1798 History of Ashtabula County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Pioneers and Most Prominent Men, by William W. Williams, published by Williams Brothers, printed on the Press of J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, 1878, First Edition — 256 three-sided gold leaf-edge pages — 246 illustrations, plus tinted map of Ashtabula County, Ohio.


Contents:
  • Historical and Descriptive:
    • History of Ashtabula County:
      • Introductory
      • The Progress of Discovery
      • The Connecticut Western Reserve
      • The Connecticut Land Company
      • The Geography of the County
      • The Geology and Topography of the County
      • The Mound-Builders
      • The Indians
      • The Parent State
      • Pioneer Settlements
      • Means of Communication
      • Civil Organization
      • Social Life in Early Times
      • Ashtabula's connection with the Anti-Slavery Movement
      • Religious and Educational
      • The Press
      • Societies
      • The Ashtabula Railway Disaster
      • Statistics
      • The Military History of the County:
        • Roster of Soldiers from Ashtabula County, War of 1812
        • Roster of Soldiers from Ashtabula County, War of the Rebellion
    • Histories of the Townships:
      • Andover
      • Ashtabula
      • Austinburg
      • Cherry Valley
      • Colebrook
      • Conneaut
      • Denmark
      • Dorset
      • Geneva
      • Harpersfield
      • Hartsgrove
      • Jefferson
      • Kingsville
      • Lenox
      • Monroe
      • Morgan
      • New Lyme
      • Orwell
      • Pierpont
      • Plymouth
      • Richmond
      • Rome
      • Saybrook
      • Sheffield
      • Trumbull
      • Wayne
      • Williamsfield
      • Windsor
    • Errata

  • Biographical Department:
    • Hon. D. C. Allen * Benoni Andrews * Joseiah Atkins * Hon. Q. F. Atkins * Hon. Eliphalet Austin * Rev. Joseph H. Badger * Rev. J. B. Bartholomew * A. E. Beals * Henry Bedell * Hon. E. J. Betts * Joel Blakeslee * Charles Booth * Philo Booth * John Brown * N. Burington * S. S. Burrows, M.D. * Hon. Darius Cadwell * Amasa Castle, Jr. * N. S. Caswell * John Churchill * Wesley * Clark * Elijah Coleman, M.D. * Nathaniel Coleman * S. H. Cook * Alfred Cowles * Miss Betsey M. Cowles * Miss Cornelia R. Cowles * Edwin Cowles * E. W. Cowles, M.D. * G. H. Cowles, D.D. * Giles H. Cowles * Joseph B. Cowles * Capt. Lysander M. cowles * Hon Samuel Cowles * D. L. Crosby * Elijah Crosby * Levi Crosby * W. H. Crowell * William Crowell, Sr. * C. E. Curtiss * A. C. Dibble * Elisha Farnham * S. H. Farrington, M.D. * Hon Henry Fassett * A. K. Fifield, M.D. * Greenleaf Fifield, M.D. * E. H. Fitch * Hon. O. H. Fitch * Ferdinand Fobes * Henry C. Fobes * O. P. Fobes * Simon Fobes * N. Follett * Harvey R. Gaylord * Maj. Levi Gaylord * Thomas Gibson * Hon. Joshua R. Giddings * William Giddings * D. D. Gist, M.D. * Rev. John Hall * Edward Hammond * H. F. Hardy * Austin Harmon * Edward Harmon * Elijah Hart * S. G. Holbrook, M.D. * A. W. Howard * J. A. Howells * Hon. W. C. Howells * Hon W. P. Howland * Henry Hubbard * J. C. Hubbard, M.D. * Hon Matthew Hubbard * William Hubbard * E. G. Hurlburt * Linus H. Jones * Samuel Jones, Sr. * Samuel Jones, Jr. * Hon. Abner Kellogg * Amos Kellogg * L. D. Kellogg, M.D. * Martin Kellogg * Paulina Kellogg * Hon. William Kellogg * Dr. D. E. Kelley * Gen. Henry Keyes * John Kiddle * Mrs. Lydia King * M. Kingsley, M.D. * V. D. Latimer * Ferninand Lee * Hon. E. B. Leonard * H. Lindsley * Nelson Maltby * E. F. Mason * Deacon Joseph Mills * Rev. Elias Morse * Hon. S. A. Northway * Luther Parker * E. O. Peek * S. W. Peek * W. E. Pinney * Calvin Poole, Jr. * B. C. Randall * Hon Rufus P. Ranney * Miss C. L. Ransom * D. W. Raymond, M.D. * James Reed * J. P. Rieg * J. P. Robertso * Capt. O. Salisbury * Alvin Schramling * Col. G. H. SᵉCheverell * Dr. J. H. SᵉCheverell * C. S. Simonds * W. T. Simonds * Hall Smith * L. W. Smith * Plin Smith * Dr. Luther Spelman * H. A. Spencer * H. C. Spencer * L. P. Spencer * Platt Rogers Spencer * Platt R. Spencer, Jr. * R. C. Spencer * W. P. Spencer * R. Spring * Captain A. W. Stiles * James Stone * Charles Talcott * Hon. Freeman Thorp * Charles Tinker * Hon. B. F. Wade * Edward Wade * Hon. Jonathan Warner * John B. Watrous * E. M. Webster, M.D. * H. H. Webster, M.D. * Hon. Horace Wilder * George Willard * Hon. H. B. Woodbury * M. W. Wright * Rev. O. T. Wyman * Thaddeus S. Young

  • 246 Illustrations: Tinted Map, Portraits, Buildings, Disaster photos, Residences, Churches, Stores, Mills, Businesses, etc.