Pyrmont, Ohio

On the high ground sugar, beech, hickory, walnut, ash and others, and in th lower land swamp maple, scrub oak, prickly ash, etc. The whole of the towr ship was originally a dense forest, only broken by the channels of the creeks These are quite numerous, and from their beds large quantities of gravel ai obtained for macadamizing the highways. They also furnish a few very goo mill-sites, some of which were early occupied by saw mills. Along the ban! of these creeks in early days a dense undergrowth of willow, prickly ash an spicewood flourished, making it almost impossible to cross only in the patl kept open by the wild animals as they came to drink. The name-bearin creeks are Wolf Creek, running across the northeast corner of the townshi] Bear Creek, running from the center to the southeastern corner; Little Twii running from north to south, west of the center; Tom's Bun, in the south we: corner, and Leslie's Run, which was so named because a man bearing the r am of Leslie was drowned in it. These each have numerous branches, but c course they bear no names and play a very unimportant part in the township history. The D., II. & W. Railway runs across the northeastern corner, and is tl only railroad in the township. But with turnpike roads it is well suppliei Of these, the first one was the Eaton Pike, built in 1840. It is a part of 01 continuous pike extending from Cumberland, Md. , to Indianapolis, Ind., ar forms the southern boundary of the township. The next was the Wolf (free Pike, built in 1848-49, and running from Brookville, in Clay Township, Dayton. The first road in Pyrmont was the "old Sled road," built in tl spring of 1812. The above dates are those of piking these roads; some them were established before the township was formed. We see by the o records that the Dayton and Eaton road was established in 1805; a road fro Salem south seventeen miles to Germantown in 1808, and others in 1811, 181 1815 and 1819, until, now, the country is almost a network of roads.

Passage source: The History of Montgomery County, Ohio, Containing a History of the County;, published 1882.

He died about 1850 or 1851, his wife having died a few years previous to his death. William remained with his father till his majority. Was married, February 10, 1827, j to Jane Campbell, a native of Warren County; by her he had seven children; five dow living - Bethany, Samuel, Naomi, Joshua and William. His wife died October .'7, 1848. On October 18, 1849, was celebrated his marriage with Jane Smith, daughter of John and Phebe Clemmer, he a native of Pennsylvania, and she of Virginia; by this second marriage, they had five children - George, Charles Edgar, Eliza Jane, j Josiah and Hiram. Mr. Mills followed farming as an occupation, and has always j| resided in Perry Township ; has labored industriously in his younger days, and was reasonably prosperous in his life, accumulated a good competency, and, as old age and infirmity came upon him, he retired to Pyrmont, and, in 1879, gave up all active labor, where he hopes to pass the remainder of his days free from the toils of life. Mr. Mills and wife are members of the United Brethren Church, and have been Christian workers for many years. Our subject grew up to maturity under his father's care, brought up to farm labor; receiving a good education, and, at eighteen years of age, became a teacher and taught school four winters, since which he has given his attention to farming. Was married, October ?4, 1878, to Martha Dell, daughter of Levi W. and Sarah E. (Sodders) Mundhenk, he a native of this county, and she of Greene County; they are parents of three children - Clarence Willie, Lizzie Forest and Martha Dell.

Passage source: The History of Montgomery County, Ohio, Containing a History of the County;, published 1882.

1 ited Brethren and Methodists built a little frame church on Bixler and ' ank's farms. There were about fifty of them in all. This church was in frtion 13. In 1860, the Lutherans bought a lot of Bixler's heirs and built a rick church at a cost of $2,000, in which they still worship. There are now s,enty-five members. In 1880, they bought six and twelve one hundredths acres ground for $612 (across from the church), of Adam Harmon, which they con - v ted into a graveyard. But few bodies have as yet been interred there, the first Mai being that of a daughter of Rev. Graws, a Lutheran minister at Brookv e. In 1872, a German Baptist Church was built on the Eversole farm in *- tion 35, for the accommodation of a few of the older members of the neighbort >d who could not travel so far to church, the ground being donated byr Mr. Ever- sole. There are other churches in the township, built recently, with no re<mk preaching, of which we give no history. Of those in Pyrmont we will treat unde that head. ,

Passage source: The History of Montgomery County, Ohio, Containing a History of the County;, published 1882.

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 Perry Township - it names this place 20 more 20 times.