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These first settlers were Andrew Russell, who died five years later and is buried in the military cemetery; Peter Diltz, who returned to Montgomery County in 1818; and William Van Ausdall, who died in 1824 and whose remains are next to the grave of Andrew Russell. Settlers who came to the township immediately following were Henry Hartel (1820); Dye Sunderland and family (1821); William Stewart, George Kephart, Jacob Hartel, Peter Sunderland, (a Revolutionary soldier who died here in 1827), William Sunderland, Benjamin Russell, Samuel Stewart, Joseph Sutton, Thomas Adams, Ferd Miller, Solomon Carr, Samuel Washburn, William Berryman and brothers, Daniel Hoak (1824-25); James and John Crosier, Daniel Garde, Jacob and Silas Miller,(1825 or 18Z6), William Cochran, Samuel Moore, William Adams, William Durham, and Isaac Knoop (1827-28); Archelaus Martin, John Ireland, William Winans, Fred, Tom and Josiah Clawson, Henry Harris, Saul and John Patton, Samuel and James Baxter, William Knuttle (1828-29) ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 20:39:09, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) Subject: ALLEN COUNTY - PART 1 HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF OHIO, By Henry Howe, LL.D., 1898 ALLEN ALLEN COUNTY was formed April 1, 1820, from Indian Territory, and named in honor of a Col. Allen, of the war of 1812; it was temporarily attached to Mercer county for judicial purposes. The southern part has many Germans. A large part of the original settlers were of Pennsylvania origin. The western half of the county is flat, and presents the common features of the Black Swamp. The eastern part is gently rolling, and in the southeastern part are gravelly ridges and knolls. The "Dividing Ridge" is occupied by handsome, well-drained farms, which is in marked contrast with much of the surrounding country, which is still in the primeval forest condition. Its area is 440 square miles. In 1885 the acres cultivated were 119,175; in pasture, 29,598; in woodland, 53,395; produced in wheat, 460,669 bushels; in corn, 1,157,149; wool, 103,654 pounds. School census, 1886, 11,823; teachers, 178; and 118 miles of railroad. TOWNSHIPS AND CENSUS 1840 1850 Amanda 282 1,456 Auglaize, 1,344 1,749 Bath, 1,512 1,532 German, 856 1,589 Jackson 1,176 1,893 Marion 672 4,488 Monroe 2,182 Ottawa 7,669 Perry 923 1,465 Richland 3,372 Shawnee 756 1,241 Spencer 1,646 Sugar Creek 1,032 The population in 1830 was 578; 1850, 12,116; 1860, 19,185; 1880, 31,314, of whom 25,625 were Ohio born, 3 were Chinese, and 4 Indians. The initial point in the occupancy of the county by the whites was the building of a fort on the west bank of the Auglaize in September, 1812, by Col. Poague, of Gen. Harrison's army, which he named in honor of his wife Fort Amanda. A ship-yard was founded there the next year, and a number of scows built by the soldiers for navigation on the Lower Miami, as well as for the navigation of the Auglaize, which last may be termed one of the historical streams of Ohio, as it was early visited by the French, and in its neighborhood were the villages of the most noted Indian chiefs; it was also on the route of Harmer's, Wayne's, and Harrison's armies. To-day it is but a somewhat diminutive river, owing to the drainage of the country by canals and ditches, and the clearing off of the forests; in the past it was a navigable stream, capable of floating heavily laden flat-boats and scows. The fort was a quadrangle, with pickets eleven feet high, and a block-house at each of the four corners. The storehouse was in the centre. A national cemetery was established here, where are seventy-five mounds, the graves of soldiers of the war of 1812. Among the first white men who lived at this point was the Frenchman, Francis Deuchoquette. He was interpreter to the Indians. It was said he was present at the burning of Crawford, and interfered to save that unfortunate man. He was greatly esteemed by the early settlers for his kindly disposition. In 1817 came Andrew Russell, Peter Diltz, and William Van Ausdall; and in 1820 numerous others. Russell opened on the Auglaize the first farm probably in that county, and there was born the first white child, a girl, who became Mrs. Charles C. Marshall, of Delphos. She was familiarly called the "Daughter of Allen county." She died in 1871. From an address by T.E. Cunningham, delivered before the Pioneer Association, at Lima, September 22, 1871, we derive the following additional items upon the early settlers of the county: "Samuel McClure, now living, at the age of seventy-eight years, settled on Hog creek, five miles northeast of where Lima now stands, in the month of November, 1825, forty-six years ago. He has remained on the farm where he then built a cabin ever since. The nearest white neighbors he knew of were two families named Leeper and Kidd, living one mile below where Roundhead now is, about twenty miles to the nearest known neighbor. On that farm, in the year 1826, was born Moses McClure, the first white child born on the waters of Hog creek. Mr. McClure's first neighbor was Joseph Ward, a brother of Gen. John Ward. He helped cut the road when McClure came, and afterwards brought his family, and put them into McClure's cabin, while he built one for himself on the tract where he afterwards erected what was known as Ward's mill. The next family was that of Joseph Walton. They came in March, 1826. Shawneetown, and Indian village, was situated eight miles below the McClure settlement, at the mouth of Hog creek. A portion of the village was on the old Ezekiel Hoover farm and a portion on the Breese farm. Mr. McClure and his little neighborhood soon became acquainted, and upon good terms with their red neighbors. He says Hai-Aitch-Tah, the war-chief, had he been civilized, would have been a man of mark in any community. Quilna was the great business man of the tribe here. Soon after the McClure settlement was made they erected a mill at Wapakoneta. The settlers had no road to the mill, but Quilna assisted them to open one. He surveyed the line of their road without compass, designating it by his own knowledge of the different points and the Indian method of reaching them. There are many of the children of the early settlers to whom the name of Quilna is a household word. To his business qualities were added great kindness of heart, and a thorough regard for the white people. No sacrifice of his personal ease was too much if by any effort he could benefit his new neighbors. In the month of June, 1826, Morgan Lippincott, Joseph Wood, and Benjamin Dolph, while out hunting, found that McClure settlement. To his great surprise, Mr. McClure learned that he had been for months living within a few miles of another white settlement located on Sugar creek. He learned from the hunters there were five families: Christopher Wood, Morgan Lippincott, Samuel Jacobs, Joseph Wood, and Samuel Purdy. It is his belief that Christopher Wood settled on Sugar creek as early as 1824, on what is known as the Miller farm. In the spring of 1831, John Ridenour, now living, at the age of eighty-nine, with is family - Jacob Ridenour, then a young married man, and David Ridenour, bachelor -removed from Perry county, and settled one mile south of Lima, on the lands the families of that name have occupied ever since." ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 20:39:17, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) Subject: CHURCH RECORDS - ALLEN COUNTY OHIO The cross road of our nation - Records & Pioneer Families January-March 1964 Vol. V No. I Published by Esther Weygandt Powell ORIGINAL CHURCH RECORDS ALLEN COUNTY, OHIO ST. PETER'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH 1838-1857 Contributed by the Allen County Historical Society and published with their permission. This first and only original church record book was discovered by the secretary of the Society in a pile of trash that was to be burned. It was from a church whose history is not included in any published history of Allen County, Ohio. The land where the church stood belonged to Putnam County until 1848. It stood north of Cairo (2 miles north on Route 65 and 1/2 mile west of the Alstetter Road) in the northwest corner of section 20. The church is gone now. Here is Maple Grove Cemetery where a few of the old graves still remain. The first entry was made the 10th day of Sept. 1838 when Rev. Frederick Wynecken from the kingdom of Hanover preached to the congregation of 17 members, confirmed one woman and baptized 10 children. In Oct. 1838 Rev. C. Spielman preached and in June 1839 Rev. John Wagenhals. Rev. George Spengler (Spangler) then preached in June 1839 and in July 1841 Rev. Abraham Doner was ordained as their regular minister. The first members in 1838 were: Simon Schindler Jacob Herbster Jacob Alstaetter Peter Herbster (Harpster) Jacob Schindler Paul Schindler Anthony Harbster Jacob Altstaetter Peter Alstaetter Deacons Aug. 10, 1845: John Teegardin & John J. Becker. MEMBERS WHO PAID THE MINISTER IN 1844: Jacob Schindler Anton Herbster Jacob Altstaetter MEMBERS WHO PAID THE MINISTER IN 1845: Heinrich Kraus Jacob Herbster Aaron Teegardin Simon Schindler Jacob Alstaetter Anton Herbster Johannes Theegartner Johannes Theegartner Peter Herbster Peter Herbster Heinreich Theegartner Heinreich Frank CONFIRMED MAY 20, 1843: John Teegardin George Vetter Elizabeth McMillen Henry Teegardin & wife Samuel Huck Mary Lang Delilah McMillen Jacob Roederer CONFIRMED MAY 18, 1844: Adam Krauz Catherine Alstetter Regin Krauz John Herbster Isabel Ridenour Sarah Herbster Catherine A. Teegardin Catherine Ann Cunrod CONFIRMED MAY 17, 1846: Phillip Kleckinger Barbara Roeder Catherine Vetter Michael Roeder Susanna Hook CONFIRMED JUNE 10, 1848: Eliza Schindler Mary Harpster Mary A. Alstetter Elizabeth Harpster Elizabeth A. Alstetter CONFIRMED MAY 11, 1850: Henry Schidler Leah Schindler Catherine Backer Jacob Roederer Elizabeth Altstetter Catherine Backer CONFIRMED SEPT. 29, 1850: Orange G. Barkey Clem Ribley Elisabeth Krouse At a church meeting held on the 10th day of Aug. 1846 the following church officers were duly elected-namely-Jacob Vanvoorhis and James Arnett-to be elders and William Ormond-Deacon. On small slips of paper, economically cut from unused portion of old letters, are birth and baptismal records probably intended for permanent recording. Some are written in German as are many of the financial records of the church. The first record omits the family name but is given below for possible identification by some of our readers. Elisabeth born May 20, 1834 David born May 7, 1835 Christine born August 13, 1836 Georg born February 6, 1839 Thomas born the 22 1840 Daniel born July 7, 1841 Sarah Jane born Nov. 26, 1843 Robert Nuten born Jan. 19, 1846 Georg died the first Nov. 1839 Margaret McHane born September 23, 1838 Elisabeth Teegardin was born Feb. 20, 1838 Huldah Teegardin was born June 19, 1840 Mary Teegardin was born Jan. 30, 1844 mary Teegardin born Nov. 10, 1835 Elisabeth Teegardin was born Oct. 18, 1836 Joseph Teegardin was born march 19, 1841 Sarah Ann Teegardin was born may 4, 1842 Peter Teegardin was born Sept. 17, 1844 ____ Francis Grabill was born Feb. 10, 1835 Sarah Catherine Grabill was born June 1, 1837 Mry Elisabeth was born Oct. 19, 1840 B_____ Frankle was born Aug. 13, 1843 Naomi was born Aug. 13, 1843 BAPTISM - James-infant son of William and Elizabeth Wagner was baptised on the 20the day of June 1846 by Abraham Doner Pastor of the Church. Signed. A. Doner Pastor--William Wagner. MARRIAGE - Alexander McCafferty of Monroe township Putnam County, Ohio and margaret Edmunds of said township and County were joined in marriage by A. Doner Lutheran Pastor on this 15th day of July, 1846 DEATH - Samuel Franks of Monroe township was buried on the 18th day of July 1846. Signed. John Baker-Deacon. BORN - Mary Ann Teegardin was born May the 21, 1847. BAPTISM - Mary Ann Teegardin infant daughter of Daniel and Mary Teegardin was baptised July the 11, 1847. Signed. Abraham Doner, Pastor - Daniel W. Teegardin, Father. To conserve space the record of births and baptisms is continued in the following condensed form: CHILD PARENTS BORN BAPTISED Anna Paul & Catherine Schindler Aug. 1, 1847 Aug 8, 1847 Samuel Jacob & Mary Schindler Mar. 7, 1847 Aug 8, 1847 Caroline Peter & Cath. Altstatter Aug 8, 1847 Anna Jacob & Mary Shindler Sep 2, 1848 Johaan Michael Jacob & Mary Altstatter Sep 3, 1848 Elisabeth Ann Daniel W. & Mary Teegardin Aug. 28, 1848 Oct 28,1848 Eliza John J. & Mary Ann Becker Nov. 9, 1848 Apr 14,1849 Harriett Paul & Catherine Schindler Feb. 5, 1851 Sep 28,1851 Mary Magdilane Jacob & Cath. Altstetter May 14, 1850 Mar 16,1851 Henry Peter & Anna Elis'th Backer Dec. 14, 1850 Mar 16,1851 John Monroe Henry & Rachel Teegardin Dec. 30, 1849 Mar 16,1851 Michel Cherles & Eve Marg. Rummel Nov. 7, 1850 Mar 16,1851 Sarah John J. & Mary Ann Backer Sep. 28, 1850 Oct 15,1851 Sarah Cath. Adam & Eve Margret Clinger Aug 25, 1851 Oct 15,1851 Isick Simon John & Susanna Rockey Oct. 11, 1851 July 4,1852 Maria Adaline John & Susanna Rockey Apr. 20, 1840 Aug 29,1852 George Paul & Catherine Schindler Feb. 11, 1853 June 5,1853 Mary Jane Jane J. (?) & Mary Ann Backer Feb. 1, 1853 June 5,1853 (THE LIST CONTINUES WITH THE BAPTISMS OF REV. PAUL J. STIREWALT) Mary Jacob & Barbara Muller Apr. 21, 1854 Nov 25,1854 Elisabeth Michel & Mary Roderer Nov. 30, 1855 Feb 10,1858 Charles Charles & Eva Marg. Rummel Jan. 15, 1855 June 1,1856 David Paul & Catherine Schindler Jan. 1, 1854 Aug 24,1856 Susanna John J. & Mary Ann Beker Jan. 16, 1854 Aug 24,1856 Rhuben Samuel & Mary Stepleton Aug. 8, 1855 Aug 24,1856 Susanna John & Mary Schneider Oct. 5, 1855 Nov 2, 1856 George Job & Sivily Boton Oct. 9, 1854 Nov 2, 1856 Mary Elisabeth Job & Sivily Boton Aug. 22, 1856 Nov 2, 1856 William Michael & Mary Roderer Mar. 16, 1857 June 7,1857 William Jacob & Barbary Miller Feb. 19, 1857 June 7,1857 Catherine Cherls & Margaretha Rummel Mar. 28, 1857 June 7,1857 Joseph Thomas Elias & Susanna Umbaugh Oct. 29, 1856 July 5,1857 ------------------------------ End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V99 Issue #154 *******************************************