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WILLIAMS COUNTY, OHIO HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL IBD

SOUTHERN HISTORICAL PRESS, INC
12 / 2024
9781639143368
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Sinopsis

By: Weston A. Goodspeed and Charles Blanchard, Pub. 1882, reprinted 2025, 874 pages, New Index, soft cover, ISBN #987-1-63914-336-8.áWilliamsáCounty was created in 1820 from Wood County which was lost to create 9 new counties in Western Ohio.áIt is the northwestern corner county in the state bordering Michigan.áThis book begins with a history of the Northwest Territory and then with a history of the state itself.áFollowed by, topics of similar history books of the era with such topics as: topography, explorers, Indians, military, organization of the county and towns, politics, education, newspapers, agriculture, railroads, medical & legal professions and other issues that helped create the county.áBut the family historian will savior in the 300 pages of Biographical Sketches of person from the various townships.áThe New index that was produced for this reprint mentions over 13,000 individuals.