Shelby County History

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Loramie Township  Location & Features | First Families | Other firsts | Churches (for a larger view of the map, click here)     Loramie township is crossed at the northeast corner to the center west line by the C.C.C. & I.R.R. railroad.  The northeast part of the township is crossed by the Canal & Loramie Creek.  The surface of Loramie township is, for the most part, level and the west side is even low and flat.  the soil is rich and yields abundantly of cereals and grasses.    
 

First Families of Loramie Twp. 
(this list is by no means complete - others were settled in the area that I do not have listed)

Prior to 1812	Settlement of this township dates back to the time immediately following the War of 1812.  Samuel McClure, with his wife and children, settled in the area prior to 1812.
abt 1814	Robert Houston & family, and David Houston.
1815	William and John Houston.
Autumn 1815	William Morrow came from Cumberland, PA.
1816	William Johnston of PA and John Patterson.
1817	Wm Skillen came from Westmoreland county, PA.
Prior 1817	Zebediah Richardson, Wm Anderson, and Thomas Wyatt.
1818	Henry Zemer and Jacob Black.
1820	Jacob Everley, David Clark, Henry Harp, and Robert Johnston.
abt 1823	James Harvey, Joseph Blackwood, and Joseph Wyatt (of Miami Co.)
1823	William Johnston
1826	William Ellis came from Miami County.
1830	Henry Day
1832?	William Legg
1833	John Worley (of PA) and Jacob Rouston (of MD).
1834	John Worley (of PA)
1835	Christian Madder (of Germany) and James Unum.
1837	Jacob S. Apple came from Montgomery County, J.J. Debrosse, Joseph Gaible.
1838	John B. Malliott, Frederick Bishop (of German birth), and Amos Peppiot.
1838/9	J.R. Griffis came from Butler County.
1839	William Harrup
1840	Emanuel Sherer and Tebone Didier
1843	Henry S. Apple came from Montgomery county.
1844	Henry Delaet (of France)
1845	Simon Richards (of France)
1848	Peter Wright came from Cynthian Township.
November 1848	Louis Peltier
1852	Nicholas Didier (of France)

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• Abt. 1826/8, a log school house was built.  Early teachers were William Wright & C. Wyatt.  Prior to this, school had been held at the houses of William Skillen  and Robert Houston.

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Mt. Jefferson Presbyterian Church	Organized December 31, 1848 by Rev. J.A. Meeks of Piqua.   A brick church was dedicated January, 2, 1850 by Rev. Thomas Elcock.
Beech Grove United Brethren Society	Organized about 1866 at the Apple school house by Rev. Wiliam Mittendorf.  On September 5, 1869, the church was dedicated by Revs. White and Fritz of Dayton.
Mt. Jefferson Christian Church	Organized in 1849 by Elder Cabeb Wooley and Elder James Fahnestock with eight members in attendance. In 1852, a frame church was built in Mt. Jefferson.
Methodist Episcopal Church	This branch was organized in 1825 by Rev. Levi White & John Woodney at the house of Thomas Wyatt.  In 1832, a hewed log house was built and was dedicated December 1836 by Rev. James Findley.  In 1854, a frame church was built in Mt. Jefferson.  In 1876, the church was dissolved.
The St. James German Reformed Church	Organized in 1867 by Rev. Jacob Weaver.  On September, 14, 1881, a church was dedicated by Revs. Shaw & Weaver.

top   Information was gathered from the following sources: "History of Shelby County, Ohio" by R. Sutton & Co. 1883    Back to Shelby County OHGenWeb ©1999 by Tina Hursh