The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-09-22
H1sroRY or sTARK couNrY.
Messss. Baslin g. Battey's New BoOk--A
Fine VOlume--Brief Review of Its
Contents.

Messss. BaslkIn & Battey's New BoOk--A
Fine V0lume--Brief Review of Its
Contents.
The History of Stark county upon,
which the Chicago publishing house of
Messrs. Baskin g. Battey have been bust
ly at work for some months past, has
just been issued from the press and is
now being delivered to subscribers. 1t
is a QuartO volume Of over one thousand
pages, bound in cloth and morocco with
gold embOssing and edges. The book
was printed from new, clean-faced type,
and its typographical appearance is up
to the high standard of this book pub
fishing house. The first one hundred
and sixty-three pages are devoted to a
brief history of Ohio and its agrieultuf
raj and climatic advantages. The next
four hundred and thirty pages of the
work is devoted to the history of the
county, townships, cities and villages.
1t begins with physical and geological
features, farming, stock raising, &c.
The early inhabitants, prehistoric earth
works, sketches of Indian tribes
and interesting incidents occupy
the second chapter. In chap
ter three and four are given
the accounts of the organization of the
county, white settlements, early public
buildings, court house, jails, &C., piO-
neer ministers, schools, railroad and ca
nal statistics and their construction.
War history occupies chapter five. Ac-
counts are given Of Captain Stidger's
company of 1912, Stark county in the
Mexican war, the rebellion and sketch
es of different regiments. Oh .pter 81
is given up to the Court and bar, the
Judges and attorneys of the past and
present. The medical fraternity are
likewise treated in chapter seven. The
next four chapters are devoted to Can
ton and Canton township, growth and
increase, capital and labor employed,
census statistics, sc. Chapter twelve,
thirteen, fourteen and fifteen treat of
Perry township and MassillOn. The re-
naming sixteen chapters are devoted to
giving complete sketches Of the present
and past of the different townships with
valuable educational, religious and ag-
ricultural statistics.
Some two hundred and eighty pages
are occupied with brief biographical
sketches of the leading business men
and citizens of the county.
ThebOOk contains twenty-six full page
portraits of prominent men and old
pioneers of the county. The following
are the portraits: James Bayliss, A. W..
Coates, R. H. FOlger, W. B. GOOdin, O..
N. HartshOrn, Isaac Harter, Jacob Hane,
George HOltz, jeremiah KOOntz, Peter
LOutzenheiser, Thomas Mccall, James
Mcdowell, H. Matthias, John POntius, A.
POntius, W. A. Robertson, H. G. Roger,
C. NJ. Russell Jacob Sherrick, Jacob
Schmachtenberger, Levi Stump, John
Slusser, Jacob Scwartz, P. P, Trump,
Elisha Teeters, George Wyant and Cyrus
Young. ..
Full page views are given of the
FairmOunt Children's Home, Mount I'm
ion College and the Stark county Court
House and Jail.
In the front part of the book is map
of the county, showing all the railroads
built and building, county roads, cities,
villages and all the sections marked off
and numbered. n
On the whole it may be said that
Messrs. Baskin & Battey have surpassed
the anticipctiOns of our citizens and
given us work of great historical
value and an excellent book of refer