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Pioneering in Clermont County The Batavia Settlement Chronicle
The article traces early Clermont County history from 1790s settlement to Batavia's development. It recalls Ezekiel Dimmitt and James Taylor migrations, the Duckwall lands, and Ely’s Batavia growth, with cabin life, logs, looms, and community defenses against wolves, plus church, cemetery and town-planning details.
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Ohio
John Adams
House of Representatives
Indiana
Cin
Hamilton
Ross
Adams County
Henry
Clermont
St. Clair
Department of
France
Clermont County
Batavia
Jackson Township
Marathon
Tecumseh
Ezekiel Dimmitt
Virginia
Duckwall Bottoms
Moses Duckwall
Ella Bradley
Ezekiel
James Gest
Kentucky
Phoebe Gest
James
John Gest
Dimmitt
James Taylor
William Lytle
Lytlestown
Williamsburg
Lytle
Duckwall
George Ely
E. C. Ely
David E. Bryan
John Collins
Jas. Hulick
New Jersey
Here
Main
Spring
Wood
Broadway
North Street
M. E
East Fork
New York
Charles Moore
Augustus Elmer
Bull
Ely
Ernsberger
Wood Street
Moore
Union Cemetery
Clinton County
Saturday Evening Post
Enoch
David Brunk
James Waits