CHAPTER 14
City of Fairfield--The Original Plat, With Numerous Additions--Growth
and Development--Some of the First Houses and Old Landmarks--Merchants
and Merchandising--Taverns, Mills and Factories--The Court House--Churches,
Schools and Newspapers--Freemasonry and Other Benevolent Orders--Incorporations
of Fairfield--Town Boards, etc
CHAPTER 15
Barnhill and Big Mound Townships--Their Geographical and Physical
Features Settlement --An Incident of Davis--Who the Pioneers Were, What They
Did, and Where They Came From--Early Improvements and Industries--The First
Efforts at Mer- . chandising--Wright's Store. Mill and Tanyard--A Business
Place--Schools and Churches in Barnhill--The Same in Big Mound--Odds and Ends--Fairfield's
Birth, etc., etc 193
CHAPTER 16
Jasper Township--Topography, Drain-age, Soil and Beauties--Its Streams,
Lakes, Timbers and Wild Fruits--Bees, Honey, Flora and Fauna--Joshua Graham,
the First Settler--Then Came James Dickinson, the Cannons, William Husk,
George Frazer, John Patchett, Joseph Martin, the Borahs, Thomas Bradshaw,
the Owens, Jonathan Douglas and Many Others--How They Lived and Struggled--First
Birth and Death--The First House. Mill, Blacksmith Shop, Lime-kiln and Land
Entry and Marriage--A Panther Attacks a Woman--First Schools and Singing
Schools, and Who Taught Them--First Sermons and Preachers--When Leading Families
Came
CHAPTER 17
Massillon Township--Early Facts and Reminiscences as Gathered
from Jacob Hall, W. N. Borah, J. B. Borah, Judge Wilson and Others--Lovelette,
the Traditional First Comer--Enoch Beach, the First Settler, with a Sketch--Name
and Sketches of Our Settlers and Their Families--Camps and Cabins of the
Early Day--Trundle Beds and Their Trash--First School and Who Taught It--First
Marriage, Birth and Death--The Old Rangers-Judge Wilson and the Deer That
Tore His Clothes off-John McCollum and His Coon--Wild Cats--First Mills,
Churches, Preachers, etc., etc
CHAPTER 18
Lamard Township-Description--Topography,. etc.--Early Settlements--Pioneer
improvements and Industries--Caudle's Distillery and the Early Use of
Whisky--Churches and Church Buildings--Schools-Dr. Jones, the First Teacher--How
he went Snipe Hunting--Jeffersonville Laid Out as a Village--Its Growth,
Development and Incorporation--Business Statistics, etc
CHAPTER 19
Bedford Township-Geographical Description, Topography, etc.--Coming
of the Pioneers--Their Early Struggles and Hardships--Wild Game--Pioneer Mills
and Who Built Them--Schools and Churches--Villages-- Cisne Laid Out as a Town--Its
Growth and Development -- Kinard -- Laid Out, Improved, etc.
CHAPTER 20
Indian Prairie Township-Description-Topography, etc.--Early Settlements--Pioneer
Improvements and Boundaries--Early' Preachers and Churches--First School
Teachers--First Death in the Township--Churches, Preacher and Officers--Johnsonville--When
sad by Whom Laid Out--Its Growth and Improvements and Its Future Outlook-Railroad
Prospects--Blne Point--When Laid Out and by Whom-A List of Town-ship Mess,
etc.
CHAPTER 21
Four Mile Township--Introduction--Boundaries-- Surface-- Water-courses
-- Productions-Beans--Frog Island--Early Settlers and Sketches
The Wild Man--Population--Wayne City--Middleton--Keens--Schools, Churches
--Politics--Officers, etc
CHAPTER 22
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CHAPTER 25
CHAPTER 26
CHAPTER 27
CHAPTER 28
Elm River Township--Boundaries and Settlement --Pioneer Incidents--Population
-- Surface and Water-courses--Enterprise--Education and School Statistics--Churches
and Preachers, etc
Zif Township--Boundaries and Surface--Origin of Name--First Settlers--Zif--Religious
and Educational Notes--Agriculture--Main Productions --The Great Prairie Fire,
etc
Mount Erie Township--Introduction --Boundaries--Early Settlers and Incidents--Alexander
Ramsey--Topography--Chief Productions--Mills--The Village of Mount Erie--When
and by Whom Laid Out--Its Present Business Representations--Lodges--Churches--Schools,
etc
Arrington Township--Boundaries--First Settlers and Incidents--Uncle Jimmy
Simms-Topography--Chief Productions--Mills--Sims--Cincinnati and Covington--Early
Schools and Teachers--Churches--Officers, etc
Brush Creek Township--Description and Topography, etc.--Early Settlements--Pioneer
Improvements--.Early Preachers--Berry Elledge, the First Schoolteacher--His
Stroke of Paralysis Compelling Him to lay Three Days in the Woods Surrounded
by Wild Animals--Murder of a Mr. Brazen by William Fathree --First Marriage,
First Death--Churches--Schools, etc.
Leech Township--Boundaries and Topography--Water-courses-General Productions--Origin
of Name and First Settlements-Some Indian Stories--Internal Improvements-Towns--Church
History and School Statistics, etc
Hickory Hill Township--Topography and Boundaries--Find_ Settlers--Who
They Were--First Birth-First Farming--First Roads, etc
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