The first settlement and improvement was made on sec. 3, by Barker Crane, in 1831, he made an improvement and soon after left. The next settlement was made by Tandy Hume on Sec. 16, it is said that he plowed the first furrow in the Township. Other early settlers were Alfred Bissell, on Sec. 2, in 1832, Mr. Rockwood the same year, on Sec. 12, others were Thomas Linzey, Wm. Burden, Asa Lake, Thomas Kirgan, Ebenezer Franklin, Charles Redman and others. The first church was built at a place called woodland, by the United Brethren, in 1867. The first preaching was done about the year 1841, by Michael Hobbs, of the Christian denomination, he was also farmer and Justice of the Peace his brother David Hobbs was also a preacher. The Mormon missionaries were also preaching and gaining numbers of converts. First school was taught by Henry Benson, about the year 1840, in a small log school house, on Sec. 16. The first child born was a son of David Bissel. First marriage was in 1835, A. M. Duff and Jane Burden. The first Justice of the Peace was James Wilson. Fairmount is a good farming Township, well watered and timbered, with many very fine farms. The improvements are good, some of them unusually so, and its inhabitants are energetic and prosperous.
FAIRMOUNT SUBSCRIBERS
|
NAME |
Residence |
Business |
Nativity |
When came to Co. |
| Allen, A. B. | Sec. 29 | Farmer | Kentucky | 1844 |
| Baldwin, Lewis H. | Sec. 25 | Farmer | Litchfield, CT | 1835 |
| Bowman, David H | Sec. 20 | Farmer | Illinois | 1834 |
| Brower, Philip S | ........... | Farmer | ...... | ....... |
| Cory, William | Sec. 10 | ......... | New York | 1837 |
| Coss, T. M. | Sec. 31 | Farmer | Ross Co., OH | 1854 |
| Doane, Dana | Sec. 15 | Farmer | Brown Co., IL | 1842 |
| Henthorn, John | Sec. 17 | Farmer | England | 1852 |
| Hilliard, Geo. D | Sec. 24 | Farmer | Virginia | 1835 |
| Hull, Thomas | Sec. 29 | Justice of the Peace | Ross Co., OH | 1845 |
| Johnson, Horace | Sec. 24 | Farmer | Ohio | 1844 |
| Kurfman, David | Sec. 7 | Farmer | PA | 1850 |
| Lake, Harvey | Sec. 10 | Farmer | New York | 1834 |
| Love, Wm. H | Sec. 15 | Farmer | New York | 1834 |
| Mason, A. G. | Sec. 15 | Farmer | Rutland Co., VT | 1861 |
| Mather, Charles | Sec. 30 | Farmer | England | 1840 |
| McDonald, A | Sec. 32 | Farmer | Sumner Co., TN | 1840 |
| McLaughlin, R. B. | Sec. 22 | Farmer | Green Co., OH | 1837 |
| McLaughlin, Wm. S | Sec. 27 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1842 |
| Morrison, Wm | Sec. 2 | Farmer | NH | 1838 |
| Parke, Lemuel | Sec. 23 | Blacksmith | Clairmount Co., OH | 1842 |
| Parker, Lydia | Sec. 26 | Farmer | New York | 1838 |
| Phillips, J | Sec. 17 | Farmer | Berkshire Co., MA | 1830 |
| Phillips, Lucy | Sec. 17 | Farmer | Kentucky | 1830 |
| Powell, Eli | Sec. 13 | Farmer | Smith Co., TN | 1837 |
| Razey, Richard | Sec. 22 | Farmer | Essex Co., NY | 1852 |
| Round, Lemuel | Sec. 15 | Farmer | Brown Co., OH | 1842 |
| Rush, Jerome W | Sec. 36 | Farmer | Ohio | 1837 |
| Seaborn, Geo. | Sec. 2 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1848 |
| Seybold, Geo. W | Sec. 19 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1848 |
| Stauffer, John | Sec. 18 | Farmer | PA | 1836 |
| Stevenson, J. W | Sec. 2 | Farmer | Kentucky | 1844 |
| Taylor, Gaylon | Sec. 20 | Farmer | Illinois | 1840 |
| Vail, John | Sec. 23 | Farmer | Ohio | 1842 |
| Vanzandt, G. W | Sec. 17 | Dry Goods, Groceries | Mifflin, PA | 1857 |
| Vanzandt, J. P. | Sec. 14 | Carpenter | PA | 1858 |
| Walker, J. R. | Sec. 27 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1850 |
| Wheeler, Samuel | Sec. 35 | Farmer | Kentucky | 1858 |
| Williams, Eli | Sec. 26 | Farmer | Baltimore Co., MD | 1857 |
| Wilson, Ira J | Sec. 2 | Farmer | NH | 1836 |