The first white settler in this Township was W. Isaiah Cooper, in 1826, who made the first improvement on Section
?? and built the first house. D. W. Howard was the second, and made improvements on section 35. William Hornback,
Charles Hoskins and Charles Martin were early settlers, but they are all gone except Charles Hoskins and Wm. Hornback,
who still live in the Township. The first death was that of James Hornback. Thomas Proctor was the first Justice
of the Peace. Rev. Lorenzo Daw preached the first sermon in the year 1830, at the house of James Hornback, at which
time he baptized Mr. Hornback. The first school house was built on Section 20, in the year 1837. The first marriage
was that of Enoch Cooper to Miss Esther Cooper (adopted daughter of Isaiah Cooper), in the year 1829. The first
birth was a child Daniel and Pauline Howard, in 1827. This Township is heavily timbered, with small necks of good
rich prairie. The soil is well bedded with gray limestone, plenty of good water which makes it well adapted to
farming, and the raising of stock and fruit. It is in a good state of cultivation, and has a large number of good
and enterprising farmers.
DERRY TWP. SUBSCRIBERS
|
NAME |
Residence |
Business |
Nativity |
When came to Co. |
| Brothers, A | Sec. 9 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1843 |
| Brothers, William | Sec. 9 | Farmer | Clay Co., IN | 1842 |
| Buckingham, John | Sec. 35 | Farmer | Green Brier Co., VA | 1835 |
| Burbridge, John C. | Sec. 23 | Farmer | Pickaway Co., OH | 1838 |
| Burke, J. W. | Eldara | Merchant | Morgan Co., IN | 1854 |
| Caley, Thos. H | Sec. 21 | Farmer | Putnam Co. IN | 1851 |
| Camp, Martin | Sec. 36 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1838 |
| Carey, Jesse | Sec. 24 | Farmer | Philadelphia | 1837 |
| Chamberlain, J. W. | Sec. 34 | Blacksmith & Farmer | Butler Co., OH | 1835 |
| Crowder, Asa | Sec. 21 | Farmer | Rutherford Co., TN | 1829 |
| Davis, S. M. | Sec. 13 | Farmer | Canada East | 1843 |
| Dickinson, Peter T | Eldara | Wagon maker | Oxford, OH | 1851 |
| Dolbeare, Jas. S | Sec. 15 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1844 |
| Dolbeare, Priscilla | Sec. 15 | Farmer | Morgan Co., OH | 1834 |
| Easley, Moses | Sec. 18 | Farmer | East TN | 1841 |
| Fesler, Jacob | Sec. 19 | Farmer | Kentucky | 1836 |
| Fowler, Bloomer | Sec. 28 | Farmer | Kentucky | 1861 |
| Freeman, J. R. | Eldara | Blacksmith | Carroll Co., TN | 1840 |
| Freeman, S. C. | Eldara | Merchant | Pike Co., IL | 1848 |
| Garner, James H | Sec. 33 | Farmer | Clark Co., KY | 1840 |
| Garner, Joseph | Sec. 29 | Farmer | Clark Co., KY | 1840 |
| Hall, Henry | Sec. 27 | Farmer | Butler Co., OH | 1855 |
| Hazelrigg, Charles | Sec. 31 | Farmer | Clark Co., KY | 1831 |
| Helm, John | Sec. 24 | Farmer | England | 1848 |
| Hendricks, R. C. | Sec. 6 | Farmer | Randolph Co., NC | 1837 |
| Hogan, W. S. | Sec. 34 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1849 |
| Hornback, P. C. | Eldara | Teacher | Pike Co., IL | 1851 |
| Hornback, R. W | Sec. 20 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1837 |
| Hornback, S. P. | Eldara | Farmer & J. P | Pike Co., IL | 1834 |
| Hoskin, Charles | Sec. 22 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1832 |
| Hoskin, Daniel | Sec. 26 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1831 |
| Hoskin, I. A. | Sec. 26 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1830 |
| Hoskins, Henry | Sec. 25 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1842 |
| Johnson, J. W. | Eldara | Teacher | Missouri | 1870 |
| Jones, Thomas J | Sec. 18 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1842 |
| Jones, William | Eldara | Merchant | Pike Co., IL | 1834 |
| Killian, Edward | Sec. 12 | Farmer | Roscommon, Ireland | 1865 |
| Landrum, Albert | Sec. 18 | Farmer | Kentucky | 1854 |
| Landrum, J. M. | Sec. 18 | Farmer | Indian Nation | 1854 |
| Lippincott, John | Sec. 33 | Farmer | Butler Co., OH | 1839 |
| Martin, George S. | Sec. 1 | Farmer | Fauquier Co., VA | 1836 |
| Martin, Hutson | Sec. 27 | Farmer | Illinois | 1846 |
| Martin, Tarble W | Sec. 26 | Farmer | Vermillion Co., IL | 1846 |
| Mays, James M. | Sec. 24 | Farmer | Ross Co., OH | 1850 |
| McSorley, Patrick | Sec. 13 | Farmer | Ireland | 1852 |
| Miller, James D | Sec. 13 | Teacher | Columbus Co., PA | 1869 |
| Moorhead, T. W | Eldara | Physician | Clermont Co., OH | 1853 |
| Motley, D. P. | Sec. 16 | Farmer | Putnam Co., IN | 1839 |
| Motley, E. R. | Sec. 21 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1842 |
| Motley, W. L. | Sec. 16 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1847 |
| Moyer, John | Sec. 10 | Farmer | Orange Co., IN | 1839 |
| Moyer, Moses | Sec. 10 | Mechanic | NC | 1839 |
| Myers, Adam | Sec. 32 | Farmer | New Jersey | 1851 |
| Nation, James H. | Sec. 25 | Farmer | Sangamon Co., IL | 1858 |
| Newnham, Wm. | Sec. 14 | Farmer | Clark Co., OH | 1847 |
| Ottawa, Fredreck | Eldara | Boots & Shoes | Prussia | 1856 |
| Pike, William | Eldara | Painter | Pike Co., IL | 1850 |
| Pursley, Jacob | Sec. 11 | Farmer | Missouri | 1835 |
| Raftery, J. T. | Sec. 15 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1847 |
| Raftery, John | Sec. 15 | Farmer | Roscommon, Ireland | 1839 |
| Reynolds, A. | Eldara | Justice of the Peace | Portage, OH | 1869 |
| Robison, Alexander | Sec. 13 | Farmer | Beaver Co., PA | 1866 |
| Smith, Jonathan | Sec. 13 | Farmer | Clermont Co., OH | 1856 |
| Stubinger, Joseph H | Sec. 22 | Farmer | Delaware | 1834 |
| Swan, Donald | Sec. 6 | Farmer | Scotland | 1861 |
| Taylor, T. B. | Sec. 5 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1833 |
| Thomas, S. F. | Sec. 17 | Farmer | Washington Co., KY | 1831 |
| Tittsworth, Franklin | Sec. 19 | Farmer | Tennessee | 1831 |
| Troutwine, Frederick | Sec. 30 | Farmer | Germany | 1841 |
| Underwood, J. L. | Eldara | Lawyer | NY City | 1837 |
| Ware, Wm. L | Eldara | Stock Dealer | Montgomery Co., KY | 1862 |
| Wildin, George | Sec. 25 | Farmer | York Co., PA | 1858 |
| Williams, Stephen R. | Sec. 31 | Minister | Ohio Co., KY | 1844 |
| Wood, H. R. | Sec. 29 | Farmer | Centre Co., PA | 1840 |