Ohio
Norwich Township
Franklin County
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Norwich Township, Franklin County, Ohio
Administration: Board of Trustees
Population: 4,000
Area: 4 square miles.
The Township originally was a part of Franklin City but when Washington was organised in 1809 it became a township in its own right.
And even more so in 1820. There was no post office until 1852 and thus trade and mail necessitated travelling great distances.
The first school was in 1814 and the first post office was in 1852.
It appears that the name of Norwich came from Norwich Connecticut and amongst many stories of danger was that on Peter Latimer, born in Connecticut, and subsequently grew up and married in Pennsylvania where he and his wife escaped marauding Indians by lying between tree trunks and listening to the Indians looking for them. In 1811 they emigrated to Norwich Ohio and he carried mail from nearby Columbus to Zanesville (next to that Norwich Village).
He lived to the age of over 98 and his family of eight children all lived locally.
Then another, Samuel Davis, was a spy against the Indians and managed to escape when taken prisoner ... however his companion at that time was eventually sold to the French after which he eventually gained his freedom. They were tough times!
The township has its own fire service which is, to say the least, comprehensive as it deals not only with fires but also all the possible consequences from first aid to hospitalisation.
Churches were firstly Wesley Methodist and others include the Methodist Episcopal Church whilst there were the societies of Odd Fellows from 1867 and a Masonic Lodge from 1873.
The story of a past resident
(from an old print)
 The subject of this sketch, Mrs Emula Rogers, was born in Connecticut, November 22, 1799. Her father and mother were Abner and Mercy Gillett Clapp. When about six years of age, her parents removed to Martinsburg, Lewis County, New York, where she passed her early life, and where she obtained a good education for that early day. She was married, October 12, 1823, to Asa Moore Rogers, by whom she raised three children - Mary, Lester Asa, and Julia E.
Her husband died January 2, 1831, and on September 16, 1835, she was again married. Her choice fell on Apollos Rogers, a brother of her former husband. By him she had two children - twins - to whom they gave the names of Eli and Ela. Mr. Rogers, her husband, had been married previously, and had several children by his first wife.
In 1836, with their family, they emigrated to Ohio, arriving in Norwich Township, September 29th, of that year. Mr. Rogers bought a farm near the Scioto River and well toward the southern line of the Township, where two of his sons - Marcellus and Milton Rogers - now live. Here he died, September 17, 1840. Mrs. Emula Rogers, his wife, survived him, and died February 9, 1871, aged seventy-one years.
Of her children, Lester A. removed to Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he now lives. Julia E. is living single in California. Mary married John Howard, July 4, 1850, and lives in Norwich Township. Their home is about eight miles from Columbus, on the River Road.
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