Brennersville, Ohio

Four principal table lands control the drainage of the township, affording abundant supplies to Twin creek. That in the northwestern part, adjacent to Price's creek, in the vicinity of Brennersville, has a clay ridgy soil, with blue clay or "hard pan" almost touching the surface. The soil is a brown loam, somewhat rocky, but good when plowed. Of necessity this is a beech region, with a sprinkling of smooth bark hickory, and considerable numbers of sugar trees. Most of the gravel of the township is found in this part.

Passage source: History of Preble County Ohio, published 1881.

In general the ridges of the upland country are on the line which distinctly tnarks the junction of the Clinton or yellow limestone with the blue limestone. The blue limestone beneath is impervious to water, and the Clinton stone, just overlapping, is porous, and covered with lines of fracture. Springs of water must, therefore, necessarily appear along the outcrop of the two formations. Investigation shows that springs do appear in this line, especially in the vicinity of Brennersville on Price's creek. On the farm of Jesse Royer, in section seventeen, there is a spring whose copions flow entitles it to the name Mammoth spiing, which gives rise to one of the branches When the proposed railroad was expected to be built through Brennersville the imaginary station received the name of Mammoth Spring. There is but little doubt this is the strongest spring of water in the county. Southeast of this parent spring, on the same farm is found nearly an acre of ground that fairly bubbles over with minor springs, giving source to another branch of Price's creek, and finding its way thither through the stone quarry of J. O. Deem. 'There are numerous other springs in this neighborhood. Beginning at the northwestern corner of the township we find the second mammoth spring on the farm of Jonathan Cotterman, and another one on the farm owned by E. Marker, both in section six. In section eight there are five strong springs - one in thé northwest quarter, three on the farm of Samuel Enoch, and one on Joel Smith's farm, Besides these there are other smaller springs. This line of springs marks a very productive country. Besides the limestone abounding in this region there is considerable sandstone. The sand, it must be understood, however, is lime sand.

Passage source: History of Preble County Ohio, published 1881.

Colonel Robert Quinn is the son of old Robert Quinn, who settled in Twin township. He was born February, 1795. His wife was Sarah Wasson, by whom he has had two children: Joseph W. lives near his father, in Washington township, and Nancy Jane is the wife of D. Chrisman, of Indiana. Everybody knows ** Uncle Bobby" Quinn. He well remembers the "cold Friday" of 180-, which was spent by the Quinn family in open camp. For many years he was an honest tiller of the soil. He also worked at the blacksmith trade. He was an active soldier in the War of 1812. He now resides on the Lexington road just north of Eaton, in Washington township.

Passage source: History of Preble County Ohio, published 1881.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Twin Township - it names this place 5 more 5 times.