Last Updated on December 5, 2012 by The early records of the township were destroyed by fire in the house of John McKee in 1827 or 1828, but as nearly as can be ascertained the first trustees were Caleb Merritt, John Brooks, and Thomas Sharp, and Caleb Merritt the first justice of the peace. Trustees […]
Last Updated on March 15, 2012 by Burton, Theodore Elijah; U. S. senator to March 3, 1915; born, Jefferson, O., Dee. 20, 1851; son of Rev. William and Elizabeth ‘(Grant) Burton; A. B., Oberlin College, 1872, A. M. 1875; (LL. D., Oberlin, 1900, Dartmouth, 1907, Ohio University, 1907); unmarried; admitted to bar, 1875, and since
Last Updated on March 28, 2013 by Dennis John Holdren, now living in Lee township, was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, October 15, 1777, and came to Athens county in 1798 accompanied by another young man named John Konker. Soon after reaching Athens they took up land in the south part of Alexander township and
Last Updated on March 28, 2013 by Dennis Capt. Isaac Barker, came from New Bedford, Massachusetts, to the northwestern territory in the autumn of 1788. For several years he lived in the Belpre settlement on the Ohio river, about fifteen miles from Marietta, and his name is preserved as one of the heads of families
Last Updated on October 26, 2012 by (about 4 ½ miles north from US Route 50 on Route 144) BALCOM Ziba, d. 27 Mar. 1850, ae. 57 yrs., 4 days. Amanda S., d. 22 Aug. 1850, ae. 7 mos., 22 days. Dau. of E. & D. Nathan S., d. 22 Nov. 1848, ae. 3 mos.,
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Last Updated on June 19, 2012 by CAPT. GEORGE FRY, an old and honored citizen of Shannon County, Missouri, is a native of the Buckeye State, born in Franklin County in 1817. His father, George Fry, was a native of Pennsylvania, who went to Ohio in 1812 or 1813, floating down the Ohio River to
Last Updated on October 6, 2012 by Dennis Rome Ohio 1820 Census Index Anderson, Daniel 130 Aryer, Daniel 130 Ballard, Jesse 130 Ballard, Jesse, Jr. 131 Barnabas, Eben 130 Barrows, George 131 Barrows, Henry 131 Batts, Joseph 131 Bebee, Charles 130 Bebee, James 130 Bebee, Peter 133 Bebic, Hopson 130 Bench, Benjamin 131 Bobo, Triplet
Last Updated on December 5, 2012 by Sec. 1 appointed Rufus Putnam and Samuel Carpenter to survey and lay off the town of Athens agreeably with the rule of the resolution of the legislature of December 18th, 1799. Sec. 2 directed the treasurer of the university to have the town plat recorded. Sec. 3 directed
Last Updated on July 8, 2012 by LEVI L. MUNSELL. Among Shannon County’s younger business men are many whose interests in this section of the Ozark Region are going to make it a few years hence what it is today as compared with a generation ago. Many of these have already made their mark, but
Last Updated on March 28, 2013 by Dennis John Brown (nephew of Capt. Brown), born February 10, 1774, at Leicester, Massachusetts, married Miss Polly Green, of ,Spencer, Massachusetts, in 1797, and set out for the Ohio Company’s purchase in the autumn of 1801. He brought his young family and few effects over the mountains, with
Last Updated on March 28, 2013 by Dennis Jonathan Wilkins, one of the earliest inhabitants of Athens, was a man of very considerable learning, and for some time taught a pioneer school. Of his son, Timothy Wilkins, the following reminiscence is furnished by Dr. C. F. Perkins; it is hardly less strange than the history
Most of the Athens County Ohio Genealogy collection has been extracted from Walker’s History of Athens County. These consist of numerous biographies, lists of town officers and land records. To this has been added an 1820 census index of Athens County, extracted from the original records by Dennis Partridge. And transcriptions from several cemeteries extracted from WPA lists.
Last Updated on December 5, 2012 by County Recorders. office. Recorded what volumes. Dr. Eliphaz Perkins, From 1806 to Jul. 1819, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 Chauncey F. Perkins, From July 1819 to May 1826, Nos. 4, 5. A. G. Brown, From May 1826 to Aug. 1833, Nos. 5, 6. Robert E. Constable, From Aug.
Last Updated on December 5, 2012 by Legend: 1: Acres 2: Range 3: Township 4: Section 5: Dollars 6: Cents Last First 1 2 3 4 County Orignal Proprietor 5 6 Comments Ames Silvanus 108 13 6 4,9 Athens Manasseh Cutler 43 Brown John 132 13 6 14 Athens Winsor 87 Brown Benjamin 200 13
Last Updated on June 2, 2011 by HON. THEODORE L. STILES. – Honorable Theodore L. Stiles was born at Medway, Clarke county, Ohio, July 12, 1848, and was the only child of Daniel J. and Marie S. Stiles. His mother’s maiden name was Lamme; and she, too, was a native of the same county as
Last Updated on December 5, 2012 by The first election for town officers was held April 27, 1839, when Charles Cable was elected mayor; A. J. Bond recorder; John Coe, S. M. Sheppard, John Hull, W. W. Poston, and James Rusk trustees. Luther Burt was appointed marshal of the village, and Robert Miller treasurer. James
Last Updated on December 5, 2012 by We have not been able to procure the records of the township previous to 1825; they have been lost or destroyed. The following are the township trustees since that time. Township Trustees 1825-1868. 1825 Resolved Fuller, Daniel Weethee, Samuel B. Johnson. 1826 Jonathan Allen, Simon H. Mansfield, William
Last Updated on March 28, 2013 by Dennis George Walker (known during his residence in the county as Judge Walker) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1774. His father, John Walker, came of an old family in Leicestershire, England, was a graduate of the university of Edinburgh, and a barrister at law, removed to America
Last Updated on October 6, 2012 by Dennis York Ohio 1820 Census Index Blackstone, Ebenezer 137 Brown, Samuel 137 Bukerstaff, William 137 Calt, Beach 137 Camp, Benjamin 137 Casery, John 137 Codner, John 137 Codner, Samuel 138 Conner, John 137 Culbertson, Thomas 137 Due, Thomas 137 Dutcher, Sarah 137 Fisher, William 138 Gibbs, Samuel 138
Last Updated on October 6, 2012 by Dennis Dover Ohio 1820 Census Index Allen, Jonathan 120 Armitage, John 120 Armitage, John, Jr. 120 Bagley, Samuel 120 Bagley, William 120 Bagly, Samuel, Jr. 120 Barnes, Enos 120 Batchelor, Benjamin 120 Batchelor, David 120 Bells, Levi 120 Ben, John 120 Bingham, Ray 120 Boswith, James 120 Bowen,
