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CONTENTS.

 * and Settlement — The Newmans and Brubakers — The Newman Cabins — Pole Cabins — Catharine Brubaker — First Saw-Mill — Arrival of Michael Newman — The Fountain Cabin — Early Settlers on the Black Fork — First Grist-Mill — Laying out a Town — Jacob Newman — Michael and " Mother " Beam — Second Settlement in the County — The McCluer Settlement — First Roads — Settlements in 1809 — Settlements in 1810 and 1811 — Opening of the County by the Army in 1812— Settlements in 1814 and 1815— Wagon Trains and other means of Transportation — Taverns and Towns Social Matters — Ring Fights— Wood-Choppings, Quiltings, Corn-Huskings, etc. — Wolf Pens — First Temperance Society — The Irish Schoolmaster — Fourth of July and Militia Musters — Ax Presentation — Agricultural Statistics — Health — Congressmen from Richland
 * pg. 233

CHAPTER XXV.— The Good Old Days.— Cabins and their Furniture — Early Educational Facilities —Clothing and its Manufacture — Superstitions — Salt — Hominy Blocks —
 * Meal — Distilleries — Whisky and Its Use —Singing, Spoiling and Dancing Schools — Camp Meetings — Modes of Emigration — Emigrants' Trials —Observance of the Sabbath — Marriages — Deaths — Incidents — Mills and Milling — Flat-Boats on the Black Fork — Militia Drills — Pioneer Jokes — Johnny Appleseed's Nurseries — Old Indian Landmarks pg. 248

CHAPTER XXVI.— The Pioneer Society.— The Meeting at Hemlock Falls — The Organization at Bellville — The Organization in 1869 — Constitution — The Centennial Meeting —
 * The Meeting in 1879— General Brinkerhoff's Address— A List of the Pioneers pg. 260

CHAPTER XXVII.— "Johnny Appleseed." pg. 269

CHAPTER XXVIII.— Indian Troubles.- War of 1812— Alarm of the Settlers — Block-Houses — Greentown Indians and their Removal — James Copus — His Influence over the
 * Indians — Burning of the Indian Village — Capt. Armstrong — The Killing of an Indian by Morrison and McCulloch — The Jones Tragedy — Search for the Murderers of Jones — The Killing of Ruffner and the Zimmers— Sketch of Ruffner — Battle on the Black Fork and the Murder of James Copus— Removal of the Copus Family — Mrs. Sarah Vail — Killing of Two Indians near Mansfield pg. 272

CHAPTER XXIX.— War or 1812.— War Preparations in the State — Condition of the Frontier — Hull's Surrender — Disposition of Troops— Erection of Block-Houses— Sketch of
 * General Beall's Life— Organization of his Army — Scarcity of Supplies— Beall's March — Camp Council — Meeting Among the Troops — General Harrison Arrives — His Speech — General Beall's Difficulty with General Wadsworth — Arrested, Court-Martialed and Acquitted — His Brigade Disbanded — The Expedition of General Crooks and Colonel Anderson — The Statement of John F. Rice regarding the Battle on Lake Erie and Death of Tecumseh pg. 286

CHAPTER XXX.— The Mexican War.— First Troops raised in the County — McLaughlin's and Ford's Companies — Letter of Dr. William Smith— Second Year of the War — George
 * Weaver's Company — Its Part in the Conflict pg. 295

CHAPTER XXXI.— Railroads.— The Mansfield* New Haven, and Monroeville & Sandusky Eoads— First Train in May 1846 — Arrival of the First Train in Mansfield, and its
 * Appearance—The Roadbed— Breaking Ground at Mansfield— The Depot— Grain Trade— Oxford & Huron Road— The Mansfield & Sandusky Road— The Columbus & Lake Erie Road — Sandusky, Mansfield & Newark Road — Baltimore & Ohio Road — The Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati Road — Springfield & Mansfield Road — The Bellefontaine Road —Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago, or the Pennsylvania Road — The Atlantic & Great Western, Name

Changed — The Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Road — The, Telegraph— The Telephone pg. 302

CHAPTER XXXII.— The War of the Rebellion.— Commencement of the War — First News in Mansfield — Public Meetings — Major McLaughlin and the First Company —
 * Departure for Columbus — Miller Moody's Company — The 15th and 16th Regiments in the Field— Their Return — Captain M. R. Dickey's Company — Captain A. C. Cummins' Company — Other Companies — Return of the Three-Months Men pg. 313

CHAPTER XXXIII.— First Three-Years Troops.— Re-enlistment of Three-Months Men — Unsuccessful attempts of Captain Beekman's Company to enter the Three-Months Service
 * and their Return — Organization of Companies in the County — Thomas Ford Commissioned to Raise the 43d Regiment — Camp Mordecai Bartley — The 15th Regiment — Departure of the 22d — Roster of the 32d — Its Life in the Field pg. 323

CHAPTER XXXIV.— The 15th Regiment.— Roster— Organization — Life at Camp Bartley — Leaves for the Front — Life in the Field — Sent to Texas — Muster-Out and
 * Return — The 2d Cavalry — Its service in the War. pg. 331

CHAPTER XXXV.— The Sherman Brigade.— Earliest Steps — Mr. Sherman's Arrival in Mansfield— Note —Interview with R. Brinkerhoff — Commencement of Recruiting — William
 * Blair Lord — Captains Gass, Mcllvaine, Ayers and Others — Selection of Camp Buckingham — Arrival of Major R. S. Granger — His Former Life, Character and Standing — He Puts the Camp Under Military Discipline — Organization of the 64th and 65th Regiments— The Cavalry and Artillery — Senator Sherman's Letter to the Brigade — Quartermaster Brinkerhoff Detached from the Brigade — The Brigade's Departure for the Front — Its Disintegration as a Brigade — Rosters and Histories of the 64th, the 65th, the Cavalry and the Artillery pg. 338

CHAPTER XXXVI.— War History Concluded.— The 102d and its Organization — Death and Burial of Major McLaughlin — War Meetings — Bounties — Departure of the 103d — Its
 * Roster — Its History in the Field — Its Discharge — The 120th — Recruiting to Avoid a Draft — Draft — Camp Mansfield Established — Drafted Men in Camp — 120th Regiment Organized — Roster — History in the Field — Consolidation with the 114th — Drafted Men in Camp Mansfield — Their Departure — Other Calls for Troops — Militia — Sanitary Fair — Ohio National Guard — 163d Regiment — Close of the War — Return of Troops pg. 355

CHAPTER XXXVII.— A Chapter of Tragedies.— Murder at Millsborough— John Welch Kills His Wife— The Rowland-Barker Affair— A Negro Killed— Return J. M. Ward— The Murder
 * of Hall and the Peddler — Ward's Confession — The Steingraver Murder — Killing of Mock by Pool —Murder of Mrs. Lunsford— A Boy Kills his Brother — Murder of William Finney— The Killing of Alfred Palm — How Mansfield Treated her Thieves and Blacklegs pg. 366

CHAPTER XXXVIII. -Thk Mansfield Bar.— The First Courts of the County — The First Grand Jury — The Early