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Run, and many feet above high-water mark of that stream. Portland street now passes on the west side of these grounds, and they were nearly west of the place where Mr. Warner's flour-mills and Mr. Halm's brewery are now established. But commerce, however, as in almost every like instance, adopts the almost cruel logic of Jefferson that "the earth belongs to the living," and that no power is able to resist its invasion of any soil, however sacred, when greed requires it for its uses; and after manufacturing and residence wants clamored at the gateways of this first burialplace, two new cemeteries-the Fountain Grove, south of Bryan, in Pulaski Township, and Brown's Cemetery, two miles northwest of Bryan, in Centre Township, were established, and the remains of nearly all the dead were exhumed and transferred to one or the other of those places. But some had no surviving friends, and their bodies yet rest in the old grounds where they were originally deposited. Thomas Wyatt's body was first buried there, and his ashes have never been disturbed. The second interment was a daughter of Thomas Shorthill, and from some cause her remains were suffered to continue in the old grounds.

FOUNTAIN GROVE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION.

The first meeting for the purpose of effecting such an organization was held on the 26th of January, 1855, when Messrs. John Will, David M. Crall, Levi Schlott, Robert Pitcairn, Alvira Spencer and William Yates were elected a Board of Trustees, and Albert R. Patterson, chosen Clerk. At a meeting of the trustees, held February 2, 1855, Robert Pitcairn was elected President of the Board, and by-laws were adopted. William A. Stevens was chosen Treasurer. Several years seem to have elapsed before there was a regular sexton employed to have charge of the cemetery. The first appointed was O. L. Brown, and the present one is Matthias Blossing. Both these gentlemen were competent to discharge faithfully the duties conferred upon them, and they have rendered the grounds highly attractive. The principal officers now, in addition to the sexton, are: John W. Pollock, President; Dr. A. L. Snyder, Executive Trustee; A. C. Dillman, Secretary. Mr. Youse states that John Will was most prominent in the selection and supervision of the present cemetery.

PULASKI TOWNSHIP.

BY H. S. KNAPP.

SETTLEMENT.

In October, 1833, Judge John Perkins removed from Brunersburgh, with his sons, Isaac and Garrett, and son-in-law, John Plummer, and these, accompanied by John Moss, George Lantz, Henry Jones and a Mr. Hood, established themselves on Beaver creek, and named their colony Pulaski. Judge Perkins built a grist and saw mill on the Creek, which, it is believed, was the first erected within what now are the limits of Williams County.

ORGANIZATION.

At the session of the Commissioners of Williams County, held at Defiance, August 8, 1837, it was ordered, that the "south half of the south tier of sections in Town 7 north, Range 3 east, be taken from said town and added to Town 6, in said range, and upon petition the name of said town is changed from Beaver to Pulaski, and the said Township of Pulaski is hereby organized; and the Auditor is ordered to give notice of an election to be held at the house of Alonzo Rawson, on the 26th inst., for the purpose of electing the necessary officers for the government of said township." The Alonzo Rawson above mentioned belonged to one of the most eminent pioneer families of Northern Ohio, his three brothers being the late Abel Rawson, a distinguished lawyer who settled in Tiffin, in 1826, and Dr. L. Q. Rawson, who settled in Lower Sandusky (now Fremont) in 1827, and Dr. Bass Rawson, of Findlay, one of the early pioneers of Hancock County. Alonzo Rawson opened the first stock of goods at Lafayette (since changed to Pulaski), in a house built by himself, and afterward sold to A. W. Boynton, when Mr. Rawson removed from the county. The same building and rooms are now occupied as a store by Aaron Stoner. At this time there was no white settlement in the township, except at what is now Pulaski, and its inhabitants, like those at Williams Centre, then anticipated that when the seat of justice would finally leave Defiance for a point near the geographical center, it would settle permanently at Pulaski. No dreamer then contemplated the erection of Defiance and Fulton Counties, and the destruction of the original county lines.

ELECTIONS AND VOTERS.

At an election for Justice of the Peace held in Pulaski Township, April 6, 1840, Reuben II. Gilson, David Pickett and David Landaman

acting as Judges, and Alonzo Rawson and Jabez Jones as Clerks, the following persons voted: Daniel Davidson, David Pickett, Reuben H. Gilson, Robert Thompson, Isaac Swagger, Daniel Wyatt, Sr., William Kilpatrick, Isaac Perkins, James McKinley, Philetus S. Gleason, Jabez Jones, Ezra Wilson, George B. Jones, Alonzo Rawson, John Kaufman, David Landaman, Alfred Shepard, John Oakes, Henry Johnson, George Shook, John Beavers, Seymour Montgomery, Aquilla Caszet, Peter Deck, John Harris. Benjamin Smith, Barnabas Peddycoast, William Johnson, John Flannahs, J. R. Capsil, Daniel Wyatt, Jr., Samuel A. Baker, Benjamin Kent, George Everett, John Perkins and Garrett Perkins.

The above election being held the year Bryan was platted and named, there were then, of course, no voters on the space now occupied by the town.

A special election was held in Pulaski Township, November 28, 1840; David Landaman, James McKindley and John Hanna, Judges; and George Lantz and Ezra Wilson, Clerks. The election was called to make choice of a Justice of the Peace. Thirty-six votes were cast, of which Daniel Wyatt received sixteen and Ezra Wilson twenty; no politics at this election.

October 12, 1842, at the general election held in Pulaski Township, sixty-four votes were cast, of which Wilson Shannon, Democratic candidate for Governor, received forty-nine votes, and Thomas Corwin, the candidate of the Whig party, thiry-four votes. Those who voted were: William A. Stevens, Benjamin W. Evans, Ezra Wilson, Thomas C. McCurdy, Thomas Kent, Jacob Youse, Seymour Montgomery, Isaac Swagger, Robert Traylor, Daniel Kite, Benjamin Kent, Jasper Fulkerson, Robert Thompson, George L. Higgins, Daniel Wyatt, Andrew J. Tressler, John Dinsmore, Thomas J. McDowell, Andrus Dutcher, George Shook, James B. Godwin, John Oakes, Henry Wilson, John McDowell, Isaac Perkins, John Perkins, John A. Alexander, David Landaman, James Alexander, R. H. Gilson, David Harris, George B. Jones, William Oxenrider, John Harris, Jabez Jones, William Johnson, William Johnston, Henry Johnson, Thomas Shorthill, Adam R. Bowlby, William I. Bowlby. Jacob Beavers, John Kaufman, John E. Traylor, William Kilpatrick, John Wyatt, Henry Deivert, Philetus S. Gleason, George Lantz, John Clampet, David Picket, Andrew Hamilton, James Shorthill, George Mather, Volney Crocker, Jacob Over, John J. Hill, John D. Martin, Garrett Perkins, Aquilla Caszet, George Everett, Benjamin Smith and James McKinley.

At the election in Pulaski Township, held on the 11th of October, 1843. Bryan had commenced business life, and E. H. Leland, Adam R. Bowlby and Daniel Langel were Judges, and N. M. Landis and John

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Cameron acted as Clerks. The following-named persons voted: Daniel Landaman, E. H. Leland,* Thomas Kent,* Daniel Langel,* S. R. Brown, Henry Trevitt,* N. M. Landis,* John Cameron, James Shorthill,* John Perkins, Isaac Swagger, John Johnson, Robert Traylor, Jesse Lantz, Jacob Teems,* William Cronk, David Harris, John Oaks, John A. Alexander, William Kilpatrick, George Lantz, William Yates, Benjamin Kent, Jr., David Wyatt, Jacob W. Guver, Garrett T. Hitt. William Stough, Andrew Hamilton, Edington Sterner, Sylvester Lewis, A. W. Boynton, James Guthrie, Jacob Beavers, Adam R. Bowlby, Charles Young, George Beavers, Thomas Kent, Sr.,* Christian Harris, David Pickett, Benjamin Smith, John Peticord, John Hanna, Jacob Youse,* James B. Godwin, Hezekiah Hanna, Jabez Perkins, Seymour Montgomery,* John Clampet, John Kaufinan,* Lewis Rose,* Andrew J. Tressler,' George W. Kent, Reuben H. Gilson,* Jacob Over,* John P. Wyatt,* Benjamin Kent, Sr., William Johnson, Hustin Brown, John Godwin, John Harris, Garrett Perkins, Samuel Myers,* Daniel Davidson, Thomas J. McDowell,* Philetus S. Gleason, William Earlston, Daniel Tharp, Ashford Kent, William I. Bowlby, Heman Harman, George B. Jones, Jeremiah Beavers, James McKinley, Samuel K. Miller, John Traylor, William Oxenrider, John Collins, Washington Leonard, Alonzo Rawson, Jabez Jones, Isaac Perkins and John McDowell.*

October 18, 1846, at a special election, Daniel Langel, David Tharp, and David R. Bowlby, Judges, and Andrew J. Tressler and Joshua Dobbs, Clerks of said election, there were 105 votes cast. As it may, for obvious reasons, be matter of interest to know who then voted, the names of the electors are given as follows: Francis M. Case, Jacob Stauer, Joseph Mankin, William A. Stevens, John B. Alexander, Jacob Over, Daniel Langel, Andrew J. Tressler, Thomas Kent, Leonard Naftzger, E. H. Leland, Isaac Swagger, Solomon S. Little, Thomas H. Blaker, Levi Cunningham, Peter Himes, George Keckler, John Stauer, William Peoples, Thomas Stakes, Peter Deck, Sr., William Yates, Henry Batlo, James S. Gurwell, Sanford W. Smith (sworn), George Snalling, John Sadoris, John Mattocks, Ezra Wilson, Joseph S. Johnson, R. H. Gilson, David W. Harris, George Shook, John Godwin, James Alexander, Daniel Tharp, Samuel Kent, Alfred Shepherd, Adam R. Bowlby, Robert Tompson, N. M. Landis, John Kaufman, Jacob Youse, Barnet Brown, John Perkins, Joseph S. Boynton, Jeremiah Beavers, John Paul, James B. Godwin, Isaac Perkin, John P. Wyatt, Jacob Beavers, George B. Janes, Washington Leonard, Robert Russell, Stephen I. Doughton, J. E. Washburn, M. D. Doughton, Henry Carbaugh, George Lantz, Samuel Paul,

* At this election eighty-three votes were given, of whom those marked with an asterisk (*) were citizens of Bryan, and on the basis of an average of five members of a family to each one who voted, a fair estimate of the population of the town at that date can be made.

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George W. Beavers, James S. Guthrie, William I. Bowlby, Jeremiah Scarnell, Samuel K. Miller, Joshua Dobbs, James B. Akey, Benjamin Smith, Jonathan Davis, Henry Johnson, Joel F. Pool, William B. Yates, Stephen Kent, Elias Johnson, James Earlston, John Shaw, George W. Kent, Thomas Shorthill, John Oaks, John Lantz (sworn), Michael Lickel, Elijah Athey, James Oxenrider, Joseph Fulton, Jacob Teems, Charles Case, A. W. Boynton, Daniel Wyatt, Jabez Jones, James McKinley, Jared Griswold, Volney Crocker, Moses Johnson, William Stough, Elijah Perkins, John A. Molbash, Garrett Perkins, Jabez Perkins, William Oxenrider, Jr., Joseph Dixon, Thomas Kent, Benjamin Kent, Giles H. Tomlinson. Total, 105.

Only a few of those above recorded are now residents of Bryan. Even within the comparatively brief space of thirty-six years, the larger number have passed the portals of the tomb, while some have removed, and of these a majority have died in other homes. Charles Case settled in Fort Wayne, Ind., where he became prominent at the bar and represented that district in Congress. Subsequent to the civil war, he occupied a responsi ble place connected with the United States Internal Revenue service at New Orleans. Others in the list might also be mentioned, who removed to other sections, and afterward often regretted that they had not remained in Bryan, and "let well enough alone."

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

Following embraces a list of names and dates of commissions annexed thereto Payne C. Parker, June 4, 1825; George Lantz, June 8, 1827; Jabez Jones, June 20, 1834; H. C. Conoway, December 31, 1836; Harman Doolittle, May 15, 1837. [The foregoing were elected in the territory then comprising three townships, of which Pulaski was one, and after Pulaski was organized as a district township, the following were chosen]: David Pickett, January 24, 1838; Ezra Wilson, December 24, 1840; George Lantz, April 29, 1840: Adam Bowlby, December 27, 1845; William A. Stevens, February 1, 1842; John Godwin, December, 31, 1843; Alonzo Rawson, February 13, 1844; Giles H. Tomlinson, December 7, 1844; William Stough, February 22, 1847; W. McKean, October 26, 1850; Adam R. Bowlby, February 14, 1852; Adam R. Bowlby, January 13, 1855; William Stough, April 13, 1855; Edwin J. Evans, April 13, 1855; William H. Ogden, January 18, 1858; Edwin J. Evans, April 16, 1858; William Stough, April 16, 1858; William H. Ogden, January 10, 1861; Elen Langel, April 9, 1861; Henry Gilbert, April 17, 1863; Edwin J. Evans, April 23, 1864; Elen Langel, April 23, 1864; John H. Palmer, April 23, 1864; Eli T. Richardson, November 25, 1864; William H. Ogden, April 10, 1867; Ed

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