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Title: History of Dearborn and Ohio counties, Indiana
Year: 1885 (1880s)
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Publisher: Chicago, F. E. Weakley & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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1855 and 1857, PhilanderS. Page; in the sessions commencing 1859 and 1861, Benjamin L. Rob-inson; in the sessions commencing in 1863 and 1865, Alexander C-Downey; in the sessions commencing in 1867 and 1879, Flavins J. Bell-aney. House.—Since 1845 Ohio and Switzerland Counties have composed arepresentative district. 1846, John Tait, Jr.; 1847, Samuel F. Cov-ington and Charles T. Jones; 1848, Daniel Kelso; 1849, John W.Wrightand John W. Spencer; 1850, Thomas Armstrong; 1851, Samuel Porterand John W. Spencer (after this session the Legislature met biennially,and convened in January instead of December, as under the old consti-tution); 1853, Oliver Dufour, Hazlett E. Dodd; in 1855, George W.Harryman and David Cain; 1857, John W. and John J. Hayden; 1858-59, William H. Gregory (session of 1858 a special one); 1861, Hugh T.Williams; 1863, Robert N. Lamb; 1865, Augustus Welch; 1867, JamesNorth; 1869, Stephen H. Stewart; 1871, William G, Holland; 1873;Benjamin North; 1875, William T. Pate.
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CITY OF LAWRENCEBURGH. 241 CHAPTER XV. CITY OF LAWRENCEBURGH. Location and Origin—The Early Village and Its Progress—TheWarren Murder—The Decade Betaveen 1830 and 1840—Observ-ance of Independence Day, 1831—Laavrenceburgh a City—GrowthAND Progress—Odd Fellows Building and City Hall—The City1858-59—The Banking Business—The Fire of July 4,1866—Ecclesi-astical History—Schools—Leading Manufacturing Interests-Gas Works—Fire Department—Societies—Old Land Marks andRelics—The Centennial Fourth. LAWRENCEBURGH is situated on the right bank of the OhioRiver, occupying a position on a broad expanse of most fertilebottom lauds, back of which there arises a ridge and range of hills, tow-ering, perhaps, 100 feet above the valley, from which is presented a pic-ture most grand to behold—the broad and extended bottoms coursed bythe Great Miami, the city with its many and graceful church spirespointing heavenward, its huge and tall chimneys from the numerous fac-tories

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