History of Danville – Introduction
Introduction In the list of secular studies history is among the most interesting and the most important. Indeed, there seems to be an almost universal desire to lift the misty…
History of Warren County – Table of Contents
CHAPTER I – OUR SUBJECT SOMEWHAT EXPLAINED. The Beginning of Warren County’s History – Date of Organization – It s Boundaries – Its Area and Streams – Origin of its…
History of Warren County, Brief Personals – Sunames O – Z
BRIEF PERSONALS* (Surnames O – Z) Offerle, Jacob, Warren p.o., Glade, was born in Alsace, France, on February 21, 1825. He was drafted in the French army under Louis Philippe,…
History of Warren County, Brief Personals – Surnames G
BRIEF PERSONALS (Surnames G) Gage, Ora C., Russell p.o., Elk, although not among the old pioneer residents of Elk, yet the position which he has taken among his fellow townsmen,…
History of Warren County, Brief Personals – Sunames A – F
BRIEF PERSONALS* (Surnames A – F) Abbott, Noah W., Sugar Grove, a practical contract sawyer and farmer, was born in Sugar Grove in 1841. He was a son of John…
History of Warren County, Chapter 55
CHAPTER LV HISTORY OF WATSON TOWNSHIP IN the year 1880, on the 4th of March, Limestone township was divided into about equal parts, and the northern half was organized into…
History of Warren County, Chapter 54
CHAPTER LIV HISTORY OF TRIUMPH TOWNSHIP THE township of Triumph was formed from Deerfield on the 7th of March, 1878, and is bounded as follows: North by Deerfield, east…
History of Warren County, Chapter 53
CHAPTER LIII HISTORY OF FARMINGTON TOWNSHIP FARMINGTON township was formed from Pine Grove by an order of the court confirming the report of commissioners, the date of the order…
History of Warren County, Chapter 52
CHAPTER LII HISTORY OF CHERRY GROVE TOWNSHIP CHERRY GROVE township was erected from the old township of Sheffield, on the 7th of December, 1847. Sheffield, Mead, and Cherry Grove were…
History of Warren County, Chapter 51
CHAPTER LI HISTORY OF MEAD TOWNSHIP THIS township was erected from portions of Sheffield, Kinzua and Pleasant townships, the report of the commissioners being confirmed absolutely on the 7th…