Prehistoric Man

The Mound Builders

Indian Occupation

The Battle of Piqua

The Old Northwest

Clark County Organized

Selection of The Clark County Seat

Pioneers and Pioneer Days

First Settlers and Settlements in Clark County

Clark County Pioneers Living in 1907

John Paul, The First Settler in Clark County

Clark County Officials 1817 to 1907

Notable Events in Clark County

Underground Railway

Springfield’s First Riot

Springfield’s Second Riot

The Temperance Movement

The Clark County Court House

The Clark County Jail

The Clark County Poor House

The Orphan Children’s Home

Clark County Public Roads and Highways

Indian Trails

Early Roads

Military Route

Corduroy Roads

The National Road

Toll Pikes

The Stage Coach

Charles Dickens Stage Coach Ride

Railroads and Traction Lines

The Old Mills of Clark County

Fraternal Homes

Clark County Courts, Judges and Lawyers

The Medical Profession

The War of 1812-15

The Mexican War

The Civil War and Clark County

The Spanish-American War

Included is biographical information for 529 families including each of the following family surnames: (many thousands of additional family surnames are also mentioned throughout the book text and within these family biographies): Albin * Allen * Anthony * Arbogast * Bahin * Baird * Baker * Baldwin * Ballentine * Bateman * Battin * Bauer * Bayley * Beard * Becker * Benson * Bitner * Black * Blose * Bobo * Bookwalter * Bower * Bowers * Bowlus * Bowman * Branson * Buchwalter * Bunyan * Burk * Burkhardt * Burnett * Burton * Bushnell * Butcher * Bymaster * Callison * Calvert * Campbell * Cartmell * Chamberlin * Cheney * Circle * Clark * Clarke * Click * Clingerman * Cochran * Coffin * Coleman * Collier * Collins * Colvin * Cory * Cotter * Crabill * Craig * Crain * Crawmer * Croft * Crowell * Davisson * Dean * Detrick * Dial * Dickason * Diffendal * Dillahunt * Donnels * Downey * Drake * Duffey * Dunlap * Dunn * Durkee * Ebersole * Eichelbarger * Elder * Elliott * Elvin * Ernst * Estle * Evans * Fairbanks * Feirstine * Ferree * Finch * Fisher * Fissel * Fistner * Flatter * Florence * Flynn * Foos * Foster * Frantz * Freeman * Freid * Frey * Frock * Fuller * Garlough * Garver * Geiger * Geis * Gerlaugh * German * Geron * Gilbert * Goodall * Goode * Goodfellow * Gordon * Gower * Gram * Grieser * Griest * Grube * Gundolf * Gwyn * Haddix * Hagan * Halsey * Hardman * Harraman * Harris * Harshman * Hartman * Harwood * Hatfield * Hauk * Hays * Hedrick * Heistand * Helfrich * Helman * Hendershott * Hess * Hicks * Hinkle * Hirons * Hiser * Hockman * Hodge * Hopkins * Houston * Howett * Huffman * Humbarger * Hunt * Hunter * Hurd * Hypes * Hyslop * Inlow * Jenkins * Johnson * Jones * Judy * Kappenberger * Kauffman * Kay * Kedzie * Keifer * Kelly * Kershner * Kiblinger * King * Kinnane * Kissell * Kitchen * Kizer * Kneisly * Kobelanz * Krapp * Lawrence * Laybourn * Layton * Leatherman * LeFevre * Leffel * Lenhart * Lindenmuth * Linn * Little * Littler * Loftus * Loveless * Lowry * Ludlow * Luse * Lutz * Martin * Mason * Mast * Mattinson * Maughan * Maxson * McClellan * McClintick * McClintock * McConkey * McCormick * McKenzie * McKinley * McKinney * Mellinger * Merritt * Michael * Mickle * Miller * Milligan * Mills * Minnich * Mitchell * Mitzel * Mosher * Mower * Muff * Mumford * Murray * Nave * Needham * Neer * Neff * Nichelson * Nisley * Olinger * Otstot * Over * Overholser * Overpeck * Oxtoby * Paden * Paist * Parmenter * Parsons * Partington * Patric * Patterson * Patton * Pearson * Peirce * Pemberton * Penquite * Perrin * Petre * Phillips * Phleger * Pierce * Pinneo * Prince * Pringle * Procter * Prosser * Rabbitts * Rader * Rall * Rankin * Ray * Reddish * Redmond * Reynolds * Rice * Richards * Ridgely * Ritchie * Roberts * Rockel * Rodgers * Rogers * Rolfes * Roller * Ruby * Runyan * Russell * Rust * Scarff * Schaefer * Schaffner * Schaus * Schuster * Scifers * Seitz * Seys * Sharp * Shellabarger * Sherlo * Shouvlin * Shroyer * Sieverling * Silvers * Sintz * Skillings * Slaughter * Smith * Snaufer * Snodgrass * Snyder * Spence * Stackhouse * Stafford * Steinbarger * Stephens * Stewart * Stickney * Stipp * Stoner * Stotts * Stroup * Studebaker * Sullivan * Sultzbach * Sun * Swaidner * Swartzbaugh * Tarbutton * Tatman * Tatum * Taylor * Thackery * Thomas * Tindall * Tippie * Titus * Todd * Toulmin * Troupe * Trout * Troxell * Turner * Tuttle * Twichell * Ulery * Vale * Van Bird * Van Horn * Verdier * Verity * Voges * Vollmer * Waddle * Wade * Walhay * Wallace * Weaver * Weigel * West * Wheeler * White * Wickham * Wildman * Wilkinson * Williams * Wilson * Winger * Wise * Wood * Wraight * Wray * Wren * Xanders * Yeazel * Yeazell * Young * Zeller * Zerkle * Ziegler * Zimmerman * Zinn *

About this book:
This book was originally published in 1908 by Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, and is divided into three basic sections:
The History of Clark County, Ohio (339 pages)
The History and Description of Springfield, Ohio (187 pages)
Clark County Biographical Sketches (508 pages - 529 biographies).

Clark County is located in south west Ohio and bordered by: Montgomery County, Ohio * Miami County, Ohio * Champaign County, Ohio * Madison County, Ohio * and Greene County, Ohio * (click on highlighted county names for a complete description)

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