1883 Map of Perry County, Ohio in full color (shows the location of each township and numerous cities, towns, and villages)

The Indians

The First Whites

Pioneer Habits and Customs

Nationality and Races of Perry County Settlers

Crimes and Executions

Perry County Courts

Perry County County Officials 1818-1881

Perry County Public Buildings

County Seat of Perry County

Newspapers

Railroads in Perry County

Political Matters

Centennial of 1876

Cyclones and Floods

Perry County Old Settlers’ Association

Some Perry County Boys (Famous Sons)

War of 1812

The Mexican War

The Civil War

Reunion of Veteran Soldiers

Included is biographical information for 649 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): Achauer * Acker * Adams * Adamson * Aid * Allen * Allison * Anderson * Andrew * Ansel * Ardrey * Arnold * Ashbaugh * Ashbrook * Axline * Bailey * Baillie * Baily * Bair * Baird * Baker * Ball * Barker * Barnes * Barr * Barrett * Bastian * Beard * Beaver * Beck * Bell * Bennett * Betts * Bigrigg * Binckley * Birkimer * Blair * Blosser * Boies * Boling * Bowers * Bowman * Boyd * Bradley * Bradshaw * Breece * Brewster * Brown * Brumage * Brunner * Brush * Bryan * Burgess * Burgoon * Burley * Burns * Burrell * Burton * Butler * Butt * Butts * Caine * Caldwell * Call * Cannon * Carney * Carroll * Carter * Cartlich * Cassel * Charles * Chenoweth * Christman * Church * Clark * Clemson * Clumb * Cochran * Colborn * Combs * Conaway * Conly * Cook * Cooper * Cotterman * Coyle * Crawford * Crist * Crocker * Crook * Crosbie * Crossan * Crosson * Curran * Dambach * Daniel * Danison * Daugherty * Davey * Davis * Davy * Deaver * Delong * Denny * Dew * Dick * Dickson * Diltz * Dimond * Dittoe * Donaldson * Donnelly * Drake * Driver * Droege * Duckworth * Duffy * Dunlap * Dunn * Dunwoody * Dupler * Dusenbury * Ebert * Edwards * Elder * Emery * Essex * Essington * Eversole * Feedler * Ferguson * Finck * Fink * Flanigan * Flautt * Flowers * Forquer * Foster * Fowler * Fox * Francis * Franklin * Free * Fuchs * Fullerton * Funderburg * Gallagher * Garry * Gibson * Goodlive * Gordon * Gormley * Goulding * Granger * Grant * Griggs * Grimes * Hadden * Hamilton * Hammitt * Hammond * Hanley * Hannon * Hansberger * Harbaugh * Hardy * Harlan * Harsh * Hartsough * Harvey * Hatfield * Hays * Hazelton * Heck * Henricks * Henry * Heppell * Higgins * Hill * Hillery * Hillis * Hitchcock * Hite * Holmes * Householder * Howdyshell * Howerth * Hoy * Hufford * Hull * Humberger * Hunt * Huston * Hynus * Iliff * Jackson * James * Jenkins * Johnson * Johnston * Jones * Kagay * Kalb * Karr * Kating * Kear * Keenan * Kelley * Kelly * Kemper * Kennedy * Kern * Kessler * King * Kishler * Klein * Klipstine * Knotts * Kochenderfer * Kuhn * Kullman * Kyle * Larimer * Larzelere * Latta * Laverty * Lazier * Leaman * Lehew * Lehman * Lemert * Lewis * Lilly * Linville * Litsinger * Lloyd * Longshore * Longstreth * Love * Lowry * Luca * Lutz * Lyon * Mackin * Magruder * Mains * Marlow * Martin * Mason * Mathews * Mautz * McBride * McClean * McCloud * McCloy * McCormick * McCourtney * McCrillis * McCullough * McDonald * McGonagle * McGrew * McKay * McKeever * McKenna * McLaughlin * McMahon * McNulty * McQueen * McShane * McTeague * Mechling * Meloy * Meredith * Meschenmoser * Metzger * Micklethwaite * Middagh * Miller * Minaugh * Miner * Mitchell * Monahan * Montgomery * Mooney * Moore * Morehead * Morgan * Mullen * Neil * Newman * Nixon * Noe * Noon * North * Nugant * Nunemaker * O'Farrell * Ogg * Oldroyd * Opperman * Overmeyer * Owens * Pace * Palmer * Parkison * Payne * Peart * Penman * Penrod * Perkins * Petty * Phillips * Pierce * Pirt * Plank * Plant * Pletcher * Poling * Poorman * Porter * Potter * Powell * Price * Puterbaugh * Pyle * Rambo * Randolph * Rarick * Raybould * Ream * Reese * Rei * Retallic * Richards * Richey * Richter * Ricket * Ricketts * Ridenour * Rinehart * Rinker * Rissler * Roberts * Rockhold * Rodgers * Rogers * Rose * Rowan * Ruddock * Russell * Rutter * Ryan * Ryland * Saffell * Saltsman * Sanders * Sansom * Sawyer * Scallon * Schenk * Schneider * Scott * Secrist * Selby * Sellers * Shearer * Sheeler * Sheeran * Sheern * Shelly * Shepperd * Sheridan * Sherman * Shough * Shrider * Simons * Sims * Sines * Skinner * Smith * Smock * Smoot * Snyder * Sopher * Souslin * Sparks * Spence * Spencer * Spiece * Spirer * Springer * Stallsmith * Stalter * Stevenson * Stewart * Stickel * Stillman * Stith * Stobbs * Stoltz * Stoneburner * Storer * Strouse * Sullivan * Swartz * Sweeny * Swinehart * Swingle * Taylor * Teal * Teaters * Tedrow * Teeter * Terrel * Tharp * Thomas * Thompson * Tinker * Tracy * Trout * Turner * Tussing * Ucker * Vansycle * Vening * Wagner * Walker * Wallace * Watt * Weatherburn * Weaver * Weiland * Wells * West * Westall * White * Whitmore * Wigton * Wilkins * Williams * Wilson * Winter * Wiseman * Wolf * Wood * Woodcock * Woodward * Worstall * Wright * Yaka * Yarger * Yost * Younker * Younkin * Zartman *

About this book on CD:
This book was originally published as The History of Fairfield and Perry Counties, Ohio in 1883 by W. H. Beers & Co., 1883, Chicago, and compiled by A. A. Graham.

Perry County is located in south central Ohio and bordered by: Fairfield County, Ohio * Hocking County, Ohio * Athens County, Ohio * Morgan County, Ohio * Muskingum County, Ohio * and Licking County, Ohio * (click on highlighted county names for a complete description)

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