The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1951-08-30
100 Years
Continued from 1-B)

ship came from Washington
| county.
Reproductions of snapshots in
each portion of the county will
be given as each township is
studied, in logical order.
Elk township is bounded on
the north by Stock township,
Noble county, and Franklin
township, Monroe county; on the
east by Bethel township, Mon
roe county and Liberty township,
Washington county; on the south
by Liberty and Salem township,
Washington county; and on the
west by Jefferson township,
Noble county. 1t lies chiefly upon
the waters of the East Fork of
Duck Creek, but in the southern
portion are some of the sources
of PaW-Paw Creek. The land is
generally hilly, but abundance of
limestone in almost all the hills
tends to render the soil fertile.
Harriettsille Chats how the
u. S. Postoffice spells it) is sit
uated in the southern part of the
township in the alley of the East
Fork of Duck Creek, and was in
1876, quite an enterprising town.
The majority of its citizens are
of German descent, but some
Irish and English names also ap-
pear in the directory of that
time. Some of our older and
middle-aged citizens may find
things of interest to pass on to
their children. In this list may
appear the names of many of
their ancestors and the occupa-
tions of them.
Business Directory of Elk
township, 1876 w. C. Martin,
Harriettsville, physician and
surgeon; L. L. Lovett, Harrietts-
vile, farmer and stock raiser;
Eli H. Archer, Harriettsville,
school teacher and student at
law; William Parks, Masterton
(noW Lebanon, Monroe county,,
farmer and stock raiser; George
Crum, Elk Postoffice probably
Observation-Disclosures as Crum
town., farmer, stock raiser, and
WoolgroWer; Herman Kirchner
HarriettsviIle, saddler and har-
ness maker; Charley Lloyd,
Harriettsville, farmer and mer-
chant, dealer in dry-goods, boots
and shoe: Frederick Schaffer,
HarriettsVille, proprietor Union
hotel, also manufacturer of
wagons and carriages, repairing
neatly and promptly done; Seb-
astian Schaffer, HarriettsVille,
manufacturer of farm wagons
and carriages, repairing neatly
and promptly done; (The writer
remembers seeing "Bost" do
some repair work on the old
farm wagon of Jacob w. Kehl,
the writer's step-father. AL
thought "Bost" lived to be an old
man, he was killed by a barn
door which fell from the late 0.
F. Wernecke barn, at Harrietts-
vile at threshing time), Among
others listed in the directory are:
Jesse Gray, Harriettsville,
lawyer and justice of the peace;
Brooks & Pryor, blacksmithing
of all kinds done on short notice;
Samuel Cooley, Harriettsville,
wholesale and retail dealer in
drugs, medicines, paints, and oils,
pure wines and liquors for
medicinal use prescription, per-
haps, for what ails you), choice
family groceries, pocket cutlery.
David Rohrer, Harriettsville,
farmer; Jacob Ullman, Harrietts-
vile, farmer. (No mention is
made of Phillip Ullman, great
| grandfather of the writer's wife;
however, he seems to be the
ancestor of all the Ullman'S in
Noble and surrounding counties
in Ohio, as we'll as in many other
states. Although of German des-
cent, this Phillip Gle used two
l-s) Ullman came from the pro-
vince of Alsace, France. In his
naturalization paper, he re-
noHnces all allegiance to Louis
Philippe, King of the French
/ U830-1848).
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