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Others who came in 1804 and purchased of
Mr. Pugh, were Richard Tibbott, John Wat-
kins, John Jones, Hugh Kyle, and David
Marks. The year of 1805 witnessed the com-
ing of the following families: Evan Jenkins,
David Davids, Richard Hoskins, David
Davies, and John Minter. David Pugh went
to his native land in 1806, and in 1807 re-
turned with his sisters, Mary and Hannah,
wives of David Perry and John Philips, re-
spectively. The same year, came Mrs. Eleanor
Lochvig with her children, Thomas, John and
Letitia; and in 1808, Benjamin Kepler, Elijah
Adams, Thomas Warren, and John Foos,
came to Radnor with their families.
Radnor Township was created at the time
the county was organized, but remained as
then constituted only until the meeting of the
first Commissioners Court, when on June 15,
1808, the township of Marlborough was
created out of Radnor territory. Thompson
and Troy were later segregated from Radnor
and established as separate townships, leaving
the latter, in its dimensions, about ten miles
north and south and from three to five miles in
width.
During the War of 1812, the settlers were
kept in turmoil, being in constant fear of at-
tack from the Indians. A block house was
erected on the farm of Benjamin Kepler as a
retreat for the people, but when an attack be-
came most threatening, many fled to the fort
near Franklinton. However, the expected at-
tack never materialized. After the war had
closed and peace and safety assured, there
was a great influx of new settlers, among
them being Mrs. Wasson and her sons; Joseph
Dunlap; Samuel Cooper; Robert and John
McKinney; Obed Taylor; James and Matthew
Fleming; John Jones; Walter Perry, Sr., with
his sons, Walter, William, Edward, and
Roger; then Thomas Jones and sons—John
A. and Thomas; Ellis Jones, David E. Jones,
Edward Evans, John Owen, Roger Watkins,
Watkin Watkins, William Watkins, John and
Humphrey Humphreys, Benjamin Herbert,
Morgan D. Morgans, the pioneer blacksmith
of the settlement; J. R. Jones, a weaver by
trade; J. Jones, a mason; John Cadwalader,
Rev. David Calwalader, David Lloyd, John
Davies, a cooper; Mrs. Mary Chidlaw, with
her family; and Robert and Stephen Thomas.
Most of these were of Welsh birth. By the
time the early thirties were reached, practically
all of the lands of the township was owned by
actual settlers, and it is a notable fact that few
farms of the township have ever been sub-
jected to tax sales.
The first white child born in the county
was David Perry, Jr., followed closely by
Mary Jones, afterward Mrs. Warner, in 1807.
The first death was that of the mother of
Hugh Kyle, but there is no record of the date;
she was buried in the old cemetery at Radnor.
The first marked grave in that cemetery was
that of David Davids, who died September 10,
1810. Elijah Adams was the first justice of
the peace in Radnor, and Thomas Warren
conducted the first tavern, starting in 1811 in
a two story log building.
The village of Delhi, which has been
known as Radnor since the advent of the Co-
lumbus & Toledo (Hocking Valley) Railroad,
was laid out in August, 1833, for Edward
Evans on his farm, near what has been the
town site of New Baltimore, before Thomas
Warren converted it into a farm. The first
house on the town site of Radnor was built in
1805 where the Welsh Methodist Church now
stands, and was occupied by Morgan Morgan,
the blacksmith. The first store was kept by
Obed Taylor. Thomas Taylor was the first
postmaster as well as the first tavern keeper.
Delhi Lodge No. 250, I. O. O. F., was installed
there May 17, 1854, with five charter mem-
bers, and grew rapidly.
The time the first school was started or
by whom it was taught is not known, but it
was during the early days of the settlement.
In 1821 there were three log school houses in
the township, one on the farm of John Philips
in the southern part, another on the farm of
John Dildine. centrally located, and the third
near the old block house. There are at present
eight school districts., with substantial school
buildings, and a competent corps of instruc-
tors employed.
The first organized religious society in
Radnor Township, was the Baptist, which had
its beginning May 4, 1816, in a log school-