondiug to the Mansfield road, was siu'voyod by D. llisdon, November 18, 1834, for Milton Jennings. George W. Gist's plat of lots on the east half of southeast quarter of Section 'JO, Township 2 north, Itange 15 east, Nos. 1 to 10, was made in 1835.