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oi tho early settlers.Rev. Thomas Higdon— trotlier of Sidney Higdon of Mormon notoriety—preached tho first sermon in tho township, in the vaar 1815, in an unfinished building in Ft kin, afterwards occupied as a tavern by Mia. KHonor Birr, and recently turndown in tho constiuctiou of the railroad. Mr. Higdon was a regular baptist miui*t«»r,and a man of considerable intelligence. Ho was afterwards elected a Representative from Columbiana county to the Ohio Legislature,The tow whip waa organized in the year 1815, and was narool after Mr. John Brow n—uncle to Rev. Jobu BrflWn, late of Wayoeaburgh, now of Iowa—whdf thou resided in Pekin, a mill-wrigbt, who built the first mill in the township. In iu first organization,the township was but six miles fquare, but in the erection of Carroll co., two miles off the cast end of Sandy town-ship were added to it, making it six miles wide and eight miles long, which is its present dimensions.Tho firat election, for township officers, after the organization of the township, was held in the spring of 181G. James Reed and Ti.omaa Laila, were the opposing candidates for Justice of the Peace. Every voter iu the township waa present at the election. Twenty nine votes wero polled in all. James Reed had fourteen, Tbos. Lalta fourteen, and ono blank. As tbu candidate* were fiitf, the Judges of tbo oloction proceeded to determine the matter by lot, and James Reed waa declared the mat Justice of the Peace for the town-abip, wbich office be held for ticentt/ one year* in succession.T — . t. lt;---.1____ .1____ t...i C__
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Carroll Free Press
Carrollton, Ohio, US
Wed, Jul 14, 1858
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