by historian | Jul 15, 2020 | Stories of Interest
By Nelle Grossman, White Reunion, 1926 The ancestors that we represent in our reunion were brothers, Alexander and Samuel White. Just what state they were born in is not definitely known but I am inclined to think New Jersey. In 1804, Samuel White and his infant...
by historian | Jul 10, 2020 | Stories of Interest
A tornado struck southwestern Franklin County creating anxiety, fear, excitement, and fascination in residents who witnessed the storm threat in 1973. Jackson Township Fire Captain Richard Hughes was quoted in the Grove City Record as saying that in his 30 years in...
by historian | Jul 8, 2020 | Stories of Interest
Prairie Township was organized in 1819 largely from what was then Brown Township. Before the township was organized, the Clover family from Virginia and Ross County, Ohio settled an area that became known as Clover Settlement. The couple had 12 children, 10 boys and...
by historian | Jul 3, 2020 | Stories of Interest
Pleasant Township was organized in 1807 and the earliest settlement was Georgesville. The early township settlers, according to the atlas, included Thomas Roberts, John Bigger, James Garliner, Samuel Dyer, Samuel Kerr and John Turner. Harrisburg was the largest...
by historian | Jul 1, 2020 | Stories of Interest
Franklin Township, the oldest in the county, was organized in 1803 and some of the early settlers included Samuel White, John Huffman and William Harrison Sr. While the township in general was mostly farmland, the two biggest employers were the Central Ohio Lunatic...
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