Identifier: HistoricalCollectionsOfOhio1891V2 (find matches)
Title: Historical Collections of Ohio: An Encyclopedia of the State ; History Both General and Local, Geography with Descriptions of Its Counties, Cities and Villages, Its Agricultural, Manufacturing, Mining and Business Development, Sketches of Eminent and Interesting Characters, Etc., with Notes of a Tour over It in 1886 V 2
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Howe, Henry, 1816-1893
Subjects: Ohio -- Biography Ohio -- History Ohio -- Local History Ohio -- Description and travel
Publisher: Columbus : Henry Howe & Son

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round, from which it seems that the troops and artillery, having been sta-tioned on high ground, fired over the enemy. On burning the trees the leadmelting ran down their trunks, discoloring them so much as to be perceived at aconsiderable distance. The remains of Major McMahon and his companions, who fell at the time ofthe attack on the fort, were buried within its walls. Some years since their boneswere disinterred and reburied with the honors of war, in one coffin, in the villagegraveyard. McMahon was known from the size of his bones. He was about 6feet 6 inches in height. A bullet hole was in his skull, the ball having enteredhis temple and come out at the back of his head. He was originally from nearthe Mingo bottom, just below Steubenville. He was a famous Indian fighter andcaptain, and classed by the borderers on the upper Ohio with Brady and theWetzels.— Old Edition. Brawn by Henry Howe in )846. The Mercer County Reservoir,Said to be the largest artificial lake on the globe.
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Ford Leivis, Photo., Celina, 1890. Street View in Celina. A church in course of construction is shown on the left, the Court-House on the right, the Reservoir in the distance. 497 32 MERCER COUNTY. 499 Celina, county-seat of Mercer, on the AVabash river, 100 miles southwest ofToledo, about 100 miles north of Cincinnati, and about ninety miles northwestof Columbus, is on the L. E. & W., C. J. & M., and T., St. L. & K. C. Rail-roads ; is also on the Grand Reservoir, ten miles long—the largest artificial lakein the United States, covering 17,000 acres with an average depth of ten feet.County officers, 1888: Auditor, Theophilus G. Touvelle; Clerk, Henry Len-nartz; Commissioners, John H. Siebert, Peter Haubert, Christian Fanger; Cor-oner, Theodore G. McDonald; Infirmary Directors, Charles F. Lutz, PhilipHeiby, David Overly; Probate Judge, Stafford S. Scranton; Prosecuting Attor-ney, Byron M. Clendening; Recorder, William C. Snyder; Sheriff, James F.Timmonds; Surveyor, Justin

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