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1) History of Hancock County, Ohio - 1883
2) History of Hancock County, Ohio – From its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time - 1886
3) History of Hancock County, Ohio – Biographical and Statistical -1903
4) A Centennial Biographical History of Hancock County, Ohio - 1903
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Book 1
History
of
Hancock County,
Ohio
Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; History of the Northwest Territory; History of Ohio; Statistical and Miscellaneous Matter, etc.,
ILLUSTRATED
BY: DENNIS L. CLARK
CHICAGO:
WARNER, BEERS & CO
1886
880 pages
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
PART I.
HISTORY OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY.
PART II.
HISTORY OF THE STATE OF OHIO.
PART III.
HISTORY OF HANCOCK COUNTY
CHAPTER I.—.Archeology—Indians
CHAPTER II.—Pioneers
CHAPTER III.—Occupation and Settlement
CHAPTER IV.—Topography
CHAPTER V.—Organic
CHAPTER VI.—Judiciary
CHAPTER VII.—Educational
CHAPTER VIII.—Internal Improvements
CHAPTER IX.—Military History
CHAPTER X.—Allen Township
CHAPTER XI.—Amanda Township
CHAPTER XII.—Big Lick Township
CHAPTER XIII.—Blanchard Township
CHAPTER XIV.—Cass Township
CHAPTER XV.—Delaware Township
CHAPTER XVI.—Eagle Township
CHAPTER XVII.—Jackson Township
CHAPTER XVIII.—Liberty Township
CHAPTER XIX.—Madison Township
CHAPTER XX.—Marion Township
CHAPTER XXI.—Orange Township
CHAPTER XXII.—Pleasant Township
CHAPTER XXIII.—Portage Township
CHAPTER XXIV.-Union Township
CHAPTER XXV.—Van Buren Township
CHAPTER XXVI.—Washington Township
CHAPTER XXVII.—Findlay Township
CHAPTER XXVIII.—Village of Findlay
CHAPTER XXVIX.—Village of Findlay (Continued)
CHAPTER XXX.—Village of Findlay (Continued)
CHAPTER XXXI.—Village of Findlay (Continued)
CHAPTER XXXII.—Village of Findlay (Continued)
CHAPTER XXXIII.—Village of Findlay (Continued)
PART IV.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
PORTRAITS
MISCELLANEOUS
Book 2
History
of
Hancock County,
Ohio
From its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time.
Together with Reminiscences of Pioneer Life, Incidents, Statistical Tables, and Biographical Sketches.
By D.B. Beardsley
ILLUSTRATED
1881
Springfield, OH
Republic Printing Company
470 pages
CONTENTS:
CHAPTER I—Before the Organization of the County
CHAPTER II.—First Organization of the County
CHAPTER III.—Independent Organization of the County
CHAPTER IV.—General Description of the County. Its Soil and
Products
CHAPTER V.—Relating to a Few First Things in the County
CHAPTER VI.—Early Appraisement and Assessment of Property
CHAPTER VII. -First Jail and First Court House
CHAPTER VIII.—Early Courts. First Judges. First Juries
CHAPTER IX —The Country Shoemaker. The Schoolmaster Log Rolling
CHAPTER X.—First Roads and Bridges
CHAPTER XI.—County Records. First Census. General Election 1828
CHAPTER XII.—An Incident. General Muster
CHAPTER XIII.—Railroads
CHAPTER XIV.—Common Schools
CHAPTER XV.—Some Other Things of Interest
CHAPTER XVI.—Our Associates in the General Assembly of Ohio, in Senatorial and Representative Districts
CHAPTER XVII.—Matters of Interest in Brief Paragraphs
CHAPTER XVIII.—Murders and Murder Trials
CHAPTER XIX.—The Deer Lick. Plum Orchard. Johnny Appleseeds
CHAPTER XX.—Present Court House. New Jail. Infirmary
CHAPTER XXI.—Early Sports. Corn Huskings. House Raisings. Grain Threshing and Cleaning
CHAPTER XXII.—Our Judicial Associate Counties and Judges
CHAPTER XXIII.—Hancock County in the War
CHAPTER XXIV.—Hancock County Agricultural Society
CHAPTER XXV.—County Officers
Statistical Tables
Table of Distances
Land Surveys
Allen Townships
Van Buren
Amanda Township
Capernaum
Vanlue
Blanchard Township
Benton
Louisville
Big Lick Township
Freedom
West Independence
Cass Township
Frankford
Delaware Township
Mt. Blanchard
Eagle Township
Martinstown
Findley Township
East Findley
North Findley
Industries of Findley
Churches
Schools
Benevolent societies
Newspapers
Hotels
Banks
Fire Department
Maple Grove Cemetery
Jackson Township
North Liberty
Liberty Township
Madison Township
Williamstown
Arlington
Marion Township
Orange Township
Pleasant Township
Olney
McComb
Portage Township
Lafayette
Union Township
Rawson
Cannonsburg
Cory
Van Buren Township
Washington Township
Risdon
Arcadia
Social Statistics
BIOGRAPHICAL
Alspach, Algire, Anaugi, Barnd, Baldwin, Burman, Bonham, Byal, Beardsley, Baldwin, Blackford, Byal, Bishop, Brown, Balsley, Boylan, Bright, Blakeman, Burrs, Burket, Biggs, Carson, Chamberlain, Carlin, Cory, Coffinbury, Comer, Cusac, Cooper, Cramer, Church, Dukes, DeWolfe, Davis, Dalley, Dulin, Ensminger, Engle, Eckles, Elder, Fishel, Ford, Fountain, Folk, Goode, George, Gilbert, Goit, Glessner, Huff, Hardy, Hughes, Hedges, Hamilton, Henderson, Hollabaugh, Hurd, Howard, Johnson, Jordan, Karn, Kilpatrick, Kalb, Lake, Lamb, McKinnis, Moffit, Moore, McAnnelly, Moreland, Morrison, Mungen, McKinnis, Martz, Miller, Marvin, McKinley, McConnell, Moorehead Morris, Newell, O'Neal, Potter, Powell, Parker, Patten, Poe, Rollor, Reightly, Rawson, Roseuburg, Ralston, RicketS, Reed, Shoemaker, Sampson, ShowalTer, Taylor, ThOmpson, TayLor, TrEece, Thomas, Todd, Thompson, Vickers, Vance, Van Emon, Wilson, Walters, WilsoN, Watson, Williams, Welty, Wiseley, Wade, Wiseman,
Book 3
History
of
Hancock County,
Ohio
Biographical and Statistical
By Jacob A Spaythe
1903
The B.F. Wade Printing Co.
Toledo
312 pages
CONTENTS:
Abstract of Personal Property
Abstract of Duplicates
Auditors of Hancock County
Bar of Hancock County
Banks
Births and Deaths—Statistics
Court Houses
Churches
Commissioners
Clerks
Coroners
Decennial Census of Hancock County
Enumeration of School Youths
First Entry of Land in Each Township
First School House and Church in Each Township
First Settler in Each Township
Gas and Oil Industry
Hancock County in the War of 1812
Hancock County Pioneers
Hancock County in the Mexican War
Hancock County in the Civil War
Hancock County Agricultural Society
Hancock County in the War with Spain
Indians in Hancock County
Infirmary of Hancock County
Infirmary Directors
Jails of Hancock County
Labor Organizations
Location and Incorporation of Villages
Legislators for Hancock County
Mound Builders in Hancock County
Marriages and Divorces
Miscellaneous Officials
Newspapers of Hancock County
Organization and Formation of County
Physicians
Probate Judges
Prosecuting Attorneys
Railroads
Recorders
Roster of Hancock County Soldiers in the Civil War
Roll of Honor
Roster of Hancock County Soldiers in Spanish American War
Relics from " Indian Green "
Surface, Soil and Drainage
Schools
Sheriffs
Surveyors
School Examiners
The Underground Railroad
The Grand Army
Treasurers
The First
Tax Laws
Book 4
A
Centennial Biographical History
of
Hancock County,
Ohio
ILLUSTRATED
EMBELLISHED WITH PORTRAITS OF MANY WELL KNOWN PEOPLE OF HANCOCK COUNTY
WHO HAVE BEEN OR ARE PROMINENT IN ITS HISTORY
AND DEVELOPMENT
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1903
594 pages
Index
Adams, Adelsperger, Alexander, Alford, Alspach, Anaugi, Anderson, Arnold, Baker, Balsley, Barnhill, Barr, Bartoon, Beamer, Beard, Beardsley, Beck, Bell, Benner, Bennett, Bibler, Bickelhaupt, Bigelow, Biggs, Bish, Bishop, Black, Blymyer, Boger, Bohn, Bolander, Bolton, Bond, Bope, Bowers, Bowlby, Boyd, Brenner, Brickman, Bright, Brinker, Broadwater Brooks, Brown, Browneller, Burket, Byal, Carlin, Carpenter,Carrothers, Casterline, Chambers, Chase, CLARK, Clayton, Clymer, Cobb, Cole, Coleman, Coontz, Cooper, Corthell, Corwin, Cowley, Cramer, Creighton, Cross, Crowell, Cusac, Dailey, Daily, Daman, Davis, Davy, Decker, Deihlman, Demland, Dennison, De Vore, De Wolf, Dick, Donnell, Dorsey, Doty, Dozer, Dreisbach, Dukes, Dunn, Eckels, Ellis, Elsea, Enfield, Eoff, Ernest, Ewing, Falk, Finsel, Firmin, Fisher,Fitch, Fitzgerald, Flamion, Flick, Fogler, Ford, Franks, Frey, Fruth, Garber, George, Gillespie, Glathart, Glauner, Gleckner, Goeppele, Goodman, Gray, Green, Greene, Gressly, Griffin, Grimm, Growden, Grubb, Guise, Hammond, Harrop, Hartman, Hause, Hawkins, Hayward, Heck, Heckert, Heimhofer, Heistand, Herman, Hershey, Heyn, Highie, Hirschberger, Holliger, Hooper, Hosler, Hostler, Houck, Hoy, Hudson, Hughes,Ingold, Insley, Jacobs, Jameson, Johnston, Kagey, Kagy, Karg, Karn, Karst, Keeley, Keenan, Kelley, Kelly, Kempher, Ketzenbarger, Kibler, Kiefer, Kimmell, Kinder, Kirkbride, Kisseberth, Kistler, Krabill, Krauss, Kuhlman, Larkins, Latshaw, Lear, Lechner, Lee, Lemott, Leonard, Lewis, Lichty, Linhart, Longbrake, Maclachlan, Madsuse, Mallen, Martin, Marvin, Mascho, Matthias, McAnelly, McArthur, McElwaine,McGee, McLeod, McManness, McRill, Measel, Mellott, Metzler, Miley, Miller, Mitchell, Moffett, Montgomery, Moorhead, Morrison, Motherwell, Moyer, Nau, Neibling, Nelots Nelson, Newcomer, Newhouse, Nichols, Norris, Nusser, Oliver, Oman, Overholt, Parker, Patterson, Pendleton, Pepple, Peterman, Peters, Phelps, Phifer, Pilcher, Plotts, Poe, Powell, Presler, Priddy, Purkey, Rainey, Ramsey, Ray, Redfern, Reiter, Reynolds, Rial,Ricketts, Riegle, Roberts, Roether, Roller, Ross, Routzon, Rummell, Russell, Sager, Saltsman, Sampson, Sausser, Schoonover, Schubert, Schwinn, Scothorn, Shafer, Sharninghause, Shea, Sheets, Sherick, Sherman, Shilling, Shoe, Shull, Siddall, Smith, Snider, Snyder, Solether, Solt, Stackhouse, Stacy, Stahl, Stall, Steinman, Stephenson, Stevenson, Stewart, Stockton, Stoffel, Stoker, Storts, Stough, Strother,Sutter, Sutton, Swab, Swank, Swartz, Switzer, Tait, Tarbox, Taylor, Teatsorth, Thomas, Thompson, Trout, Trueslow, Van Eman, Van Horn, Van Lue, Van Sant, Van Sickle, Vickers, Waggoner, Walter, Wanamaker, Watkins, Watson, Webster, Weirough, Whitman, Wilcox, Williamson, Wilson, Winders, Wineland, Wise, Wiseley, Wiseman, Witmore, Wolf, Wolfe, Wolff, Woodruff, Woods, Worden, Young, Zeller
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