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Pickaway Township (part 2 of 2)
Part 2 of 2 of the account of this township in HISTORY OF PICKAWAY COUNTY, OHIO AND REPERESENTATIVE CITIZENS, published 1906. 261 words, covering 6 settlements. Source changes inside the text are labelled at the exact paragraph where the next book begins.
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261 wordsReproduced complete and unedited from HISTORY OF PICKAWAY COUNTY, OHIO AND REPERESENTATIVE CITIZENS, published 1906. The text is machine-read from scans, so expect recognition errors: misspelled names, dropped words, and stray characters. Nothing has been corrected, because correcting a proper name invents one. The headings below are the books' own; source changes are labelled in place.
The business interests of Tarlton. include the following: Barr Brothers, C. Mounjoy, Henry Mowery and C. Thomas, general merchandise; Nick Fethererolf, bakery; A. W. Zehrung, hardware; Samuel J. Karshner, carriage trimming and harness; W. L. Rice, ccoper; D. K. Wilson, buyer and shipper of wool; S. Defenbaugh & Son, undertakers; Roberts' Hotel, run by Mrs. C. W. Roberts;
Tarlton Hotel, conducted by J. C. Shaeffer : Joseph Boyer and M. D. Hedges, blacksmiths ; J. F. Oberdorfer, lumber and planing-mill; Wesley Grove, carriage and wagon repairing; Mowery & Kelch and Edgar Ward, coal; James Kelch, manufacturer of sealing wax; Leist & Durrant, concrete contractors; John W. Zehring, tinner; Lewis Spangler, boarding-house ; and Samuel Hartranft and Henry Mowery, feed stables. Barr Brothers also sell implements; Nick Fethererolf, Barr Brothers, Cc. Mounjoy and C. Thomas are buyers and shippers of poultry. Irwin & Ballard are now build- | families, situated in the southwestern part of Salt Creek township. The postmaster is William Fox. Leist & Fox and J. W. Wilkins sell general merchandise; Simon Hamilton is the village blacksmith.
Stringtown is a settlement located a little east of the center of the township, extending along the Circleville and Adelphi pike. The population of the entire settlement is said to be about 75 or 80. Levi Imler conducts a grocery and Noah Butterbaugh is engaged in blacksmithing.
At Leistville, which is situated on the western border of the township a little north of the center, is a small settlement of about 40 or 50 population. Andy A. Grove has a blacksmith. shop here.
Provenance
Text from HISTORY OF PICKAWAY COUNTY, OHIO AND REPERESENTATIVE CITIZENS, published 1906, in the public domain in the United States and digitised by the Internet Archive. The settlements listed against this township are matched by point-in-polygon test of each Geographic Names Information System coordinate against the Census Bureau's county subdivision boundary, not by name.