| The Pioneer History of Meigs County |
| Stillman C. Larkin |
| Aaron Stivers |
| Samuel Halliday |
| Nehemiah Bicknell |
| Samuel S. Paine |
| Edgar Ervin |
| M. E. Rathburn |
| Charles Matthews |
A reprinting of the original book by Stillman C. Larkin first published in 1908. Stillman and a few others created the
Meigs County Pioneer Association in 1876 to gather and preserve the stories of the pioneer settlers. It was no easy
matter to collect and place in order the history of the first ten years of the settlements included later in the boundaries
of Meigs County. For from 1798 to 1808, was an almost forgotten age, but the men who worked for the good of coming
generations—worked wisely, intelligently, with broad views, and persistent effort to establish homes, roads, schools
and churches, to assist in framing wholesome laws, and enforcing them for the protection and well-being of a growing
community, men like George W. Putnam, Fuller Elliott, Levi Stedman, Brewster Higley, Peter Grow, Hamilton Kerr, John
Miles, William Parker, Abel Larkin and others, whose deeds and names belong to the annals of those years from 1792 to
1808. That makes true pioneer history.
Meigs County Pioneer Association in 1876 to gather and preserve the stories of the pioneer settlers. It was no easy
matter to collect and place in order the history of the first ten years of the settlements included later in the boundaries
of Meigs County. For from 1798 to 1808, was an almost forgotten age, but the men who worked for the good of coming
generations—worked wisely, intelligently, with broad views, and persistent effort to establish homes, roads, schools
and churches, to assist in framing wholesome laws, and enforcing them for the protection and well-being of a growing
community, men like George W. Putnam, Fuller Elliott, Levi Stedman, Brewster Higley, Peter Grow, Hamilton Kerr, John
Miles, William Parker, Abel Larkin and others, whose deeds and names belong to the annals of those years from 1792 to
1808. That makes true pioneer history.
Stillman Carter Larkin was born March 8, 1808 in Rutland, Meigs County, Ohio. His father, Abel Larkin was from Rutland,
Vermont and settled at Rutland, Meigs County in 1804. Stillman’s childhood, youth, manhood and old age were all spent
in Rutland. He was a self educated man with a philosophical cast of mind, with a clear apprehension of public affairs
and a careful student of political affairs. A member of the Christian Church the greater part of his life, he left the record
of a faithful disciple in the performance of religious duties and the example of an unblemished character. He died
January 17, 1899.
Vermont and settled at Rutland, Meigs County in 1804. Stillman’s childhood, youth, manhood and old age were all spent
in Rutland. He was a self educated man with a philosophical cast of mind, with a clear apprehension of public affairs
and a careful student of political affairs. A member of the Christian Church the greater part of his life, he left the record
of a faithful disciple in the performance of religious duties and the example of an unblemished character. He died
January 17, 1899.
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