Settler Surnames

Maybe you will recognize a familiar surname, perhaps from your own family or someone you know. Select this page and use the ‘find’ or ‘search’ feature in your browser software to quickly locate a name. These ‘early immigrant’ names are taken from the May 24, 1917, issue of "Ft. Loramie Progress." It is a list of local surnames and the area in which they were living as of the list’s writing (city of Sidney, Ohio, or local township). This information was contributed by Roger Liess.

Sidney

Abbott, Amann, Anderson, Bird, Blake, Buirley, Bulle, Burch, Bush, Carey, Clauson, Cleckner, Conklin, Conover, Cummins, Dingman, Doering, Dunnavant, Edgar, English, Etherington, Fielding, Foster, Frazer, Fry, Gamble, Given, Goode, Graham, Haines, Hale, Haslup, Johnston, Joslin, Kelsey, Kilborn, Lacey, Lamb, Leckey, Mathers, Maxwell, McClean, McCullough, Murray, Nicholson, Nutt, Piper, Read, Reddish, Rutledge, Skillen, Smeltzer, Stephenson, Stowel, Taylor, Thompson, Thorn, Toy, Van Fossen, Vandegriff, Wagner, Walker, Weingartner, Wells, Wyman, Yohe and Zinn.

Cynthian

Blanchard, Dunlap, Galley, Hale, Hughes, Mills, Penrod, Pilliod, Short, Taylor and Wiley.

Dinsmore

Abbott, Allen, Blakeley, Botkin, Boyer, Brackney, Bridewesser, Clinehens, Cochlin, Dill, Elliot, Faler, Fey, Flesher, Fogt, Fridley, Gallimore, Gerber, Good, Gibson, Green, Hagelberger, Kah, Kraft, Lehman, Lemon, Mede, Metz, Munford, Noland, Park, Ragan, Reynolds, Taylor, Toland, Turner, Wiford, Young and Zimpfer.

Franklin

Bennett, Brown, Clancey, Coleman, Critton, Curtner, Emley, Fogt, Forrar, Fridley, Hagelberger, Harmon, Hume, Hutchison, Johnston, Knasel, Leapley, Ludlum, McClure, McVay, Moothart, Murphy, Shaw, Shiff, Swander, Young and Zedeker.

Greene

Anderson, Apple, Applegate, Arbogast, Atkinson, Beezley, Bird, Botkin, Bratigam, Bulle, Chrisman, Conroy, Cory, Covault, Cunningham, Denman, Dickensheets, Dormire, Dorsey, Frazier, Gray, Hageman, Heath, Hume, Hunt, Johnson, Johnston, Laughlin, Leedom, Lewis, McGinnis, Medaris, Middleton, Minnear, Niswanger, Partington, Platt, Princehouse, Randolph, Redinbo, Robinson, Rolfe, Sanders, Sarver, Sergeant, Shaw, Sherwood, Simes, Sturm, Tuttle, Verdier, Wiles, Williams, Woodmancy, Woodward and Vorhees.

Jackson

Ailes, Akers, Babcock, Baker, Bland, Bonnoront, Brandenburg, Davis, Elliott, Glick, Hawver, Heintz, Hogan, Howell, Kerst, McCord, Meranda, Metz, Sayrs, Simon, Stout, Trandree and Wise.

Loramie

Adam, Akin, Anderson, Baumgarden, Boyle, Clark, Colby, Didier, Emert, Fessler, Gartley, Ginn, Hardesty, Harmony, Harper, Hergenrather, Johnston, Morrow, Patterson, Pell, Prichard, Rhoades, Skillen, Stephen, Wyatt and Zemer.

McLean

Arkenburg, Berning, Brons, Doucing, Farley, Fisher, Gaier, Gudenkauf, Gudorf, Hickey, Hilgefort, Horstman, Hoying, Leisner, Lowman, Otting, Raterman, Rottinghaus, Schlater, Schulze, Sherman, Toller, Vondrele and Walkup.

Orange

Barkalow, Brown, Bulle, Crow, Duncan, Foster, Francis, Gillespie, Hart, Hauver, Holmes, Jackson, Layman, McClosky, McKee, Morrow, Pruden, Redinbo, Valentine, Voress, Wirt and Young.

Perry

Baker, Barringer, Crumbaugh, Doren, Deweese, Elliott, Etherington, Forsyth, Gearhart, Henry, Jackson, Johnston, Kemp, Kerns, Key, Kiser, Line, Lippincott, Magill, Manning, Marrs, Maulick, Maxwell, Medaris, Miller, Monroe, Peckingham, Redinbaugh, Reeder, Ried, Rinehart, Smoot, Staley, Sturm, Thompson, Vandemark, Whitmer and Wilkinson.

Salem

Allinger, Baker, Bruner, Burton, Cargill, Conner, Counts, Covill, Dodds, Duvall, Epler, Ferree, Gilfillen, Harshbarger, Hobby, Hussey, Kirtland, LeFevre, Louthain, Lytle, Manning, McCashen, McCormick, Mitchell, Ogden, Pegg, Rike, Roberts, Robinson, Shinn, Shroyer, Stafford, Staley, Stewart, Trapp, Watkins and Winget.

Turtle Creek

Baker, Baldwin, Bell, Burress, Burrous, Campbell, Cannon, Cole, Coon, Cowan, Davis, Ewing, Graham, Hall, Herbert, Lennox, McClure, Moore, Morris, Patten, Quinn, Russell, Savage, Shaw, Slaybaugh, Stephens, Thomas, Wilson and Young.

Van Buren

Baker, Choolhoff, Collins, Croning, Fritz, Grothaus, Jones, Maurer, Miller, Morgan, Paul, Redman, Schnelle, Schoff, Smart, Soelman, Woodruff and Vannote.

Washington

Alexander, Bailey, Betts, Caldwell, Campbell, Cecil, Davenport, Dinsmore, Ewing, Fergus, Gillespie, Graham, Guthrie, Honnell, Marshall, McKee, Mellinger, Monroe, Patterson, Peck, Polhamus, Rasor, Scott, Thompson, Wagner, Weymer and Wilson.

'Immigration' segment written in November, 1997 by David Lodge

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