| CHAPTER I - INDIAN TRIBES |
25 |
| |
- Mound Builders
- The Miamis
- The Pottawatomies
- The Delawares
- Indians in Tipton County
- The Reserve |
|
| CHAPTER II - GEOLOGY AND
TOPOGRAPHY |
31 |
| |
- Description
- Climate
- Soils
- Miami Silt Loam
- Miami Loam
- Clyde Silty Clay Loam
- Cllyde Loam
- Genesee Silty Clay Loam
- Genesee Loam
- Wabash Silty Clay Loam
- Muck
- Meadow (Genesee Material) |
|
| CHAPTER III - EARLY SETTLEMENT |
49 |
| |
- Indian Treaties
- First White Men
- Cicero Creek
- First Entries
- Later Settlement
- Richardville County
- First Townships
- Early Homes
- Wolves
- A Fight with Wolves |
|
| CHAPTER IV - ORGANIZATION AND
GOVERNMENT |
58 |
| |
- Act of Legislature Creating Tipton
County
- The First Election
- First Voters
- Organization of Tipton County
- Later Township Boundaries
- County Seat Named
- Court House History
- Second Court House
- Present Court House
- County Jail History
- Court House and Jail Bonds
- The County Poor
- Early Finances
- County Treasurer's Report for 1913
- County Officers for 1914 |
|
| CHAPTER V - TOWNSHIPS, AND
TIPTON CITY |
76 |
| |
- Madison Township
- Topography
-
Early Settlement
- First Improvements
- Early Elections
- Madison in 1914
- New Lancaster
- Curtisville
- Hobbs
- Cicero Township
- Early Settlers
- Topography
- Organization
- Elections and Officers
- Roads
- Hunting and Amusements
- Sports
- First Industries
- Cicero in 1914
- Jackson Station
- West Kinderhook
- Parrotsville
- Independence
- City of Tipton
- Prologue
- Selection of Site
- Laying Out
- Lot Sales
- Taverns
- Early Merchants
- Early Tipton
- Cholera Epidemic
- Incorporation as a Town
- Modern Tipton
- Incorporation
- Public Utilities
- Lake Erie & Western Shops
- City Park
- Prospective Tipton
- Tipton Public Library
- Tipton Chamber of Commerce
- Tipton Factories
- City Finances
- Postoffice History |
|
| CHAPTER VI - TOWNSHIPS
(Continued) |
107 |
| |
- Jefferson Township
- Topography
- Early Settlement
- First Improvements
- Other Early Statistics
- Early Elections
- Jefferson in 1914
- Jericho
- Tetersburg
- Normanda
- Kempton
- Goldsmith
- Ekin
- Prairie Township
- Topography
- First Settlers
- Organization
- Liberty in 1914
- Sharpsville
- Incorporation
- In 1914
- Nevada
- Wildcat Township
- Windfall
- Incorporation
- Town Notes
- Windfall in 1914 |
|
| CHAPTER VII - MILITARY HISTORY |
141 |
| |
- Events Leading up to Hostilities
- A Rebel Flag
- The First company
- Later Companies
- Donations
- Winter in 1861-2
- 1862 Enlistments
- Picnics
- Knights of the Gold Circle
- Drafts and Enlistments
- Regimental Sketches
- Other Regiments
- Items
- The Capture of the "General"
- Belle Boyd
- Spanish-American War. |
|
| CHAPTER VIII - POLITICAL
HISTORY |
|
| |
- Ante-Bellum Politics
- Election Laws
- Summary of County Officers
- Auditors
- Recorders
- Clerks
- Treasurers
- Sheriffs
- Surveyors
- Coroners
- Probate Judges
- Common Pleas Judges
- Circuit Court Judges
- Representatives
- Senators
- Presidential Elections |
|
| CHAPTER IX - THE BENCH AND THE
BAR |
174 |
| |
- The Circuit Court
- The First Case
- The Probate Court
- The Common Pleas Court
- A Few Early Lawyers
- Early Justices of the Peace
- Present Bar of Tipton County |
|
| CHAPTER X - THE MEDICAL
PROFESSION |
180 |
| |
- The Early Doctor
- Medical Associations
- Non-Association Physicians
- Doctors of the Past
- Personal Sketches |
|
| CHAPTER XI - EDUCATION |
185 |
| |
- Education in Tipton
- In Madison Township
- In Cicero Township
- Spelling Schools
- Other Diversions
- Public Schools in Jefferson Township
- In Prairie Township
- In Liberty Township
- In Wildcat Township
- Some Early Statistics
- Education in 1914
- As in 1889. |
|
| CHAPTER XII - CHURCH HISTORY |
196 |
| |
- Methodist Episcopal
- Christian
- Catholic
- United Brethren
- Baptist
- Presbyterian
- Evangelical Lutheran
- Country Churches
- Other Denominations |
|
| CHAPTER XIII - AGRICULTURE |
214 |
| |
- Agricultural Statistics
- Domestic Animals
- Crops
- Agriculture and Cultivation
- Agricultural Societies and Fairs |
|
| CHAPTER XIV - HISTORY OF
JOURNALISM |
223 |
| |
- Beginnings
- The Times
- The Tipton Republican
- The Tipton Enterprise
- The Tipton Advance
- The Republican, No. 2
- The Advocate
- The Windfall Herald
- The Kempton Courier
- The Car of Progress
- Saturday Express
- The Windfall News
- The Tipton Tribune
- The Early Newspaper |
|
| CHAPTER XV - LODGES AND
SOCIETIES |
230 |
| |
- Free and Accepted Masons
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows
- Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
- Improved Order of Red Men
- Knights of Pythias |
|
| CHAPTER XVI - TIPTON COUNTY
BANKS |
236 |
| |
- Early Banking
- The First National Bank, Tipton
- Citizens National Bank, Tipton
- Farmers' Loan and Trust Company, Tipton
- Farmers' State Bank, Hobbs
- People's State Bank, Windfall
- The Sharpsville Bank
- State Bank of Kempton |
|
| CHAPTER XVII - MISCELLANEOUS |
239 |
| |
- General John Tipton
- Tipton County Pioneer Society
- First Marriages
- County Population by Decades
- Defunct Towns
- Cyclone of 1886
- Relative Altitude of Tipton
- Early Fourth of July Celebrations
- Murders and Murder Population
- Railroads
- Interurbans
- State and County Roads
- Road Facts
- Navigation of Cicero Creek
- Fisheries |
|
