Miami County Ohio History + Bonus

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Genealogical and Biographical Record of
Miami County
,
OH
By Lewis Publishing Co., 1900
914 Pages, indexed searchable
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Bonus Book –
Centennial History
Troy
,
Piqua
and
Miami County
,
OH
By Thomas C. Harbough 1909
857 Pages, illustrated, indexed, searchable
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Bonus Book #2 –
Memoirs of the
Miami
Valley
Vol. 1
By Robert O. Law Co. 1919
636 Pages, illustrated, indexed, searchable
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Biography is the only true History.
— Emerson.
A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to
be remembered with pride by remote generations.
—
Macaulay.
On January 16, 1807, the
Ohio
government authorized the creation of
Miami
County
.
Residents named the county in
honor of the Miami Indians.
Previously, the county had been part of
Montgomery
County
.
Table of Contents-Genealogical and Biographical Record
Introductory, 3
Compendium of National Biography, 13
Compendium of Local Biography, 223
Contents - Centennial History of Troy, Piqua and Miami County Ohio
CHAPTER I. Introductory and Descriptive 21
Introductory — First Lords of the Soil, the Mound Builders — Speculations and Traditions as to the Mound
Builders — The Indians not the Aborigines — Coming of the White Man — Resistance of the Indians — Area
of Miami County — Its Division into Twelve Townships^-Topography, Elevation, Drainage — Fertility of
the Soil — Disappearance of the Forests — Conditions Favorable to Agriculture — Tributaries of the Miami —
Geological Foundations — Prehistoric Remains— Indian Occupancy — Early Abundance of Game.
CHAPTER II. First White Man in the County, 29
The Call of the West — The Pioneer Settler — De Bienville's Expedition of 1749 — Attack on Pickawillany —
Expedition of Christopher Gist — Location of Pickawillany — Washington's Journey — Expeditions of George
Rogers Clarke — Experiences of Abram Thomas — Battle on the Johnston Farm — Beauty of the Country at
the Time of Clarke's Expedition — Coming of John Knoop, 1797 — Pioneer Settlers.
CHAPTER III. Formation of the Country ; The Home in Wilderness 43
Pontiac's Conspiracy — Bouquet's Expedition — Block Houses Built at Cincinnati — New York and Virginia
Relinquish Charter Claims — Fort Harmar Erected — The Settlement at Marietta — Quick Settlement of the
Ohio Valley — Ordinance of 1787 — Slavery Forbidden — St. Clair Made Governor — Formation of Hamilton
and Montgomery Counties — Formation of Miami County — .Abrogation of the Indian Title — Wayne's Vic-
tory of the Fallen Timbers and Treaty of Greenville — The Miami Indians — The Symmes Purchase —
School Districts Reserved — Sale of Public Lands on Time Payments — The First Court — Homes of the
Pioneer Settlers — Pioneer Habits and Customs — Domestic Industries — Early Circulating Medium — Militia
Musters — County Officials.
CHAPTER IV. Thrilling Incidents of Pioneer Life 55
Contrast of Past and Present — Emigrant Trails — Encounters with Wild .Animals — Pioneer Reminiscences
— England Pays Bounty on Scalps — Indian Murders — Adoptions into the Tribes — The Moffit Boys — Col.
Johnston.
CHAPTER V. Early Transportation 68
Corduroy Roads — First Gravel Road — The National Road — Braddock's Road — Early Stage Lines, Stages
and Stage Drivers — Famous Taverns — Water Transportation — Freighting on the Miami — To New Orleans
by River in 1819; an L^nfortunate Voyage — Dr. Dorsey's Recollections of Flat Boat Navigation — Canal
Construction — The Miami and Erie Canal — Benefits of the Canal — the Old Mail Service — Postal Rates in
1816 — Postoffice Established at Piqua — The Early Postmaster — A Mail Carrier's .Adventure — A Century's
Progress.
CHAPTER VI. The Townships (Western) 82
Washington, Concord, Monroe, L'nion, Newton and Newberry Townships; Their Boundaries and History
— Early Settlers — Heroes of the Revolution and War of 1812 — Development of Natural Resources — First
Mills, Founding of the Villages; Tippecanoe, Etc.
CHAPTER VII. The Townships (Eastern) •.•••■ 98
Brown, Springcreek, Staunton, Lostcreek, Elizabeth. Betliel.
CHAPTER VIII.
Trov. the County Seat 114
Establislimcnt of the County Seat — Rivalry Between Staun.ton and Piqua ; Troy Enters the Contest — First
Survey by .\ndrew Wallace — Absence of Graft — Description of Troy in 1815 — Log Court House Built —
Brick Court House Built in 1S16 — Overfield's Tavern — Queer Real Estate Transactions — William Barbee
— "Squire" Brown and Otlier Early Settlers — The "Broadford War" — I'irst Railroad — Opening "of the
Canal — The Cholera Scourge in 1850 — First Court of Common Picas — Troy Merchants in 1828 — The
Jackson-Adams Campaign — Runaway Apprentices — .\ppearancc of tlie County Seat in 1853 — Mayors Since
1840 — Early Schools and School Teachers — Ch\irches — The Postoffice — City Government — Corner Stone of
tlie Court House Laid, 1885 — Masonic Teaiiple Erected.
CHAPTER IX. Piqua, the Border City 131
Origin of the City — Its Historic Associations — An Indian Legend — Piqua Formerly Called Washington —
Coming of Job Gard — Reminiscences of Josepli HiUiard — Piqua a Place of Rendezvous in the War of 1812 —
Land Office Established in 1819 — Piqua Becomes a Town in 1S43 — First Election L'nder the Charter —
Early Mayors — Amusing Ordinances — Population in 1826 — The Act of Incorporation — The Ewing Tavern
— Early Merchants and Leading Citizens — Piqua Benefited by the Canal — Coming of the Railroad — The
Hydraulic Canal — Business Statistics — The Town Hall — Tlie John Vail .-Xcademy — Early Schools — Educa-
tional Progress — Religions Institutions — Relics, of tHie Mound Builders — Military Spirit of 1861-65 —
Soldiers' Aid Societies — War Memorials — Postmasters — Fire Department — City Government.
CHAPTER X. Miami in the Wars 14S
The War of- 1812^-EmploytTient of the Indians by England — Battle of Tippecanoe — Tecumseh — Services of
Col. John Johnston — Results of Perry's Victory on Lake Erie — ■Miami Heroes of the War — The War of the
Rebellion — Prompt Enlistments — The Gravity of the Struggle Realized — Miami Soldiers on Many Battle-
fields — Eleventh Ohio Volimteers — Forty-Fourtih Infantry and Eighth Cavalry — The Seventy-first Ohio
Volunteer Infantry — Ninety-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry — One Hundred and Tenth O. V. I. — The One
Hundred and Forty-seventh Regiment — Spanish-American War Volunteers — Roster of Veterans.
CHAPTER XI The Bench and Bar: Famous Trials. Etc 169
First Court Session, 1807 — First Grand Jury Impanelled — First Case Docketed — Early Lawyers — Manner
of Holding Court in the Late Forties — Some Famous Cases — The Present Bench and Bar — Court Officers
in ]!)08 — .Amusing Incidents.
CHAPTER XII. ElllCATIONAL 180
The Log Schoolhousc Early Teachers — First Te.xt Books — Methods of Discipline — Advent of the Salaried
Teacher — Cojning of the Graded Sch.ool — Latter Day Improvements — Schools of Troy and Piqua — Educa-
tional History of the Townships — Parocliial Schools — Teachers' Examinations — Results .\ccomplished.
CHAPTER XIII. The Press: Literary .Vchievements, Etc 195
Early News Conditions— F.arly Newspapers Destitute of Local News— Their Contents — Presses in Use—
The Old Time Compositor— First Newspaper in Miami Count}', The Piqua Gazette — The Intelligencer — The
Miami Reporter— Troy 'i'inies— The Miami Union— Tlie Troy Sentinel — The Troy Democrat — The Daily
Record— Tile Buckeye— The Enquirer and Piqua Journal^Miami Countv Democrat — The Helmet— The
Daily Call— The Piqua Leader-Despatch— The Miami Post— The Reflector— The City Item— The Herald—
The Stillwater Valley Gazette — Gre«nville Advocate — The Covington Gazette — The Covington Tribune—
The West Milton Record— The West Mihon Buckeve— Local Literature and .Authors.
CHAPTER XIV. Agriculture 202
Primitive Farm Macliinery of Pioneer Days — Lack of Transportation Facilities — The Early Farmers With-
out Wagons — Improvements Gradually Introduced — The First Crops Grown in Miami County — Livestock
Easily Raised — Orchards Planted— The First Agricultural Society— Miami Represented at the State Pomo-
logical Exhibition in 1851 — The Miami County Agricultural Society — Fair Grounds Purchased — Present
Condition of the Society and Roster of Officers — The Grange Movement— The Farmers' Institute— The
Miami County Horticultural Society — Farm Products of Miami County — Stock Breeding.
CHAPTER XV. Public Institutions , 211
The Children's Home — Benevolence of John H. Knoop — The Schmidlapp Free Public School Library,
Piqua — The Troy Free School Library — The Young Men's Oiristian Association — The Woman's Christian
Temperance Union — The Young Woman's Christian Temperance Unions — Colored People's Temperance
Union — Woman's Christian Association of Troy — The Ball Memorial Hospital at Piqua — The Altrurian
Club of Troy — The Civic League— Regimental and Other Military Organizations — The Maryland Associ-
ation.
CHAPTER XVI. Banks and Banking 321
Early Currency; Its Instability — The Old State Bank^s— The First National Bank of Troy Organized — The
Miami County Bank and Troy National Bank — The Piqua National Bank — The Citizens' National Bank of
Piqua — The Piqua Savings Bank Company — The Tippecanoe National Bank— The Citizens' National Bank
of Tippecanoe City— Banks of West Milton. Covington, Pleasant Hill, Bradford. Etc.— Stability of Miami
County's Financial Institutions. ,
CHAPTER XVII.The Medical Profession. P.x.'iT and Pre.sent 226
The Pioneer Doctor— Crude Methods of a CenturyAgo- Home Remedies— Charm Doctors— Bleeding the
Main Reliance of the Old-Tmie "Regular" — Devotion of the Pioneer Physicians — Diseases Prevalent in
Early Days— The Charlatan of Former Days — Some Early Physicians— The Medical Profession of the
Present Day — The Miami County Medical Society.
CHAPTER XVIII. The Pioneer Preacher 23.5
Charles Frederick Post, the Missionary — The Presbyterians. Baptists and Catholics Early Represented —
Controversialisni — Salary of the Backwoods Preacher — Hardships Endured — His Devotion — Stories of the
Itinerant Preachers — The Results They Accomplished.
CHAPTER XIX. Present Religious Denominations of the County 242
Local History of the Baptists. Methodists, Presbyterians, Lutherans. Friends or Quakers. Episcopalians-
German Baptists — Christians, Roman Cafholics, Etc.
CHAPTER XX. County Politics Old and New 2,55
Smallness of the Voting Popu.lation in Early Days— First Elective Officers— Political Parties — Methods of
Electioneering — Local Issues — Some Political Editorials— The .^dams-Jackson Campaign — Coming of Gen-
eral Harrison in 18^7 and 1840— The Campaigns of 185r> and 1860— The Campaign of 1864— Later Presi-
dential Campaigns — Congressional Battles — Humorous Incidents— Present Day Politics.
CHAPTER XXI Some County History Not Generally Known 264
The General Harrison Land— The Randolph Slaves— Last Indian in Elizabeth Township— Revolutionary
Pensioners— The July Fourth Celebration of 1827 at Troy— Prominent Miami County Lady— John Mor-
gan's Raiders — A Lincoln Letter.
CHAPTER XXII Manufacturers of the Past and Present 272
Early Mills and Distilleries— Brick and Tile Making— Present Industries of the County.
CHAPTER XXIII. Fraternal Orders, Building and Loan Associations, Population, Etc 278
Representative Citizens 231
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